The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security are asking for high alert for potential terror attacks on July 4, the Independence Day, amid growing threats from the Islamic State (IS), said local media Monday.
A number of top Chinese information security firms are in San Francisco to present their products and services to an American crowd.
Malaysia said Monday that the open debate of the United Nations Security Council is both " necessary and urgent" against the backdrop of the current world situation, and that it offers "a timely opportunity" for the UN and its Security Council to reflect on the achievements over the past 70 years and the challenges ahead.
The UN Security Council on Sunday condemned "in the strongest terms" an attack on a military vehicle in Mali, in which one Chadian UN peacekeeper was killed and four others injured.
The UN Security Council on Sunday "strongly condemned the heinous and cowardly murder" of David Haines, a British humanitarian aid worker, by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
The UN Security Council on Thursday condemned the suicide car bombing in an east Lebanese city near the border with Syria, calling it a "terrorist attack."
The UN Security Council and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday that they are " appalled" by the suicide car bombings targeting a popular hotel in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, calling the attacks "acts of terrorism."
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon and the UN Security Council on Thursday strongly condemned a car bomb attack in the Lebanese capital of Beirut that killed at least six people and wounded 70 others.
The UN General Assembly is to vote on Dec. 6 over whether Jordan should fill a two-year term on the UN Security Council beginning Jan. 1, 2014, the United Nations said on Thursday.
French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday had a phone conversation with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama over Russia's proposal to place Syrian chemical arms under international control and to ensure their "total" and "effective" destruction, a French Presidency statement said.
The UN Security Council on Thursday voiced its strong condemnation of "the intense fighting" in the separation area between Israel and Syria, including the attack leading to injuries of two UN peacekeepers on the Golan Heights.
The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution to renew the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for another year.
More than 400 global foreign and defence policy heavyweights have been discussing global hot-spot issues including the situation in Mali, Syria, and Iran's nuclear program at the 49th Munich Security Conference (MSC) starting from Friday.
The announcement on Thursday by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to conduct more rocket launches and a higher-level nuclear test shocked the world and attracted criticism from major countries.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday vowed to conduct more rocket launches and a higher-level nuclear test targeting its "sworn enemy" -- the United States.
The UN Security Council on Tuesday called for a comprehensive global strategies to fight terrorism, saying that "terrorism will not be defeated by military force or security forces, law enforcement measures, and intelligence operations alone."