The beat Rifles in the streets? Around 50 NSW riot squad officers have been issued with semi-automatic assault rifles—Colt M4 Carbines, to be exact. Intended to be deployed in terror incidents, the officers could also …
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Sea state During his visit to Beijing, Australia’s Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, was formally rebuked by his Chinese counterpart. Chinese Navy commander Shen Jinlong condemned the Australian Navy for having ‘compromised the …
The beat Drugs in flames The Pakistani Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) held its 2017 drug-burning ceremony in Islamabad. In the presence of national officials and international representatives such as the UN Office of Drugs and Crime …
Sea state Japan and China have agreed to implement a ‘hotline’ to avoid clashes in the East China Sea. No official agreement on the details of the mechanism has yet been reached, but the Japan …
The beat Andromeda defeated A collaboration between the FBI, various European crime and cyber crime investigators, Europol, Eurojust and private-sector partners has ‘dismantled one of the longest running malware families in existence’, the Andromeda botnet. …
Sea state Indian Naval Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba expressed concern at China’s naval presence—including submarines—in the Indian Ocean. India fears that the Chinese navy’s plan to deploy warships to Gwadar, a Chinese-owned port in Pakistan, …
Foreign policy white paper and WPS In late November, Australia released its first foreign policy white paper since 2003. While Katrina Lee-Koo has acknowledged that it represents a ‘step in the right direction’ in terms …
The beat Open letter against domestic abuse The Lochaber and Skye Police in Scotland has received praise for a series of tweets it published to express its support for women trapped in situations of domestic …
After four weeks of exploratory talks between the centre-right parties led by Angela Merkel failed to find enough common ground with the Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) to begin formal negotiations on a …
Sea state Attention is back on the South China Sea as China and ASEAN officially announced negotiations on the text of a code of conduct in the disputed waterway. There’s little optimism that the negotiations …
The beat Hate crime in the US The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program released the 2016 hate crime statistics, which show an increase for the second year in a row. A total of 6,121 crimes …
Sea state The US Navy is conducting exercises in the Sea of Japan with three aircraft carrier groups. The US Ships Theodore Roosevelt, Nimitz and Ronald Reagan are participating in the drills, which began on …