CIA REVEALS NEW RULES FOR HANDLING INFORMATION ON AMERICANS

CIA officials said that other measures require additional levels of permission and record-keeping when agency employees seek access to data that might expose information about Americans... READ MORE›

RUSSIA MEDDLED IN 2016 ELECTION THROUGH HACKING AND SPREADING OF PROPAGANDA

Trump has also indicated that he believes Assange's comments that Russia is not behind the Democratic Party hacks... READ MORE›

DEFYING U.N., ISRAEL PREPARES TO BUILD MORE SETTLEMENTS

For the fourth day, Israeli officials accused Mr. Obama's team of ambushing them at the United Nations... READ MORE›

OBAMA MOVES TO SPLIT CYBERWARFARE COMMAND FROM THE NSA

Cybercom, established in 2009 inside the NSA headquarters at Fort Meade, Md., has long depended on the spy agency's capabilities... READ MORE›

U.S. DECLINES TO VETO U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION FOR ISRAEL TO STOP JEWISH SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY

The 14-0 vote, with only the United States abstaining, followed an intense campaign from Israel to derail it... READ MORE›

UN SECURITY COUNCIL BACKS SENDING OBSERVERS TO ALEPPO

The council unanimously adopted the French-drafted resolution that marks the first show of unity in months among world powers grappling with the crisis in Syria... READ MORE›

YEMEN'S SALEH ASKS UN TO ALLOW HIM TO TRAVEL TO CUBA

Yemen's Saleh asks UN to allow him to travel to Cuba statement... READ MORE›

MOSCOW TO LAUNCH DRILLS TO PREVENT EXTREMISTS & DRONES FROM BREAKING INTO KREMLIN

Recently, Russian state-run weapons corporation Rostec set up a special anti-hacking center designed to prevent cyberattacks on all Russian defense enterprises and companies... READ MORE›

JUDGE DECLINES REQUEST FOR FORMER NSA CONTRACTOR ACCUSED OF STEALING CLASSIFIED DATA TO BE RELEASED FROM JAIL

Bennett affirmed a magistrate judge's ruling from last week that Martin continue to be detained pending an eventual trial or resolution of the case... READ MORE›

RUSSIA ACCUSED OF WAR CRIMES IN SYRIA AT UN SECURITY COUNCIL SESSION

Accusations centre on widespread use of bunker-busting and incendiary bombs on civilians in rebel-held eastern Aleppo... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT HACKERS PENETRATED DNC, STOLE OPPOSITION RESEARCH ON TRUMP

There's an amazing adversarial relationship among the Russian intelligence agencies, Alperovitch said... READ MORE›

UN RESOLUTION URGES COUNTRIES TO FIGHT ISLAMIC STATE

On Friday, the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, announced a summit meeting designed to draw pledges from countries to resettle Syrians... READ MORE›

UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION PLANNED BY WORLD POWERS TO DECLARE WAR AGAINST GROUP IN IRAQ AND SYRIA

Isis United Nations Security Council resolution planned by world powers to declare war against group in Iraq and Syria... READ MORE›

DEADLY AIR STRIKES HIT TWO ALEPPO HOSPITALS

On Wednesday, Syrian government forces battled rebel fighters on several fronts in ground attacks in Aleppo, rebel officers said... READ MORE›

POWERFUL NSA HACKING TOOLS HAVE BEEN REVEALED ONLINE

What's clear is that these are highly sophisticated and authentic hacking tools, said Oren Falkowitz, chief executive of Area 1 Security and another former TAO employee... READ MORE›

American diplomats have repeatedly warned the Palestinians that joining the International Criminal Court would lead to congressional sanctions... READ MORE›

AID AGENCIES FAULT UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON SYRIA CONFLICT

The council adopted two resolutions in 2014 that authorized United Nations aid agencies to send convoys across Syria's borders without the consent of the government... READ MORE›

UN SECURITY COUNCIL IS FAILING SYRIA, BAN KI-MOON ADMITS

We need some solidarity unity of purpose particularly among the permanent members of the security council he said in an interview... READ MORE›

OBAMA TO BE URGED TO SPLIT CYBERWAR COMMAND FROM NSA

Cyber Command, established in 2009 inside NSA headquarters at Fort Meade, Md., has long depended on the spy agency's capabilities... READ MORE›

'ONE DEAD AND TWO INJURED' AFTER VEHICLE TRIES TO RAM GATES OF FORT MEADE IN MARYLAND

Please read our One person is reported dead in a shooting outside the headquarters of the US National Security Agency, according to local media... READ MORE›

INTRIGUE IN THE CAMPAIGN TO SELECT THE NEXT SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's term expires at the end of the year, and no clear consensus has emerged on his successor... READ MORE›

SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS: RENEWED FIGHTING IN JUBA

INTERACTIVE How far has South Sudan come since independence?... READ MORE›

NSAA??S BULK COLLECTION OF AMERICANSA?? PHONE RECORDS ENDS SUNDAY

Although the phone metadata program had been placed under court supervision in 2006, that action, too, was secret... READ MORE›

FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS URGE GOVERNMENT TO EMBRACE RISE OF ENCRYPTION

Keith Alexander, who retired as NSA director last year, said the risks to national security merit law enforcement gaining access to data with a warrant... READ MORE›

North Korea has denied involvement and made new threats against the United States should the White House retaliate... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN GUARDS FIRE ON NORTH KOREAN SHIP, KILL 1 FISHERMAN

Russia says one North Korean fisherman was killed and eight others injured when Russian border guards opened fire on a fishing trawler... READ MORE›

MARKETS IN FRAGILE MOOD AS FEDERAL RESERVE PREPARES TO RAISE INTEREST RATES

The Bank of England is expected to delay a rise in rates following a string of weak inflation figures... READ MORE›

SEVEN KEY QUESTIONS IN 70 YEARS OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL

On 17 January 1946 the United Nations security council held its first meeting at Church House, Westminster... READ MORE›

RUSSIA TO PUSH SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION TO FIGHT ISLAMIC STATE, RAPS OBAMA-LED COUNTERTERRORISM SUMMIT

Russia on Wednesday will propose a United Nations Security Council resolution on fighting terrorism, deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov was quoted... READ MORE›

U.S. AND ALLIES READY TO HELP ARM LIBYAN FORCES AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE, REPORT SAYS

In February, President Obama urged greater efforts to keep the Islamic State from digging in across Libya... READ MORE›

SURGE IN VIOLENCE IN BURUNDI RAISES CONCERNS AT UN SECURITY COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN UNION

The move comes in the wake of the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopting a resolution strongly condemning increasing killings, torture and human rights violations in the country... READ MORE›

SPOOKED BY BANGLADESH HEIST, ASIAN SECURITY SUMMIT WORKS ON CYBERSECURITY

That can provide a bulwark for global cybersecurity efforts, said Santosh Jha, joint secretary for cyber issues at the Indian external affairs ministry... READ MORE›

U.N. ENVOY FOR SYRIA EXPECTS PEACE TALKS TO START MONDAY

Envoy for Syria expects peace talks to start Monday The inside track on Washington politics... READ MORE›

AFTER NORTH KOREA VIOLATED UNITED NATIONS NUCLEAR RESOLUTIONS, WHAT CAN THE SECURITY COUNCIL DO?

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for North Korea to cease any further nuclear activities Wednesday prior to the Security Council meeting... READ MORE›

UN SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON ALL SIDES IN SYRIA CONFLICT TO RESPECT NEW CEASEFIRE

The UN Envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura told the council members 'No doubt there will be no shortage of attempts to undermine this process... READ MORE›

CANADA SECURITY QUESTIONED AFTER FBI TIP THWARTS ATTACK

Aaron Driver first came to the attention of Canadian officials in late 2014 after he voiced support for Islamic State on social media... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN FORCES KILL 4 NORTH CAUCASIAN MILITANTS IN ST. PETERSBURG FLAT

Three of the armed gang members killed have already been identified as Zalim Shebzukhov born 1986, Astemir Sheriev 1991, and Vyacheslav Nyrov 1982, it added... READ MORE›

CHRISTOPHER STEELE: SUPER-SPY OR DODGY DOSSIER WRITER? THE SECRET WORLD OF THE MAN BEHIND THE LEAKED TRUMP DOCUMENT

The Russians don't believe you ever leave the intelligence services... READ MORE›

CHRISTOPHER STEELE, EX-SPY WHO COMPILED TRUMP DOSSIER, GOES UNDERGROUND

LONDON -- Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence agent who prepared the dossier on Donald Trump's supposed activities in Russia, has gone underground... READ MORE›

NSA GETS MORE LEEWAY TO SHARE INTERCEPTED DATA

The other intelligence agencies will now have to follow those rules, too... READ MORE›

CHRISTOPHER STEELE, THE EX-SPY BEHIND THE EXPLOSIVE TRUMP DOSSIER, HAS GONE UNDERGROUND

LONDON--Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence agent who prepared the dossier on Donald Trump's supposed activities in Russia, has gone underground... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP SAYS IT WOULD BE 'STUPID' FOR US NOT TO BUILD CLOSE TIES WITH RUSSIA, DESPITE ELECTION HACKING EVIDENCE

Alec baldwin mocks donald trump with russian 'make america great again' baseball cap... READ MORE›

GERMAN MINISTER CALLS FOR SHAKE-UP OF DEPORTATIONS AND POLICING IN WAKE OF BERLIN ATTACK

Germany's interior minister has called for radical reform of the country's police and intelligence services in the wake of last month's Berlin terror attack... READ MORE›

'BALL IN EUROPE'S COURT' TO RESCUE CETA DEAL, SAYS CANADA TRADE MINISTER

Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau, was due to fly to Brussels on 27 October to sign the agreement... READ MORE›

SUSPECTED ISLAMIST MILITANTS KILL AT LEAST FIVE IN KAZAKHSTAN

The attackers targeted a district police station and an office of the KNB state security service... READ MORE›

TERROR ARRESTS IN BRUSSELS AFTER REPORTED PLOT TO ATTACK EURO 2016 FOOTBALL FANS

Fans arriving at a big-screen showing of the game in downtown Brussels went through toughened security checks and face police scrutiny, the Belga news agency reported... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT HACKERS ACCESSED DEMOCRAT'S NETWORK, STOLE RESEARCH ON DONALD TRUMP

There's an amazing adversarial relationship among the Russian intelligence agencies, Mr Alperovitch said... READ MORE›

FORMER BRITISH SPY BOSSES SAY NATION'S EXIT FROM EU WOULD POSE THREAT

Those backing membership, including Prime Minister David Cameron, say the EU helps to coordinate intelligence-sharing... READ MORE›

BELGIUM SECURITY SERVICES CRACKDOWN ON TERRORISTS ACCELERATED DEADLY ATTACKS ON BRUSSELS AIRPORT, METRO

Belgium Security Services Crackdown On Terrorists Accelerated Deadly Attacks On Brussels Airport, Metro Security Experts... READ MORE›