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Libya invites Italy into its waters to fight human trafficking
Libya's Tripoli-based government has asked Italy to provide naval support in fighting human trafficking.
European Commission raids ethylene purchasing companies
Concerns those companies had formed a cartel.
Greece arrests Russian suspected of running $4bln bitcoin laundering ring
Bitcoin was the first digital currency to successfully use cryptography to keep transactions secure and hidden.
US treads water on cyber policy as destructive attacks mount
Hackers broke into official websites in Qatar.
U.S. Navy ship fires warning shots at Iranian vessel
A U.S. Navy ship fired warning shots toward an Iranian vessel near the northern Arabian Gulf on Tues.
Merchant ship collides with UAE Navy boat off UAE territorial waters
The accident resulted in no human casualties.
EU increases pressure on Facebook, Google and Twitter over user terms
Proposals submitted by the tech giants were considered insufficient.
Fire crews battle to halt spread of US's Montana blaze
More than 600 firefighters in Montana on Tuesday battled to halt the spread of the biggest wildfire in the United States
Spanish policeman hurt, man with knife arrested on Morocco border
A man was detained on Tuesday after attacking a policeman on the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave.
Dubai Police arrest 7,603 suspects wanted in financial cases, recover $544mln
There was a 16.2% drop in the number of wanted suspects inside UAE during the first six months this year compared to last year: official
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U.S. Supreme Court ruling leads to offensive trademark requests
Products as energy drinks, sweatshirts and fragrances could be branded with racial slurs.
Investment in cyber security needs to be smarter and more transparent
Cyber security resilience necessary to remain sustainable
Global cyber attack could spur $53bln in losses
Figure on par with catastrophic natural disaster