China is now a major producer of innovative technologies, nosing ahead of Japan to become the second biggest source of international patent applications, the United Nations said on Wednesday. China's fast growth in intellectual property has led to accusations by U.S. President...

Lawmakers have included nearly $400 million in a massive federal government spending bill to help safeguard U.S. voting systems from cyber-attacks, three sources familiar with negotiations said Wednesday. The spending package, expected to be publicly unveiled on Wednesday, includes $380...

British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party was approached by consultancy Cambridge Analytica, but did not take the proposal forward, a spokesman for May said Wednesday. "An approach was made and the party decided not to take that forward," May's political spokesman said. He...

A suicide blast in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday killed at least 26 people, officials and local media reported. Nusrat Rahimi, deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, confirmed a suicide bomber targeted a Nevruz [Spring Festival] gathering in the capital’s Karta-e-Sakhi...