Australia probes flydubai co-pilot's links to the country, police sayBy Praveen Menon and Alexander CornwellSYDNEY/TEL AVIV, Oct 4 (Reuters) - A multi-agency Australian counterterrorism unit is investigating links to Australia of the co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073, who stabbed his captain and then attempted to hijack the plane, a police spokesperson said on Sunday.The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team – which…Al-Monitor2d agoWhole story →JusticeSecurityflydubai hijack attempt
Trump administration asks US Supreme Court to allow detention of pro-Palestinian scholarBy Nate RaymondSept 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration has asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a decision that led to the release of a Georgetown University scholar who had advocated for Palestinian rights and opposed Israel's war in Gaza.The Department of Justice on Monday asked the high court to consider whether federal…Al-Monitor14d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentsupreme court petition filing
Assad-era Syrian official jailed for 60 years by US courtBy Kanishka SinghWASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - A former Syrian government official who headed the Damascus Central Prison under ousted PresidentBashar al-Assad and was convicted of torture by a US federal jury has been sentenced to60 years in prison by a US judge, federal prosecutors said.Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 74, was charged in 2024 and convicted…Al-Monitor19d agoWhole story →JusticeSecuritysyrian official sentencing
Exclusive-US military turns off ad trackers on devices amid Middle East targeting reportsBy Raphael SatterWASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - U.S. military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a range of phones and computers, according to letters released on Friday byU.S. Senator Ron Wyden and statements given to Reuters, adevelopment that follows reports that commercially available location data had been used to…Al-Monitor1mo agoWhole story →SecurityTechnologyRon Wydenmilitary device security update
