National security

European judges who gave voting rights to British criminals will rule on the flashpoint issue dividing Strasbourg judges and the UK politicians who have refused to follow their orders for seven years.

Victims of torture seeking asylum in the UK are routinely being held in detention while their applications are processed, in breach of government rules, according to a pressure group.

Afghan police shoot dead two British servicemen and gunmen kill a peace negotiator in separate attacks that undermine the country’s attempt to negotiate a peace deal with Taliban insurgents.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others who say they planned the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington appear in a military court charged with murdering 2,976 people.

MoD tells 700 residents near Olympic site they will be safer with missiles on top of their east London building.

Five men who smuggled 10,000 kilograms of explosives from Pakistan into Afghanistan are captured by security forces who suspect they were plotting a massive attack in Kabul.

With the announcement that six British soldiers are missing, believed killed, in Afghanistan, we examine the explanations and justifications for the country’s continued presence in the country.

Maritime intelligence analysts are to open a state of the art anti-piracy centre on the south coast of England, aimed at saving shipping companies millions of pounds a year.

As MIT warns the United States may need a cyber shield to protect its power grid, Channel 4 News Technology Producer Geoff White looks at how serious the cyber threat facing Britain is.

The situation in Afghanistan is serious but improving 10 years after the invasion, Britain’s special representative to the country tells Channel 4 News.

Two German men are in court today charged with terrorism offences. They were arrested at a major UK port earlier this month.

Government sources tell Channel 4 News the fact Andy Coulson did not face top-level security checks before working as No 10 spokesman would have made it difficult to do the job.

As the Defence Secretary outlines major reforms for the MoD, the head of a defence think tank tells Channel 4 News the military realises it must change or face being “hung out to dry” by politicians.

An adviser to the United States Department of Defense tells Channel 4 News there are “tens of thousands” of cyber attacks happening all the time – and they are getting more powerful.

Prime Minister David Cameron says most public services could be run by private firms, charities and voluntary groups – a move denounced by unions as “classic nasty party stuff”.