By Mike Wendling, BBC News US officials have warned that foreign terror organisations may attempt to target LGBT events around the world during Pride Month in June. Authorities warned US citizens abroad to “exercise increased caution”. “Stay alert in locations … Continue reading US warns of possible Pride Month attacks worldwide
UK intelligence service funding ‘nano-degree’ courses in effort to improve diversity in technology roles GCHQ | Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent | 29 Aug. 2022 Britain’s intelligence services want to boost the number of female coders in their ranks warning they need to improve diversity to tackle threats ranging from foreign states to child online safety. GCHQ, the UK’s intelligence, security and cyber agency, is funding 14-week “nano-degrees” in data and software to help women who might have previously been put off coding to make a career change. The agency celebrates the birthday of Ada Lovelace, the daughter of the poet Lord Byron credited by some as … Continue reading GCHQ seeks to boost number of female coders to tackle threats
Beirut | Dec 29, 2021 The jihadist group Islamic State (IS) has killed 625 people in Syria, mostly members of forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, in 2021, a significant drop from the 988 fatalities of the previous year, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported today. The UK-based NGO, with a wide network of partners on the ground, warned in a statement that in the last twelve months 396 pro-government troops and fighters of its allied militias have been killed in jihadist attacks and operations against them. This balance includes the deaths recorded in the vast Badia desert, where IS remnants are concentrated nearly three … Continue reading Islamic State killed 625 people in Syria in 2021, NGO says
BBC | Nov 10, 2021 Military-ruled Myanmar has charged an American journalist with sedition and terrorism, which carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, his lawyer says. Danny Fenster, 37, who was managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, was detained at Yangon international airport in May. Nov. 12 American journalist Danny Fenster sentenced to 11 years in prison in Myanmar Nov. 15 American journalist Danny Fenster freed from Myanmar prison and on way home, says U.S. envoy Bill Richardson Dozens of local journalists have been detained since a coup in February. Mr Fenster’s trial on these charges is scheduled to begin on 16 November. He is already … Continue reading Myanmar charges US journalist with terrorism
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