Dan Boylan

Iran helps Houthis fight Yemen war in cyberspace

Iranian operatives are helping Houthi rebels control cyberspace in Yemen's brutal civil war, allowing the militia to command the country's main internet service provider, censor online comment, alter government websites and make money from cryptocurrencies, according to a report.

November 30, 2018

USS McCain back to sea for first time since deadly 2017 collision

The guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain has left port for the first time since a fatal collision with an oil tanker last year killed 10 of its crew and helped spark a major debate over readiness and command standards within the U.S. Navy.

November 29, 2018

Mitch McConnell breaks with Donald Trump, urges ‘response’ to Saudis

Breaking with President Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he accepted U.S. intelligence findings on Saudi Arabia's role in the killing of dissident U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi and that Congress should weigh in on the future of U.S.-Saudi relations and American support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen.

November 27, 2018

Donald Trump NAFTA trade deal threatened by Democrats’ demands

Much remains before the United States-Canada-Mexico Agreement (USMCA) goes into effect, and looming political changes in Washington and Mexico City could complicate what the partners had hoped would be a smooth and expedited process.

November 27, 2018

Europe, Iran defy Donald Trump, pledge to preserve nuclear deal

Europe and Iran, defying the Trump administration, pledged Monday to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal and defeat intensifying U.S. sanctions, but are having trouble finding a nation willing to host the system that operates the financial workaround, according to leading diplomats.

November 26, 2018

Xi plans ‘unprecedented visit’ to Panama despite warnings from U.S.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first official state visit to Panama next week in a bid to deepen ties between the two countries, despite growing U.S. criticism over Beijing's efforts to increase its influence in Latin America.

November 23, 2018

Kim Jong-yang elected Interpol president over Putin ally Alexander Prokopchuk

Interpol elected South Korean Kim Jong-yang as its president Wednesday, rejecting the Russian frontrunner amid concerns from Western governments that the Kremlin intended to use the post to politicize police cooperation across borders.

November 21, 2018

Poland joins U.S., other dissenters to U.N.’s proposed migration pact

Poland on Tuesday joined the U.S. and a number of central and Eastern European countries in announcing plans to snub an ambitious United Nations compact to regulate worldwide migration.

November 20, 2018

King Salman mum on crown prince’s role in Jamal Khashoggi killing

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud Salman stood by his son and heir apparent, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in his first public speech since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month, which sparked an international furor and raised questions over the crown prince's future.

November 19, 2018

More than $1 billion wasted because of maintenance delays to Navy attack subs

Maintenance delays to its attack submarine fleet have resulted in the Navy wasting about $1.5 billion to support boats unable to sail missions, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.

November 19, 2018

U.S. slaps sanctions on rogue trader charged with smuggling North Korean oil

The Trump administration has slapped sanctions on a Russian-born South African broker for allegedly helping the North Korean regime acquire oil.

November 19, 2018

Germany nixes Saudi arms sales in wake of Jamal Khashoggi killing

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz has delivered his first major speech since the gruesome murder in Turkey last month of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but made no mention of allegations that his son and heir apparent Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing.

November 19, 2018

U.S. sanctions 17 Saudis it accuses of Jamal Khashoggi killing

Saudi Arabian prosecutors on Thursday indicted 11 men and said they would seek the death penalty for five who they say carried out the gruesome killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but the move did not dispel skepticism in Washington and across the region that the kingdom is failing to come clean about the death last month of the U.S.-based writer in Turkey.

November 15, 2018

U.S. fight against U.N. migration pact finds allies

The Trump administration's once-lonely opposition to an ambitious U.N. pact on the treatment of migrants worldwide is picking up allies, as the Czech Republic on Wednesday became the latest European country to reverse course and say it will not join the compact.

November 14, 2018

Bipartisan congressional report warns of escalating Chinese national security threat to the U.S.

China continues to threaten U.S. national security in multiple ways including military expansion across the Indo-Pacific region, undermining sanctions on North Korea and potentially compromising the global technology supply chain, according to an annual report by a bipartisan congressional panel.

November 14, 2018

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela gold targeted by Donald Trump

The Trump administration tightened sanctions that effectively seal almost 16 tons of Venezuelan gold held by the Bank of England.

November 13, 2018

North Korean hackers pose threat through innovative tactics, say experts

China, Russia and Iran each pose evolving cyberthreats to the U.S. government and American companies, but North Korea has the "most innovative" hackers, former intelligence officials and private sector leaders say — in part because they have less money and have to get creative to get results.

November 13, 2018