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Homeland Security

Review of New Zealand’s defence body calls for ‘coherence from the top’

The leadership of the body tasked with providing defence and security in New Zealand must show greater accountability and leadership in order to achieve its long-term strategic improvement goals, an […]

Australia appoints new reviewer of security agency

Robert Cornall has been announced as Australia’s new Independent Reviewer of Adverse Security Assessments, examining one of Australia’s security agencies. Cornall started the role on Thursday and has been appointed for a […]

Margaret Stone To Monitor Australia’s Intelligence Agencies

Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has announced Margaret Stone as the new chief watchdog of the country’s intelligence services. Stone has been appointed for a five-year term to lead the […]

Britain at risk to miss Nato defence target, MoD official says

Britain could miss a crucial Nato target for defence spending, as the UK Treasury is seeking to cut the budgets of most government departments this year by an extra 5%, […]

Scrapping Trident nuclear subs ‘irresponsible folly’, say UK ex-military chiefs

A total of 20 former military chiefs have written to the incoming British prime minister with a warning that a decision not to renew the UK’s nuclear deterrent would be […]

More sexual assaults and self harm in privately-run prisons, UK government data shows

British prisons run by private companies account for a higher proportion of fighting, sexual assaults, drug-taking, self-harming, hunger strikes, and prisoner escapes than public-sector prisons, according to analysis by The […]

Global leaders accused of failing on social cohesion

Global leadership is failing to achieve social cohesion and stability, US think-tank chief Anne-Marie Slaughter told the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos this week. Speaking during a panel discussion […]

Protecting nations, respecting rights

Ban Ki Moon has outlined the UN’s priorities in security sector reform. Here’s what he told the Security Council Reforms to national security in UN member states should keep clearly […]

Government of Peru arrests 28 terror suspects

The government of Peru has arrested 28 leaders and members of a front organisation for the Shining Path terrorist group. The arrests came after a concerted effort to track down […]

Drug-smuggling tunnels found on US-Mexican border

Authorities in the US have discovered two tunnels on the Mexico-US border that they claim have been used to smuggle drugs between the nations. A 73-year-old woman has been arrested […]