Security

by Ahmed Mohamed, VOA MOGADISHU — The Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabaab has widened its revenue stream beyond its traditional activities, like charging tolls at checkpoints, to illegally taxing properties and construction. In a new report, made public this month, U.N. experts say the terrorist group is seeking more funds to …

Editor’s note: The widow of this fallen police officer wrote about the heartache she felt when her husband was killed in the line of duty… and the letter he left for her to read if that happened. Just over six years ago, my husband was killed in the line of duty. …

Everyone thought that the oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso ran afoul of pirates in 2011 in the Gulf of Aden. The assumption was that the hijackers attacked the ship and set her ablaze. When David Mockett, a maritime surveyor, inspected the vessel, he was left with more questions than answers. But …

The Texas National Guard on Friday began moving 200 additional personnel and 40 additional high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles (HMMWV) to expand operations along the border in El Paso. “All sectors along the border are increasing their response posture to protect Texas against the flood of migrants and cartel activity …

A sniper in Israel’s “Masada” elite paramilitary unit must be able to shoot through a prison window grid that is one-half inch square. “Every shot that doesn’t hit the target would have extreme consequences,” a spokesman said. Masada is an elite takeover unit of Israel’s Prison Service. Its primary functions include hostage …

A Chinese student who came to the United States to study music has been charged with stalking in connection with threatening and stalking another student who posted fliers in support of democracy in China. Wu Xiaolei, 25, a Chinese citizen and a student at the Berklee College of Music, was …

Two provinces in Afghanistan rang with the cries of people being viciously beaten on Wednesday by the Taliban, in the latest spectacle of public brutality in Afghanistan. Taliban authorities in southern Afghanistan publicly flogged 27 people, including two women, for allegedly committing theft, adultery, and other crimes. The spectacles were …

Over the summer, he went on vacation to Israel, and appeared in social media posts where his wife joked with friends about having to go on diets when the couple returned home. Now, if convicted, home to New Hampshire resident Alexey Brayman could be a prison cell, after he was …

Anna Chapman was a successful realtor who in 2009 mingled with ease among New York society. She was intelligent, beautiful, and lively – and perhaps overly confident. She apparently did not know that the Feds were on to her, and that she was being investigated for who she really was: …

A Libyan intelligence operative suspected of making the bomb that blew up a U.S. passenger jet over Scotland in 1988 has been arrested by the FBI and is being extradited to the United States to stand trial, officials said on Sunday. The announcement comes within days of the high profile prisoner …