Homeland Security News

The EU’s decision earlier this year to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation has opened a thorny new question for European governments: what to do about Iranian military attachés serving in EU capitals. The allegations come as European capitals reassess their approach to Tehran following the EU’s decision in January…

A knife attack at a restaurant in Shanghai on Tuesday injured three people, including two Japanese citizens and a Chinese national, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said, calling it an isolated case. The suspect described as a person with a mental disorder was detained and the victims were taken to a hospital for treatment, Foreign Ministry…

Three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders had to be quarantined and assessed Wednesday for possible exposure to an unidentified substance after being called to a suspected drug overdose at a rural New Mexico home, authorities said. New Mexico State Police said three of the four people who were found unresponsive…

The U.S. Department of Justice today announced the unsealing of a superseding indictment charging Raul Modesto Castro Ruz, 94, of Holguin, Cuba; along with Lorenzo Alberto Perez‑Perez of Las Tunas, Cuba; Emilio José Palacio Blanco; José Fidel Gual Barzaga; Raul Simanca Cardenas; and Luis Raul Gonzalez‑Pardo Rodriguez, for their alleged roles in the Feb. 24,…

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said on Tuesday he spoke with Bolivian President ​Rodrigo Paz and was very concerned about escalating unrest in ‌the South American country, where nationwide protests over austerity measures have sparked instability. Demonstrations that began with strikes in early May have grown into a nationwide movement involving ​labor unions,…