The Latest Breaking News from National Security

A ban on Chinese-owned TikTok for government devices is in a new spending bill. It will not affect most of the 100 million U.S. users of the app, but it is a major anti-TikTok escalation by the U.S.

Albania has bought three Turkish-made Bayraktar drones that will be ready for action if the country's national security is threatened, but will be used in the meantime to help police, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Tuesday.

President Joe Biden will to travel to Mexico City on January 9 for a two-day trip where he will meet with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said in a call with reporters on Tuesday.

A senator has called on the National Security Council (NSC) to look into the finances of anti-government protest leader Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul, after a photo of her flaunting a brand-name handbag worth more than 200,000 baht was posted on her Facebook page and was widely circulated on social media.

Jimmy Lai’s case could be complicated as six former staff members of Apple Daily and Next Digital pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit collusion last year.

North Korea is threatening to take “bold and decisive military steps” against Japan as it slammed Tokyo’s adoption of a national security strategy as an attempt to turn the country into an aggressive military power

Washington state is considering banning the Chinese-owned app for government business amid national security concerns.

Jordan’s King Abdullah II reaffirmed that violence against the state, vandalism of public property, and violating Jordanians’ rights would be dealt with firmly, stressing that assaults and acts of vandalism were dangerous threats to national security and would not be tolerated. The King, accompanied by Prince El-Hassan bin Talal, attended…

Japan this week adopted a new national security strategy that includes determination to possess “counterstrike” capability to preempt enemy attacks and double its spending to gain a more offensive footing and improve its resilience to protect itself from growing risks from China, North Korea and Russia

Japan has begun a $320billion (£263billion) military build-up plan which would create missiles capable of striking China under a new five-year national security strategy.

A squadron of Chinese Navy ships sailed through straits near Japan into the Western Pacific this week, while Beijing on Friday blasted Tokyo's adoption of a new national security strategy putting itself on a more offensive footing — largely as a result of the perceived threat from China. The destroyers…