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Insiders: European defence

European defence expert Sven Biscop outlines the threats to European interests, explores what the future might hold for old alliances and what this means for our defence policies.

31/05/2017

United Kingdom

Manchester attack: MI5 probes 'missed warnings'

29/05/2017

World

Battling radicalisation, terror and cyber crime in the EU

How can Europe deal with with terror, radicalisation, cyber crime and the repercussions of Brexit on security?

26/05/2017

Belgium

Trump meets EU and NATO leaders in Brussels

US President Trump has met with EU and NATO leaders in Brussels, as a leaders summit is held in new NATO headquarters

25/05/2017

Europe News

Trump tells NATO members to pay their share

25/05/2017

Venezuela

Venezuelan health workers march against Maduro

Hundreds of medics protest at Venezuela's deteriorating healthcare system and medical shortages, blaming President Maduro

23/05/2017

Japan

Japan coastguard resumes drills as tensions rise

Maritime exercises were held in Tokyo Bay after a five-year pause.

20/05/2017

Europe News

NATO and EU defence ministers talk cooperation, Trump and cyber security

European Union defence ministers meet about strengthening defence and security and working with NATO against threats including cyber attacks.

18/05/2017

USA

Chelsea Manning is free

Chelsea Manning, the US Army private sentenced to 35-years in jail for leaking military files, has been released from military jail.

17/05/2017

USA

Senators call on Trump to reveal information about Russian meeting

US senators are calling on President Donald Trump to disclose what exactly was said during a meeting with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.

17/05/2017

Mexico

Award-winning journalist Javier Valdez murdered in Mexico

Top journalist Javier Valdez murdered in Mexico

16/05/2017

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast mutineers reject deal to end revolt

Despite the African country's defence minister announcing that an agreement had been reached, the mutineers are refusing to return to their barracks.

16/05/2017

World News

What does Malware mean for you?

What is the malware?

15/05/2017

Belgium

Africa on Brussels agenda amid rising migration from Libya to Europe

European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday are focusing on events in Africa as part of a general discussion this week on the bloc’s defence and security…

15/05/2017

World News

EUROPOL admits stunned by scale of cyberattack

Police forces around the world astonished at ambition and execution of global cyberattack.

14/05/2017

World News

Will WannaCry strike again?

Businesses around the world are preparing for a further cyber attack amid fears that a lull in the computer bug that halted production at car factories, operations at hospitals and work at schools and

14/05/2017

United Kingdom

UK hospitals, Spanish businesses hit by cyber attack

Hackers have launched massive ransomware attacks on the UK health service and a range of Spain's biggest companies in a bid to extort money.

12/05/2017

South Korea

South Korea orders Hyundai-Kia to recall 240,000 vehicles

South Korea’s transport ministry has ordered the compulsory recall of some 240,000 vehicles, following a tip off from a whistleblower.

12/05/2017

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USA: NYPD 'extreme' training

Members of the New York Police Department Emergency Service Unit took part in an ‘extreme’ exercise.

11/05/2017

France

Paris Gare du Nord reopens after major security scare

The busy transport hub was evacuated for more than two hours overnight in a fruitless search by armed police for three 'dangerous' men.

09/05/2017