When fighting terrorism, crime, violence or any other social ill, there has traditionally been a dichotomy between two competing schools of thought. The first says that we should deal with the issue at hand. If it is terrorism, then invest more in law enforcement and adopt a more pro-active approach to counter terror operations. If

Photo Reuters Iran is likely to expand its cyber espionage activities as its relations with Western powers worsen, the European Union digital security agency said on Monday. Iranian hackers are behind several cyber attacks and online disinformation campaigns in recent years as the country tries to strengthen its clout in the Middle East and beyond,

Photo (Reuters) A senior U.S. government official, speaking after six days of talks between a U.S. team and the Afghan Taliban, said on Monday that Washington was committed to the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan after 17 years of war. The official, who declined to be identified, described “significant progress” in talks last week

Abdul Kibiringi, James Mwai Mwangi and Habiba Gedi Hunshur, who have been linked to the dusitD2 Al-Shabaab attack in Nairobi, at a Nyeri court on January 28, 2019. The Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) was on Monday granted five days to detain three suspects linked to the Al-Shabaab attack at the dusitD2 office complex in Nairobi

John Bolton says any violence against US diplomats ‘would represent a grave assault on the rule of law’ The U.S. national security adviser on Sunday warned of a “significant response” to any threat against U.S. diplomats in Venezuela or the country’s self-declared president. “Any violence and intimidation against U.S. diplomatic personnel, Venezuela’s democratic leader, Juan

Photo (AP) Two bombs minutes apart tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim militants are active, killing at least 20 people and wounding 81 others during a Sunday Mass, officials said. Witnesses said the first blast inside the Jolo cathedral in the provincial capital sent churchgoers, some of them

Taliban officials said U.S. negotiators on Saturday agreed on a draft peace pact setting out the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan within 18 months, potentially ending the United States’ longest war. The details of the draft were given to Reuters by Taliban sources at the end of six days of talks with U.S. special

The U.K. will recognize Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the South American country’s acting president if elections are not announced within next eight days, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Saturday. “After banning opposition candidates, ballot box stuffing and counting irregularities in a deeply flawed election it is clear Nicolas Maduro is not the

A military base deep inside Saudi Arabia appears to be testing and possibly manufacturing ballistic missiles, experts and satellite images suggest, evidence of the type of weapons program it has long criticized its archrival Iran for possessing. Further raising the stakes for any such program are comments by Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin

President Muhammadu Buhari’s announcement came just weeks away from presidential and parliamentary elections (AFP Photo/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI) Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday suspended the country’s top judge just weeks from elections, triggering condemnation from opposition parties who accused him of “an act of dictatorship” and mounting “a judicial coup”. The former military ruler, 76,