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A Frenchman of Tunisian descent drove a truck through crowds celebrating Bastille Day along Nice’s beachfront, killing at least 84 people, many of them children. The slaughter ended only after police killed the armed attacker in a hail of bullets.

Containing the spread of terrorism across Africa is a consideration for Canada as it mulls where best to contribute to a UN peacekeeping mission, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Wednesday.

A strong majority of Canadians object to this country’s sale of military goods to Saudi Arabia, China and Algeria, three countries with poor human-rights records that currently rank among the top 10 buyers of defence and security gear from Canada.

The commissioner of the RCMP has told his officers they are not expected to take part in community events while off duty if they don't want to, after CBC revealed Mounties across the country were declining "red serge duty" in a protest over working conditions.

The Mounties will sign an agreement to look at new ways of strengthening relations with Canada's Indigenous communities when the Assembly of First Nations kicks off its annual general assembly today in Niagara Falls, Ont., according to CBC News.

Most rank-and-file RCMP officers don’t believe Canada’s national police force will survive without unionization but they have firm ideas about what they want and expect from a new unionized workplace.

Snipers opened fire on police officers in the heart of Dallas, killing five officers and wounding at least five others during protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men, police said, in a week that bore dark echoes of the tumultuous civil rights era.

The man in charge of the Canadian Police College in Ottawa has been moved to a new job just as the RCMP puts the final touches on a wide-ranging review into how the Mounties handled allegations of disturbing behaviour at the school.

Cyberspace is likely be declared a domain of warfare at NATO’s Warsaw Summit. The cyber domain is an integral part of modern wars, conflicts and crises, and therefore also a key part of NATO´s current and future operative security environment.

A suicide truck bomb in downtown Baghdad killed an estimated 121 people and wounded nearly 200 others who were out shopping and celebrating early Sunday ahead of the holiday marking the end of Ramadan, security and medical officials said.

The Liberals’ decision to lift the visa requirement on Mexico starting Dec. 1 has drawn opposition from Conservatives who say the move sets a dangerous precedent and threatens the credibility of Canada’s immigration system.

During what was almost certainly his last visit to Canada as president of the United States, Barack Obama gave a glowingly-received speech Wednesday urging North American unity amid growing protectionist sentiment and global uncertainty.

The Government of Canada is committed to enhance compensation benefits for public safety officers who are permanently disabled or killed in the line of duty, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale told a public safety officer roundtable. This includes the creation of a public safety officers compensation benefit for firefighters, police officers and paramedics.

Suicide attackers armed with guns and bombs killed 41 people and wounded scores at Istanbul’s busy Ataturk Airport. The government said Islamic State extremists were believed responsible.

Canada's spy agency has been frustrated in trying to track Canadians who travel overseas to fight for ISIS and other extremist groups because the country's diplomatic service is refusing to play ball. That's the complaint of CSIS, which says Global Affairs Canada has not volunteered key security information, and drags its feet when asked for specific files on citizens and others.

When it comes to questions about who should be helping aboriginal communities navigate the Canada-U.S. border, the Liberal government's Public Safety and Indigenous Affairs departments are pointing the finger at each other.

Members of the unified Parliamentary Protective Service are raising safety concerns over a command decision that new blue-black police uniforms—which cost $861,000—are to be worn by unarmed officers whose duties are limited to scanning visitors as they enter parliamentary buildings and Commons galleries.

The vaunted Unit 8200 represents the Israeli Defense Forces exclusive IT spy agency responsible for collecting signal intelligence and code decryption. The decades-old unit – considered by intelligence analysts to be the strongest of its kind in the world – has also produced some of the most sought after cybersecurity startup companies.

Leading security and intelligence experts generally applaud the novel Liberal legislation to stand up a committee of parliamentarians to examine and publicly report on the efficacy and legality of Canada’s surging national security activities.

A Taliban suicide bomber killed 14 Nepalese security guards in an attack Monday on their minibus in the Afghan capital, Kabul, the Interior Ministry and an Afghan security official said.

Three former top executives of the Ontario Provincial Police Association and two of their business associates were charged Thursday with fraud and money laundering following a 19-month RCMP probe into allegations of misuse of funds.

The Native Women’s Association of Canada is calling for the creation of an independent civilian body to probe police conduct and review specific investigations as part of its recommendations for the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women.

The federal government has announced proposed changes to the Customs Act that would allow border guards to collect biographic information from everyone leaving Canada.

More than 100 military officials and security experts from all over the world have gathered in Kingston for a conference on international security. Yesterday’s keynote speaker from the Canadian Armed Forces discussed the changing face of security — within the military.

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says the federal government rejects the idea of allowing hunters to use the same type of military-style assault rifle involved in a mass shooting in Florida.

Thousands of people gathered in downtown Orlando to mourn the 49 men and women killed in a hail of gunfire on Sunday, vowing to counter hate and violence with love and solidarity. As Orlando grieved, U.S. authorities continued their investigation into the gunman, 29-year-old Omar Mateen.

Toronto police plan to boost their presence at local Pride events following the mass shooting inside a gay nightclub in Florida that killed 50 people early Sunday, organizers say.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling the attack on a gay nightclub in Florida an act of domestic terror. Trudeau says he was "shocked and saddened" to learn so many people were killed and injured following the mass shooting in Orlando.

Canada’s Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, the Honourable Ralph Goodale, has announced that Canada will host the Fifth Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas in 2017.

Ottawa Fire Services Chief Peter McBride was in Mirabel, Que., on Wednesday to lead a $4-million effort to apply the latest science and technology to firefighting. Some of the techniques are counterintuitive.

Federal spying and other clandestine national security activities will face new and unprecedented parliamentary scrutiny under long-promised Liberal legislation to be unveiled within days.

Federal officials used photo-matching technology to identify 15 high-risk people – all wanted on immigration warrants – who used false identities to apply for travel documents.

The Liberal government is contradicting its promise to increase the transparency of federal intelligence agencies by attempting to shut the public out of a court case on surveillance, a civil liberties lawyer says.

An Access to Information request from CBC News for complaints submitted to the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority last year turned up hundreds of stories from the front lines of Canada's airports. The tales are weird, sad and sometimes alarming.