by Evelyn Wang | Nov 14, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The year 2016 is a turning point for key issues of internet freedom, a report by watchdog organization Freedom House said Monday. Governments are now targeting messaging apps, said Freedom House’s Sanja Kelly at a panel hosted by Google....
by Ross Krasner | Nov 14, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The governor of an Iraqi province that was retaken from ISIS said Monday that lessons from the aftermath of the ordeal should be applied to the city of Mosul, assuming it is freed from the terror group. Najmaldin Karim, governor of Kirkuk province...
by Isabella Alvarenga | Nov 14, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – With ransomware attacks on the rise, small and medium businesses are the most vulnerable, according to a Capitol Hill internet panel. The Advisory Committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus, a private sector group that gives recommendations and...
by Andrew Merica | Nov 14, 2016 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – When Antonio Taguba turned 65 years old, he got a notice in the mail that he needed to sign up for Medicare – but when he tried to sign up, he was told Social Security had a problem with his application. He needed to contact that office immediately. “I...
by David Fishman | Nov 13, 2016 | Featured, National Security
Nearly 70 years after the United Nations first deployed its iconic blue helmets, demand for peacekeepers is on the rise. In July, the United States teamed with India, the world’s second-largest contributor to international peacekeeping forces, to train African...
by Andrew Merica | Nov 8, 2016 | National Security
In America, we enjoy our First Amendment right to a free press. Unfortunately, numerous other countries do not have that luxury. Non-profit press freedom advocacy group Reporters Without Borders has ranked the country of Turkmenistan 178 out of 180 countries in...
by Isabella Alvarenga | Nov 1, 2016 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – Although both presidential candidates have been tough on China over trade, U.S.-China relations have not been damaged by the campaign rhetoric yet, China experts say, but that could change after Nov. 8 because Donald Trump represents a break with current...
by Isabella Alvarenga | Nov 1, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON —As Kenya continues its fight against Al-Shabaab, the Kenyan government and media need to better understand the role of female extremists to create a more effective counterterrorism strategy, experts say. Dr. Fredrick Ogenga, a visiting scholar at the...
by Evelyn Wang | Oct 31, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The next president of the United States must make difficult decisions about further nuclear arms negotiations between the United States and Russia, an expert at the Brookings Institute said Monday. Either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will take office...
by Michelle Kim | Oct 31, 2016 | Featured, Health & Science, National Security
WASHINGTON- Robot soldiers, once a thing of science fiction, are advancing toward the battlefield. Countries around the world, including the United States, Israel, Russia, and China, are deploying autonomous weapons in military operations, experts told a prestigious...
by Ross Krasner | Oct 31, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON –Abdalaziz Alhamza, the co-founder of a group working to expose the terror tactics of the so-called Islamic State in its de facto capital in Syria, said Monday his group has dealt with many threats as it struggles to counter extremist propaganda in Raqqa....
by Michelle Kim | Oct 19, 2016 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — Army Gen. Joseph Votel, head of U.S. Central Command, warned Wednesday that “there will be setbacks” and “heavy fighting” in the battle to retake Iraqi city Mosul. “There’s going to be a lot to contend with,” said Votel, whose command includes Iraq,...
