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Europol said law enforcement agencies arrested the administrators of a website that allowed customers to launch DDoS attacks.

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Distributed Denial Of Service Attacks-For-Hire Website Shut Down

5:36am April 26, 2018

by James Doubek

European law enforcement agencies say they've arrested administrators and shut down a marketplace that allowed customers to pay to stage attacks and knock websites offline.

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Yemen's Civil War Places Heavy Burden On Ordinary Citizens

5:02am April 26, 2018

Steve Inskeep talks to Bushra Aldukhainah, a Yemeni worker for the aid group CARE, about conditions in Yemen in the midst of its years-long civil war.

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Pentagon Report: Cascade Of Errors Led To Niger Ambush, Deaths Of 4 Americans

11:35pm April 25, 2018

by Tom Bowman

The classified report sent to Congress, says the special forces team was retasked from a simple mission to a more dangerous one for which it was not equipped or trained — without notifying higher-ups.

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A U.S. Army team transfers the remains of Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright, 29, of Lyons, Ga., at Dover Air Force Base, Del., on Oct. 5, 2017. Wright was one of four U.S. troops killed in an ambush in Niger.

Pentagon Cites Multiple Missteps That Led To Ambush Of U.S. Troops In Niger

11:15pm April 25, 2018

by Greg Myre

The report says U.S. troops wound up on a more dangerous mission than planned and were exposed and vulnerable when attacked by Islamist extremists in a remote corner of the African nation.

France's Macron Continues To Urge Trump To Stay In Iran Nuclear Deal

10:21pm April 25, 2018

by Michele Kelemen

French President Macron has been urging President Trump to stay in the Iran nuclear deal and work with Europe to deal with his concerns that weren't covered by it. But Trump has surrounded himself with advisors, who see no problem pulling out.

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President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron during an appearance at the White House on Tuesday.

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Macron Doesn't Believe He Changed Trump's Mind On The Iran Deal

9:15pm April 25, 2018

by William Dobson

Trump has said since he was a presidential candidate that he wanted to scrap the nuclear agreement with Tehran.

A Jewish man wears a yarmulke, also called a kippa, during a meeting on "the German and French perspectives on immigration, integration and identity" organized by the American Jewish Committee this week in Berlin.

Germany's Jewish Community Responds After Man Attacked For Wearing Yarmulke

8:20pm April 25, 2018

by Scott Neuman

A 21-year-old Israeli Arab who says he isn't Jewish but only conducting an "experiment" by wearing a skullcap took video of the attack last week in Berlin.

An illustration from the Maciejowski Bible (also called the Morgan or Crusader Bible) circa 1250, called "David Spares Saul In the Cave."

DNA Analysis Of Ancient Excrement Reveals The Diets Of Centuries Past

8:12pm April 25, 2018

by Angus Chen

Researchers are exhuming ancient dung from toilets of yore to reconstruct snapshots of food and lifestyle in bygone centuries. The parasites that show up in privies reveal a lot about what people ate.

Tourists walk along a beach in Malay town, on the Philippine island Boracay, last week. President Duterte's decision to close Boracay has rocked the island. The Philippines is set to deploy hundreds of riot police to keep travelers out and head off potent

As Philippines Shuts Down A Popular Tourist Island, Residents Fear For Their Future

6:59pm April 25, 2018

by Michael Sullivan

President Rodrigo Duterte called Boracay island a "cesspool." It draws 2 million visitors a year but isn't equipped to accommodate them. Residents agree there's a problem, but worry about losing jobs.

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Sky's independent directors have withdrawn their support for a deal for 21st Century Fox to buy the British company, setting the scene for a possible bidding war.

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Comcast's $31 Billion Bid For U.K.-Based Sky Complicates Murdoch Plans

4:45pm April 25, 2018

by David Folkenflik

Rupert Murdoch had decided to take over the British media giant and flip it with other 21st Century Fox properties in a sale to Disney. But Sky directors have pulled support from his bid.