Muscat (Oman)

The Santa Catalina Island Conservancy’s board of directors on Monday announced that it has “complete confidence” in Ann Muscat, the controversial president and executive director of the nonprofit charity that manages 88% of the island......

Three French aid workers held hostage in Yemen for more than five months returned home Monday. Neighboring Oman negotiated the release of the French hostages and may have paid an unspecified ransom, according to news reports....

What do you get when you cross the rich, fruity flavor of Concord-type grapes with the crisp flesh and thin skin of California table grapes? Improbably, a new fruit with the look and mouth-feel of a conventional green grape, but......

Hollis Wilder of Orlando's Sweet! By Good Golly Miss Holly (711 N. Alafaya Trail, Orlando; 407-277-7746; sweetbyholly.com) won Food Network “Cupcake Wars� champions. Here are Wilder's award-winning championship recipes. Be prepared. These is not...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's coalition government presented a divided front on Palestinian statehood on Tuesday as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry prepared a new mission to revive long-defunct peace talks. Appearing before a parliamentary committee,...

By Swati Pandey and Harichandan Arakali MUMBAI/BANGALORE, May 15 (Reuters) - A breach of security at two payment card processing companies in India that led to heists at cash machines around the world has reopened questions on the risks of outsourcing...

By Kaustubh Kulkarni PUNE, India, May 13 (Reuters) - An Indian payment card processing company acknowledged on Monday that hackers breached its security to increase the limits on some pre-paid card accounts in a global ATM heist in December. ElectraCard...

By Swati Pandey and Supantha Mukherjee MUMBAI/BANGALORE, May 12 (Reuters) - The Indian government's cyber watchdog is investigating how the computer systems of two companies that are part of the country's vast IT services industry were breached in a...

By Joseph Ax NEW YORK, May 12 (Reuters) - Because the sums were large and such attacks are relatively new, the two Middle East banks hit in a $45 million ATM heist face an uncertain path in trying to recover their losses, financial, insurance and legal...

Por Joseph Ax NUEVA YORK (Reuters) - Debido a que las sumas eran grandes y los ataques son relativamente nuevos, los dos bancos de Oriente Próximo a los que un grupo de piratas informáticos robaron 45 millones de dólares tienen por delante un camino...

By Emily Flitter and Tanya Agrawal May 10 (Reuters) - A brazen gang of cyber criminals, who stole $45 million from bank ATMs in 27 countries, exposes an Achilles heel in the global financial industry: prepaid debit cards. Cyber security experts and...

FRANKFURT, May 10 (Reuters) - German prosecutors said on Friday they had arrested two Dutch people suspected of involvement in a global cyber theft of $45 million from two Middle Eastern banks. On Thursday U.S. prosecutors said a criminal gang had...