New laws are needed to deal with security and privacy in the UK following revelations of the activities of Western intelligence agencies by former NSA contractor EdwardSnowden, parliament’s intelligence and security committee (ISC) says in a report released on Thursday. ...
Amid universal outrage at Boko Haram's kidnapping of 200 girls in northern Nigeria last spring – and galvanized by the #BringBackOurGirls Twitter campaign – President Barack Obama sent 80 troops in May to aid in surveillance and help apprehend the jihadist group. Almost a year...
The Ferguson, Missouri, mayor said Wednesday that the city is committed to keeping its own police department, despite the resignation of ChiefThomas Jackson in the wake of a scathing federal report that found the agency tainted with racism and unfairness. "We are committed to keeping our police...
BAGHDAD, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi security forces on Wednesday recaptured large parts of Tikrit city, capital of Salahudin province after 10 days of major offensive against the Islamic State (IS) militant group, while the extremist militants carried out deadly attacks on the security forces in the...
Reuters The United States on Tuesday placed sanctions on eight Ukrainian separatists and a Russian bank, warning that recent attacks by rebels armed by Russia violated a European-brokered ceasefire in the war-torn country. The sanctions...
Shaikh Azizur Rahman KOLKATA— India is struggling to contain a wave of swine flu. The death toll has surpassed 1,500 since the infection took hold in mid-December. About 26,000 people have tested positive for the virus, and health officials say infections are continuing to spread as current...
