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EU Sends Terrorism Experts To The Frontlines
The European Union is increasing efforts to understand and combat terrorism and extremism. To this end, the EU has sent intelligence and security experts...
US Spy Plane Deployed To Singapore
In another development in the so-far peaceful tit-for-tat dispute between China and its US-backed neighbours over territorial claims in South China Sea, the US...
Russia Joins Space Warfare Race, Tests Anti-Satellite Missile
In a further escalation of the space arms race, Russia has launched and tested an anti-satellite missile on Nov. 18. The missile system, called...
Number Of Foreign Fighters In Iraq And Syria Has Doubled
Over the last 18 months, the number of foreign fighters in Syria and in Iraq has doubled, according to a study by the Soufan...
How Can Big Data On Climate Change Help The Planet?
The Earth is big and its climate is complicated, with many different variants to take into account in order to be able to tell...
Turkey Cracking Down On Refugee Smuggling
At least one of Turkey’s border is now being controlled more tightly. Following an agreement with the European Union, Turkey is cracking down on...
Cut Power And The Crimean Blockade
For over a week Crimea has been without reliable power supply after explosions damaged pylons and cut off electricity supply from Ukraine.
While the...
NATO’s Defensive Cyber War Games
Threats from terrorist organisations and belligerent states are numerous. They range from terrorist attacks, like we have seen in Paris, through offensive operations similar...
Is Europe Losing Itself Under The Threat Of Terror?
Paz Shabtai
This past year’s events have already caused considerably heated debates on Europe’s illegal immigration crisis. Now the November 13 attacks in Paris have...
Japan Becomes A Player in East-Asia, Prepares Military
The government of Japan requested to purchase three Global Hawk drones, eight Kearfott navigation systems, eight global positioning systems, as well as other support...
Facebook Wants To Supply Airborne Internet To The Whole World
Facebook is aiming to bring the internet to underserved parts of the world. To do so it has teamed up with defence contractor Raytheon,...
New NATO Cyber Defence Agreement Signed with Czech Republic
In an effort to increase cooperation and shared cyber defence capabilities between allies, NATO Assistant Secretary General Ambassador Sorin Ducaru and Czech Director of...
What Does France Closing Its Borders Mean?
French President Francois Hollande closed the country’s borders late Friday night in response to deadly terror attacks that gripped Paris. "We have to assure...
It’s Official: Mustard Gas Has Been Used in Syria
Sulfur mustard has supposedly been disposed of in Syria over a year ago, when President Bashar al-Assad’s regime agreed to clear out its chemical...
Satellite Surveillance To Track Commercial Airplanes
by Konstantin Bodragin
Satellite surveillance is commonly thought of as belonging to the realm of spies, spooks, and secretive military intelligence types. Command, Control, Communications,...
North Korea Is Jamming China’s Phone Signals
North Korea has stepped up its restrictions on cellphone reception along its border with China. Signals from Chinese cellphone towers increasingly are unable to...
First “East of Suez” UK Naval Base In 40 Years Begins Construction In Bahrain
by Konstantin Bodragin
UK foreign secretary Philip Hammond and his Bahraini counterpart Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa held a groundbreaking ceremony last weekend,...
Three Million Refugees expected in EU By 2017
Three million refugees and migrants could arrive in the European Union by 2017, according to predictions made by the EU's executive arm.
The European Commission has estimated one...
US Defence Firm’s Secretive Agreement With Iran
Details emerged this week of a secretive deal between GTT Communications Inc, a firm closely associated with the American intelligence community, and the Government...
Germany Tightens The Reins On Spy Service
The US National Security Agency (NSA) overstepped an intelligence-sharing agreement with Germany by requesting German technicians to snoop on allied governments‘ emails, a top-level...
Greece, Turkey Join NATO Cyber Defense Center
Finland, Greece and Turkey finalised their accession process to the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCD COE). The Greek Republic and the...
South Korea Remains Under US Protection Against North
North Korea is an "up-close, dangerous and continuing threat,” said U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter at a news conference with his South Korean counterpart,...
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