Rioters responsible for a public order crisis across Britain face being charged with terror offences, Britain’s top prosecutor has warned. Stephen Parkinson, the director of public prosecutions, said his team would use every legal power to jail those behind the disorder, and that terror legislation was already being used in one case. He spoke out amid fears that up to 30 far right rallies are planned across the country over the next 24 hours. Senior police sources have admitted the “outlook is bad”, but insisted they were “ready to respond”. More than 400 people have already been arrested in connection…

There will be no re-opening of diplomatic relations between Russia and the West in the wake of the historic prison exchange, according to a former US National Security advisor.

Axiom Space announced that its upcoming mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will feature a diverse international crew representing India, Poland, and Hungary. The Ax-4 mission marks a significant expansion of global participation in commercial spaceflight. It is also expected to strengthen ties between the participating countries and solidify their positions as leaders in the growing space industry. Veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson will command the 14-day mission, marking her second with Axiom Space. Joining her are Mission Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla from India, and Mission Specialists Sławosz Uznański from Poland and Tibor Kapu from Hungary. The upcoming mission will mark…

“I think the status quo,serves quite a lot of people’s interest well and a major escalation doesn’t serve anyone.”

Iran has threatened that it will deliver a “harsh punishment” against Israel following theassassination of Hamas’s leader in an explosion. Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, was killed instantly inside his home in Tehran with some reports suggesting that a bomb had been placed inside the apartment months earlier and detonated by remote control.The threat of retaliation by Tehran raises the stakes in the Middle East with the two most powerful countries in the region moving ever closer to all out war.The Israeli government has not commented directly on the missile strike which killed Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran early…

The increasing reliance on mobile phones by both Russian and Ukrainian forces has transformed the battlefield, with devices serving as both vital tools and potential liabilities. The disclosure has led to a warning by cyber analysts of a shift in Russian cyber tactics to exploit mobile phone weaknesses. The Kremlin has also proposed a strict new law punishing soldiers for carrying phones in combat zones in a bid to clamp down on their use on the battlefield. Dan Black, Manager of Cyber Espionage Analysis at Mandiant, described how Russia’s cyber strategy has moved from high-profile, destructive attacks on civilian infrastructure…

North Korean spy chiefs are hacking into hospital computers to extort ransom payments which are then used to fund more cyber attacks, a new threat report warns. The communist state is using the attacks to fuel its nuclear ambitions, with the report from intelligence agencies in the US, UK, and South Korea, detailing a global espionage operation aimed at stealing critical technology. The state-sponsored cyber group, identified as Andariel, is waging a campaign against organisations involved in defence, aerospace, nuclear, and engineering worldwide. Andariel, also known as Onyx Sleet and APT45, operates within North Korea’s 3rd Bureau, the unit responsible…

F-16 fighters could soon be taking part in combat operations inside Ukraine’s airspace providing a well-timed significant boost to its air defences.Described by experts as the “world’s most agile fighter” – and a much hyped element of this the Nato summit in Washington – the US-made jet will be used primarily to shoot down the barrage of cruise missiles, deadly glide bombs and drones used by Russia to target Ukraine’s power infrastructure.Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said they are essential to help Ukrainians push back against Russia’s aerial dominance and “unblock the skies”.Russian forces have been preparing for the Ukrainian…

Confusion surrounds the intelligence which led to the arrest of 95 Libyans at a military training camp in South Africa. Government officials claim that the country’s intelligence officers were responsible for the raid on the camp in White River in the Mpumalanga province, but National Security News has learned that the arrests were due to a tip-off from the United States. Kobus Marais, a former shadow minister of the opposition Democratic Alliance, suspects that this situation mirrors a previous incident where the U.S. warned South Africa about allegedly selling weapons to Russia, which involved the Lady R ship docking in Simon’s Town and…

This is a war and the good guys must win. The alternative is unthinkable, writes former Sars executive JOHANN VAN LOGGERENBERG.

It certainly isn’t entirely unpredictable that something would happen at the Summer Olympics in Paris. Let’s hope this is the last one and not a strategy.

Traditional background checks for employees are not good enough anymore as sophisticated state actors use stolen identities and artificial intelligence to get around security checks. Even a cyber security training firm discovered their new software engineer was actually a North Korean hacker. The hacker was exposed after he attempted to load information-stealing malware onto company systems. Alberto Casares, the chief technology officer at the cyber security company Constella Intelligence, told National Security News that this threat is not new and “underscores the sophistication and persistence of state-backed actors.” He explained: “The evolving landscape of cyber threats, including the recent case,…