Today the illegal wildlife trade is worth in excess of $10 billion annually and the surging demand for ivory from the rapidly growing economies of China, Vietnam and Thailand resulted in over 40,000 elephants being killed in Africa in 2012, or one every 15 minutes.

Making sure security service and policing powers are up to date and adequate - of course while avoiding unnecessary intrusion, misuse and expense - is something we all have a very big interest in.

Last week, lawyers for the police were partly successful in pushing a case concerning what has been described as the "sexual and psychological abuse of campaigners for social justice ... by undercover police officers" into a secret tribunal, from which little if any evidence of just how this was allowed to happen will emerge.

The government has "important questions to answer" over anti-terror laws after a suspected terrorist went missing, Theresa May said. Ibrahim Magag...

Many experts were caught off guard by the surprise launch of the North Korean satellite on the 12 December. Many argued that another attempt to launch the rocket, after the failure in April, would not be until 2013.

David Cameron has defended plans for secret court proceedings, saying they would prevent taxpayer-funded payouts to "unsavoury" characters and enhance...

When he won his first election four years ago, he promised to restore America's reputation in the world. But as he starts his second and final term following a strong election victory last night, president Barack Obama resumes service in the White House with a reputation abroad as a hard-nosed leader who killed Osama Bin Laden and who sent drones to pursue extremists in far-flung places.

As a former MI5 intelligence officer, I am not an apologist of terrorism although I can understand the social injustice that can lead to it. However, I'm also very aware that the threat can be artificially ramped up and manipulated to achieve preconceived political goals. I would suggest that the concept of secret courts will prove fatally dangerous to our democracy. It may start with the concept of getting the Big Bad Terrorist, but in more politically unstable or stringent economic times this concept is wide open to mission creep.

Powers to hear evidence in secret in civil courts will not be extended to inquests and will only be allowed in the interest of national security, the ...

The Coalition has not exactly covered itself in glory through its proposal to allow GCHQ to monitor all email, Skype and social media conversations in realtime.

The biggest strategic risk facing the UK is economic rather than military, and the eurozone crisis is of "huge importance" to defence chiefs as well a...

For a country so small in geographic size, Israel has consistently 'punched above its weight' in providing defence solutions to the globe. The country's prodigious ingenuity has catapulted its inventions to near mythical status.

For many years terrorist groups pursuing their political, religious and ideological beliefs have attacked our free and democratic way of life. Yet the largest loss of British citizens during a single terrorist attack did not occur in Britain but in the United States on 11 September 2001.