http://www.news24.com/Tags/Topics/security Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:19:46 +0200 US President Barack Obama’s security team is not taking any chances during his trip to Africa and will even be providing bulletproof trucks and fighter jets to patrol the air space for 24 hours. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Tip-top-security-for-Obamas-Africa-trip-20130618 Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban for promoting girls' education, has denounced an attack on a bus carrying female students in Quetta as "cowardly". http://www.news24.com/World/News/Malala-denounces-cowardly-attack-20130617 Germany's Merkel says US spies helped foil terror plot, but questions NSA surveillance scope http://www.news24.com/World/News/Merkel-US-helped-foil-terror-plot-20130617 Britain's Royal Air Force has escorted an Egyptair plane bound for New York to a Scottish airport following an onboard incident, says the Ministry of Defence. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/UK-warplanes-escort-diverted-Egyptair-craft-20130615 The Turkish government has said it would comply with a court decision that suspended the controversial development of Gezi Park in Istanbul. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Turkey-govt-acks-down-after-court-ruling-20130614 Spain's national police has built up an army of over half a million followers on Twitter, in an open dialogue that has helped bring the force closer to the people. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Spanish-cops-use-Twitter-to-fight-crime-20130612 An Indonesian Islamic militant has been jailed for seven years after he built bombs at his house and plotted to attack police stations. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Indonesia-jails-Islamist-bombmaker-20130610 A former CIA worker who admits being the source of disclosures about the US government's secret surveillance programmes, is at risk of prosecution even as he is holed up in a Hong Kong hotel room. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Man-who-exposed-US-spying-holed-up-in-HK-20130610 A US intelligence official stressed that a program for tapping into internet usage falls under supervision of a secret court and can't target American citizens. http://www.news24.com/Technology/News/Intelligence-chief-backs-online-spying-20130609 At least 10 people have been killed in fresh fighting between militias loyal to rival self-declared leaders in the key Somali port city of Kismayo. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Somali-fighting-kills-10-20130608 Malian authorities and armed ethnic Tuareg rebels have begun talks aimed at resolving the conflict in the north to enable planned nationwide elections to go ahead. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Mali-holds-talks-with-Tuareg-rebels-20130608 At least 11 people have died and 58 were wounded when demonstrators attacked the headquarters in Benghazi of former rebels. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Libya-ex-rebel-HQ-attacked-11-dead-20130608 Islamabad has summoned an American diplomat to protest over the latest US drone strike which killed seven people in Pakistan. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Pakistan-protests-over-drones-20130608 Law enforcement agencies are well-prepared to deal with any potential threats to state security, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Motlanthe-satisfied-with-SA-security-20130605 Bulgaria says it only had an "indication" that Lebanon's Hezbollah might have been behind a deadly bus bombing and that this alone did not justify any EU move to list it as a terrorist group. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Bulgaria-backs-away-from-Hezbollah-claims-20130605 Police say three firebombs have exploded at different locations in central Athens, with one wounding a woman. http://www.news24.com/World/News/3-firebombs-explode-in-Athens-1-hurt-20130603 The United States must develop "rules of the road" with China and other countries to mitigate cyberthreats, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel says. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Hagel-to-discuss-cyberthreat-with-Chinese-20130531 Turkish police have rounded up 12 people suspected of ties to a "terrorist organisation" in a string of raids across Turkey, the governor of the southern city of Adana says. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Turkey-detains-12-terror-suspects-20130530 A Chechen man shot dead by the FBI during questioning on his links to the Boston Marathon bombers was unarmed, says a report. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Boston-suspects-friend-unarmed-when-shot-20130530 The African Union will establish a new military force following a suggestion from South Africa, the international relations and co-operation department says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/AU-to-adopt-SA-military-initiative-20130528