Moscow / AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed off on a broad-ranging plan aimed at bolstering the country’s defences against cyberattacks from abroad and cracking down on perceived foreign influence. The Kremlin’s new “information security doctrine” comes as attention has focused on the rise in state-sponsored hacking after the US blamed Moscow for cyberattacks aimed at influencing …

  London / AFP Up to 40 lawmakers from British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative party could back a motion in parliament demanding she publish her plan for Brexit before starting negotiations, it emerged on Tuesday. The rebellion might be enough to push the opposition motion through the 650-seat House of Commons on Wednesday, in a symbolic blow against May’s …

  Manila / AFP Philippine police murdered a town mayor while he was helpless in a jail cell, justice department investigators said on Tuesday, contradicting claims by the accused and President Rodrigo Duterte that he was killed in a gun battle. The accusations by the National Bureau of Investigation deepened concerns that police were carrying out summary executions as part of …