WASHINGTON — The Defense Department’s inspector general said Monday that it’s investigating U.S. Southern Command over its targeting of alleged drug-smuggling boats in the military’s campaign against drug cartels, which some critics have argued is illegal. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Southern Command has targeted…
Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has led African legislators in condemning what they described as growing interference by the European Parliament in the internal affairs of African countries, urging members of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) to defend the continent’s sovereignty. Speaking during a meeting of the Eastern Africa Regional Parliamentary Group…
Heino Gevers, senior director of technical support at Mimecast. Intentional betrayal by employees now rivals accidental mistakes as a leading security risk for organisations, signalling a significant shift in enterprise security threats, according to cyber security and risk management company Mimecast. The company released findings from its ninth annual State of Human Risk Report, based…
Newly filed internal documents show how Google viewed its work with schools as a way of turning children into lifelong customers — while the company simultaneously acknowledged research suggesting that YouTube, one of Google’s main platforms, can be unsafe and distracting. In a 2018 presentation, one slide noted that the public sees YouTube as problematic…
There are liberal reformers, such as human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi or former deputy interior minister Mostafa Tajzadeh. But all of these are either languishing in jails or under house arrest. The regime “has been very good at repressing dissent by jailing dissidents or…
Monrovia — Internal Affairs Minister, Franklin Sakila Nyumalin, has issued a strong warning over the rising tensions between Guinea and Sierra Leone at the Yengar border, calling the situation a serious threat to regional peace. Speaking during the opening of the AU-ECOWAS Border Conference in Monrovia on June 16, 2025, Minister Nyumalin revealed that both…
