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Facebook investigated by New York AG over email harvesting New York is investigating Facebook over what it called the "unauthorized collection" of 1.5 million users' email address books.

Is Samsung's Galaxy Fold already a flop? After several early reviewers noted issues with Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Fold, the world's largest smartphone maker decided to delay the release of the pricey folding phone.

NSA recommends dropping controversial mass surveillance program, report says The National Security Agency has recommended that the White House abandon a controversial surveillance program that collects vast amounts of information about Americans' phone calls and text messages, claiming the legal and logistical burdens of maintaining it outweigh its benefits to the intelligence community. 

Quitting a treaty designed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons is one of Iran's "numerous choices" after the United States tightened sanctions on Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was on Sunday quoted as saying by state media. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2ZP9MJA

Emperor Akihito's abdication on Tuesday, one of several ceremonies marking the transition to his heir Crown Prince Naruhito, will be a brief, relatively simple and rare event. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LaOMtx

Ten days after Indonesia held the world's biggest single-day elections, more than 270 election staff have died, mostly of fatigue-related illnesses caused by long hours of work counting millions of ballot papers by hand, an official said on Sunday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2ULrN7R

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, trailing in opinion polls ahead of a May 18 election, on Sunday campaigned on the hot-button issue of immigration, promising to cut annual migrant numbers and freeze the country's refugee intake. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2IMpik3

Churches across Sri Lanka suspended Sunday mass as security concerns remained high a week after suicide bombers killed over 250 in churches and hotels across the island nation. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GDA4pf

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is planning to visit North Korea, Iran's state television reported on Sunday, without giving the date of the visit. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2vof1lv

Sri Lanka's president on Saturday outlawed two Islamist groups suspected to be behind the suicide bombings on churches and hotels while the wife and child of the suspected ringleader were wounded during a military raid in safe house, his family and police said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2ZBsLat

U.S. Central Command chief General Kenneth McKenzie said on Saturday the United States would deploy the necessary resources to counter any dangerous actions by Iran, Sky News Arabia reported. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2IYiejD

Spain heads to the polls on Sunday for its most divisive and open-ended election in decades, set to result in a fragmented parliament in which the far-right will get a sizeable presence for the first time since the country's return to democracy. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2VADGBM

Air strikes hit the Libyan capital late on Saturday as eastern forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar pursued a three-week campaign to take Tripoli and also confirmed for the first time they had dispatched a warship to an oil port. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2PH9Kil

Sudan's military rulers and opposition agreed in principle on Saturday to the formation of a joint body to lead a transition from 30 years of autocratic rule by Omar al-Bashir, but not on the new council's make-up, two sources said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2UKKiZQ

Sudan's military rulers and an opposition coalition have agreed in principle on the formation of a joint transitional council, but not on the share of seats, two sources said on Saturday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2V3sz59