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The head of MI5 warned Britons must be resilient in the face of “escalating” Russian hybrid warfare, as the UK’s domestic security service devotes more resources to hostile state threats than during the Cold War.
US President Donald Trump said the US would not attack Iran ahead of November’s midterm elections, citing what he said were “productive discussions” with the Islamic Republic. “We will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the Midterm Elections to be held in the United States on November 3rd,” Trump wrote in a social media post on Thursday. The president’s comments amounted to an unusual blending of US national security issues and domestic politics. They follow recent reporting in The...
British police arrested two men over trespass and national security offenses at an airbase in eastern England, just days after a suspected terror plot attempt at another airbase that was home to US bomber jets.
Hong Kong national security police have arrested two people, including an insurance broker, on suspicion of publishing allegedly seditious posts on social media. A force spokesman said on Thursday that the national security department arrested a man and a woman, both 38, on Tuesday. They were suspected of “doing with a seditious intention an act that had a seditious intention” under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance. “The two arrested people, including a male licensed insurance...
Tokyo, Oct. 2 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government is expected to add the Imperial Palace and the prime minister's office to its list of facilities that require special protection for national security reasons, it was learned Friday. The government is also considering introducing a permit system for land acquisitions near such facilities, according to a draft of a bill to be submitted to a...
Around 150 Chinese language teachers in the Philippines are returning home following mounting criticism from Philippine security officials that educational exchanges involving China could pose national security threats. The withdrawal affects teachers stationed at schools including the Immaculate Conception Academy in Greenhills and Jubilee Christian Academy in Quezon City, both in Metro Manila, according to local media. The Manila-based Chinese Commercial News reported on Friday that the...
Hours before President Xi Jinping’s aircraft lands at Joint Base Andrews, Washington is preparing for a scene that seemed unthinkable in recent years: his American counterpart waiting on the tarmac for the leader of a country that much of the US national security establishment regards as its foremost strategic adversary. While the Donald Trump administration is betting on warmth, deals and stability with Beijing, recent public surveys show that American anxiety over China has eased from its 2024...
The US Justice Department's response to a lawsuit filed by CNN, Politico and MS NOW also cites national security.
A former acting chief editor for the now-defunct Stand News was fulfilling his duty to publish articles and had no intent to undermine national security in Hong Kong, his lawyer has said, despite an earlier conviction finding the outlet liable for sedition. A panel of High Court justices pointed out on Tuesday that the presiding trial judge had ruled Patrick Lam Shiu-tung’s decision to run material containing false information from interviewees and had the seditious effect of inciting hatred...
US President Donald Trump on Monday accused mainstream media outlets of being a “cancer” and national security threat in his latest attack on members of the press. It comes after Trump barred journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, with the three media outlets saying Monday they would sue the Trump administration, calling the ban a “blatant violation” of the First Amendment.
Trump said the updated plans were at the request of the US military and for national security purposes.
Earlier this month, the NIA filed a chargesheet against Van Dyke and six Ukrainian citizens for alleged illegal entry, stay and movement in India