The United States Air Force is training more personnel to operate drone aircraft than it is conventional manned fighters and bombers, the country's outgoing air force chief has said.
Despite an additional 1,200 troops placed on standby for possible duties at the Olympics, Government ministers believe there's no current need to deploy more soldiers.
Ramora UK has successfully removed the second of two WWII pipemines that had been buried underground for some 60 years on land that currently forms part of the BAE Systems site at Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
An unprecedented number of public safety organisations used the Airwave Service during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations setting a new record for the number of users communicating on the same platform in one location.
The US journal Science has published research on how a mutant bird flu may spread among mammals and possibly humans, following months of controversy over the risks of bioterrorism.
An advertisement for an anti-shatter window firm warning of the possibility of a terrorist attack during the Olympics has been banned for causing undue fear and distress, a watchdog said.
Abu Qatada, the Islamist cleric facing deportation to Jordan as a national security threat to the UK, has been denied bail after a judge said the security and intelligence services would not have resources to deal with a potential escape attempt by him during the Olympics.
Danish police have remanded in custody two brothers of Somali origin who were arrested on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack, Agence France Presse reported.
The rapidly changing nature of internet-based communications has left the security agencies and the police unable to legally track the online activities of terrorists and serious criminals in 25% of cases, the Home Office says.
