Tabassum Zakaria

Analysis: Military action in Syria faces uncertain fate in Congress

May 23, 2019 at 9:18 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congress has resolved almost nothing of consequence since 2010, failing to complete what were once basic responsibilities for roads, schools, farms and the U.S. mail. Asking...

A view of the National Security Agency at Ft. Meade, Maryland.

U.S. spy agency edges into the light after Snowden revelations

November 3, 2021 at 11:44 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There was a time when the U.S. National Security Agency was so secretive that government officials dared not speak its name in public. NSA, the joke went,...

U.S. spy agency edges into the light after Snowden revelations

December 24, 2018 at 9:47 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There was a time when the U.S. National Security Agency was so secretive that government officials dared not speak its name in public. NSA, the joke went,...

Protesters destroy an American flag pulled down from the U.S. embassy in Cairo on September 11, 2012.

U.S. extends embassy closings, lawmakers say threat serious

November 3, 2021 at 11:40 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States extended embassy closures by a week in the Middle East and Africa as a precaution on Sunday after an al Qaeda threat that U.S....

U.S. extends embassy closings, lawmakers say threat serious

December 24, 2018 at 9:32 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States extended embassy closures by a week in the Middle East and Africa as a precaution on Sunday after an al Qaeda threat that U.S....

Sexual battery charge against U.S. Air Force officer changed

August 24, 2021 at 6:24 p.m.

ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) - A charge of sexual battery against a U.S. Air Force officer, in a case that became a symbol of the problem of military sex crimes, was...

Flaws found in security checks by U.S. contractors four years ago

November 3, 2021 at 11:24 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Government auditors discovered four years ago that a select group of private contractors conducting background checks for high-security jobs were not doing enough to ensure the quality...

Flaws found in security checks by U.S. contractors four years ago

December 24, 2018 at 8:45 a.m.

U.S. drone guidelines could reduce ‘signature strikes’

May 23, 2019 at 9:12 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. guidelines for conducting armed drone operations overseas set a higher bar for attacking non-Americans and could reduce controversial "signature strikes" targeted at suspicious groups rather...

Pentagon to take over some CIA drone operations : sources

November 3, 2021 at 11:09 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration has decided to give the Pentagon control of some drone operations against terrorism suspects overseas that are currently run by the CIA, several...

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