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World peace is deteriorating after six decades of gradual improvement since World World II, according to a new global security report.
From his home in Leicester, former business administrator Elliot Higgins trawls through sometimes hundreds of videos a day from Syria’s civil war.
Two years after the Stuxnet computer worm attacked its nuclear program, Iran is increasingly turning to cyberspace to retaliate against sanctions.
Muammar Gaddafi’s death means a long and complex trial that could have divided Libya and embarrassed Western governments and oil firms will be avoided
The manner of the <i>News of the World</i>’s demise shows controlling information is getting much more difficult.
Security experts say any sophisticated state in the 21st century has formidable powers to read almost any electronic information it wishes.
Cyberspace is likely to be a key battleground for states in the 21st century but recruiting those with the technical skills to fight will be tough.
Laurent Gbagbo may be on his way out in Côte d’Ivoire but Alassane Ouattara will inherit a divided country, an unsolved massacre and chaos in Abidjan.
When John Chase’s phone rings, he does not know whether he will be called to deal with a Somali pirate hijacking or commercial kidnapping.
Record high food prices are moving to the top of policymaker agendas, driven by fears it could stoke inflation, protectionism and unrest.
The diplomatic cables so far released by WikiLeaks might embarrass US diplomats but probably won’t shatter any international relationships.
Warships keep watch against Somali pirates — but in the long run, newly arrived navies from India, China, Russia may be as much rivals as allies.
SA is a year away from a new president and with economic risks mounting, investors are apprehensive about who will head the finance ministry.
Computer maker Hewlett-Packard sees Africa as one of its fastest-growing markets, it said on Tuesday, expecting the world’s poorest continent to rival India for IT outsourcing…
Protesters scaled the roof of Britain’s Parliament in a major security breach on Wednesday and threatened further direct action against government plans to expand London’s…
Microfinance services for the world’s very poor will likely continue to grow despite any global downturn, Citigroup says, but said the sector must diversify beyond small loans to…
Microcredit, tiny loans to the world’s poorest, is booming and now benefits more than half a billion people but Africa and Latin America lag behind Asia and unscrupulous lenders…
A ”perfect storm” of drought, conflict and rising costs has increased the ranks of the chronically hungry by millions of people, and forced aid workers to find and fund…
Economic crisis, hunger and the impact of Aids are pushing Zimbabwean children as young as seven to risk exploitation and walk alone or in small groups into South Africa, aid…
The end of brutal wars in West Africa and global efforts to halt recruitment have cut the number of child soldiers, but experts say vulnerable children are still forced into…
