Security

Some 101 days in captivity for Turkey’s consul general in Mosul and 48 others at the hands of the world’s most dangerous terrorist organization finished with a happy ending on Sept. 20 following the Turkish intelligence agency’s intense work and a secret operation.

Police in Athens were investigating the circumstances surrounding a car accident that led to a man's death on Petrou Ralli Avenue in the early hours of Thursday.

The victim's charred remains were retrieved from a burned vehicle by firemen who were called to the scene on Thursday.

Initial reports suggested that the victim's car hit a utility pole before bursting into flames.

Australia's largest ever counter-terrorism raids detained 15 people and foiled an alleged plot by ISIL jihadists to conduct "demonstration killings", including beheading a random member of the public.

Snowden and Assange joined forces on Sept. 15 to attack the New Zealand government accusing it of mass surveillance on its peopl

US authorities threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day if it failed to comply with a secret surveillance program requiring it to hand over user data in the name of national security, court documents showed Thursday.

A pilot scheme allowing police precincts to issue new identity cards on the spot is set to be implemented nationwide in around a month’s time, thereby saving officers a total of some 150,000 working hours each year.

A Turkish woman has filed a criminal complaint after she discovered semen in in her shoes, prompting local police to compare the DNA with the samples in the database of sex offenders.

Security assessment for gay parade "in 2 weeks"

BELGRADE -- Interior Minister Nebojša Stefanović says the final security assessment for the Belgrade Pride event, announced for September 28, will be known in two weeks.

He added that the police are "prepared for this event."

The Justice Department could open a wide-ranging investigation into the practices of the Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department as early as Thursday following the shooting last month of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer in the St. Louis suburb.
     
A person briefed on the matter said Missouri officials were notified Wednesday of the probe.
     

Police in Athens were investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an unidentified individual whose charred remains were discovered in a basement in Kypseli, central Athens, on Wednesday.

The body was discovered by firemen who were called to the scene to put out a blaze in the apartment.