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FCC demands TikTok be pulled while domestic data threats persist

Commissioner Brendan Carr wrote a letter to Apple and Google claiming TikTok is an 'unacceptable national security risk.'

Input · Jun 29, 2022

How Was Turkey’s Veto of Nordic NATO Bid Avoided?

When the leaders of Finland, Sweden and Turkey met with NATO’s chief Tuesday, the potential for progress was hard to predict. Some remained pessimistic the meeting would lessen Turkey’s objections to the Nordic pair’s historic request to join NATO. The government in Ankara had indicated for weeks that as an…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 29, 2022

Hong Kong's handover 25 years on: why human rights eroded so dramatically in the past two years

July 1 marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from British colonial rule to the People’s Republic of China.

The Conversation · Jun 29, 2022

US Eyes Biden, Xi Meeting in Next Weeks, Sees Growing Convergence on China

US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to speak in the next few weeks, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Monday, citing growing convergence among NATO and G7 members about the challenge China poses. The Group of Seven rich democracies will address China's non-market…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 27, 2022

U.S. eyes Biden, Xi meeting in next weeks, sees growing convergence on China

U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to speak in the next few weeks, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Monday, citing growing convergence among NATO and G7 members about the challenge China poses.

Reuters · Jun 27, 2022

Two Nepali girls gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh's Balrampur

BALRAMPUR(UP): Four men were arrested on Monday for allegedly raping two teenage Nepali girls who had come to a weekly market in the Haraiyya area here, police said. Superintendent of Police, Balrampur, Rajesh Kumar said the Gangsters Act and the National Security Act will be invoked on accused Ramchandra, Rajendra,…

The Times of India · Jun 27, 2022

Explainer-Hong Kong's rocky political road since the 1997 handover

Hong Kong on July 1 will mark its 25th anniversary under Chinese rule. The financial hub returned to China from Britain in 1997, with promises of wide-ranging freedoms and autonomy under "one country, two systems" governance.

Reuters · Jun 27, 2022

Government should not play with national security, says Kanhaiya Kumar on Agnipath

Patna Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Sunday said the Centre should not play with national securi

The Hindu · Jun 26, 2022

PM kicks for touch on fuel, food prices

Wise men say putting the right man in the right job will get it done and done well. So when Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha last week assigned the National Security Council (NSC) to take the lead in tackling energy and food problems, many eyebrows were raised, questioning the rationale of…

Bangkok Post · Jun 26, 2022

Analysis: Russia has unified NATO. But Biden, G-7 allies face mounting challenges

KRÜN, Germany — When President Joe Biden returns to Europe this weekend for six days of economic and national security meetings, he’ll do so as the leader of reinvigorated Western alliances, resolute in responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and recommitted to defending democracy.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 24, 2022