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FILE - Passengers walk past a couple browsing their smartphones near a China Southern Airlines, parked on the tarmac at the Beijing Capital International Airport Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. China’s Commerce Ministry said Thursday, May 30, 2024, it will restrict exports of aviation and aerospace-related equipment and technology beginning July 1, 2024.(AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

China to impose controls on exports of some aviation and aerospace equipment

China’s Commerce Ministry has announced it will restrict exports of some aviation and aerospace-related equipment and technology beginning July 1.
 
FILE - Former lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung, known as "Long Hair," second left, shows a victory sign as some of the 47 pro-democracy activists are escorted by Correctional Services officers to a prison van in Hong Kong, Thursday, March 4, 2021. Verdicts in Hong Kong’s largest national security case to date will be delivered on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

How a primary election led to activist convictions in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case

 
FILE - A woman looks at a document outside the Hong Kong's Final Court of Appeal in Hong Kong on Aug. 22, 2023. Hong Kong police on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, arrested multiple people accused of publishing seditious social media posts, in what were the first publicly known arrests under the city’s new national security law. (AP Photo/Kanis Leung, File)

Hong Kong police arrest 6 people accused of violating the city’s new national security law

 
Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer makes his first keynote speech during a visit to Lancing in West Sussex, England, Monday May 27, 2024, as part of the general election campaign trail. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

UK Labour leader Keir Starmer woos undecided voters with a vow to safeguard national security

 
FILE - The entrance to F.E. Warren Air Force Base is pictured May 24, 2018, in Cheyenne, Wyo. President Joe Biden on Monday, May 13, 2024, issued an order blocking a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining firm from owning land near the Wyoming nuclear missile base. The order forces the divestment of property operated as a crypto mining facility near the base. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver, File)

Biden blocks Chinese-backed crypto mining firm from land ownership near Wyoming missile base

 

Hong Kong court convicts 14 pro-democracy activists, acquits 2, in landmark case: AP explains

Hong Kong court convicts 14 pro-democracy activists, acquits 2, in landmark case: AP explains
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Verdict expected in Hong Kong’s new security law: AP explains

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan meets Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in Jerusalem

Protests in Malaysia over presence at defense show of Western firms supplying weapons to Israel

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FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at an America First Policy Institute agenda summit at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, July 26, 2022. A group trying to lay the groundwork for a second Trump administration if the former president wins in November is out with a new policy book that aims to articulate an "America First" national security agenda. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump-affiliated group releases new national security book outlining possible second-term approach

A research group that’s trying to lay the groundwork for a second Trump administration if the former president wins in November is out with a new policy book that aims to articulate an “America First” national security agenda.
 
FILE - The TikTok logo is displayed on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. TikTok is gearing up for a legal fight against a U.S. law that would force the social media platform to break ties with its China-based parent company or face a ban. A battle in the courts will almost certainly be backed by Chinese authorities as the bitter U.S.-China rivalry threatens the future of a wildly popular way for young Americans to connect online. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

TikTok has sued the US over a law that could ban its app. What’s the legal outlook?

Legislation forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell the video-sharing platform or face a ban in the U.S. has received President Joe Biden’s official signoff.
 
FILE - In this photo provided by the Alaska National Guard, an F-22 Raptor jet fighter prepares to hook up to an Alaska Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker, from the 168th Air Refueling Wing, to conduct in-air refueling over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex during their fighter/bomber exercises May 1, 2014. The Air National Guard has delayed personnel changes in Alaska until Sept. 2025, that could have threatened national security and civilian rescue missions. (Lt. Bernie Kale/Alaska National Guard via AP, File)

National Guard delays Alaska staffing changes that threatened national security, civilian rescues

The Air National Guard has delayed personnel changes in Alaska that could have threatened national security and civilian rescue missions.
 
First lady Jill Biden reacts as Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks and Deputy Secretary of State Richard Verma sign a permanent memorandum of agreement between Defense Department and State Department to strengthen the Domestic Employees Teleworking Overseas (DETO) program for military spouses in the East Room at the White House, Wednesday, Apr. 17, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Yuri Gripas)

Jill Biden says an agreement to let federal employee military spouses work from overseas is overdue

Jill Biden says allowing federal employee military spouses to work from overseas is a “national security imperative” that’s long overdue.
 
FILE - U.S. Steel's Mon Valley Works Clairton Plant in Clairton, Pa., is shown on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. U.S. Steel shareholders overwhelmingly approved the firm's sale Friday, Apri 12, 2024, to Nippon Steel of Japan for $14.1 billion in cash, voicing unequivocal support for a combination that has drawn opposition from the Biden administration on economic and national security grounds. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

US Steel shareholders approve takeover by Japan’s Nippon Steel opposed by Biden administration

U.S. Steel shareholders have overwhelmingly approved the firm’s sale to Nippon Steel of Japan for $14.1 billion in cash, voicing unequivocal support for a combination that has drawn opposition from the Biden administration on economic and national security grounds.
 
FILE - A Hong Kong cityscape is pictured on March 19, 2024. The United States sees Hong Kong's new national security law as a tool to potentially silence dissent both at home and abroad, but has tread carefully so far in responding, a disappointment to those fighting for democracy and freedoms in the Chinese territory. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

US treads carefully in responding to Hong Kong’s new national security law

The U.S. has denounced Hong Kong’s new national security law as a tool to potentially silence dissent both at home and abroad, but so far the action from Washington has been notably muted.
 
FILE - Cityscape is seen in Hong Kong on March 19, 2024. Hong Kong's leader said Tuesday, March 26, that prisoners convicted for serious national security crimes would not likely be granted early release under the tightened rules of a new national security law, signaling a hardening government stance against jailed political activists. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

Hong Kong leader says prisoners jailed for national security crimes unlikely to get early release

Hong Kong leader John Lee says prisoners convicted for serious national security crimes will not likely be granted early release under the tightened rules of a new national security law.
 
A lawmaker watches his phone during the second reading of the Basic Law Article 23 legislation at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

How will a new national security law affect different walks of life in Hong Kong?

Hong Kong has passed a new national security law that could redefine the liberties of its citizens, and its role on the world stage.
 
Military officers and delegates leave the Great Hall of the People after attending the second plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China’s top court, prosecutors report surging cyberscams, stress protecting national security

China has reported large increases in arrests and cases of phone and internet scams last year, as leaders showcase the ruling Communist Party’s determination to safeguard national security and public order.
 
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee, center, waves to delegates after the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Hong Kong’s new national security bill includes stiff penalties and more power to suppress dissent

Hong Kong has proposed a law that threatens life imprisonment for residents who “endanger national security.”
 
FILE - This artist depiction shows Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, right, appearing in U.S. District Court in Boston, April 14, 2023. Teixeira has pleaded guilty in federal court to leaking highly classified military documents about Russia’s war in Ukraine and other national security secrets. Teixeira pleaded guilty in Boston’s federal court on Monday to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act. (Margaret Small via AP, File)

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty under a deal that calls for at least 11 years in prison

A Massachusetts Air National Guard member has pleaded guilty in federal court to leaking highly classified military documents about Russia’s war in Ukraine and other national security secrets.
 
FILE - Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo listens during a House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology hearing on Capitol Hill Sept. 19, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Biden orders US investigation of national security risks posed by Chinese-made ‘smart cars’

The Biden administration will investigate potential national security risks posed by Chinese-made “smart cars” that can gather sensitive information about Americans driving them.
 
FILE- A pedestrian walks through a footbridge is silhouetted as Chinese and Hong Kong flags are strung to mark the 26th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China in Hong Kong, on June 27, 2023. Hong Kong’s plan to enact a new national security law, on top of a sweeping legislation that was imposed by Beijing and used to crack down on dissent, is deepening concerns over the erosion of freedoms in the former British colony.(AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

Hong Kong’s plan for a new national security law deepens fears over eroding civil liberties

As Hong Kong moves toward enacting a new national security law, more than three years after Beijing imposed a similar law that all but wiped out dissent and vocal pro-democracy media in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, concerns are spreading among the city’s international business and media communi
 
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House national security spokesman John Kirby gets expanded role in Biden administration

The president’s national security spokesman John Kirby is getting an expanded role at the White House.
 
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee center, Secretary for Justice Paul Lam, left, and Secretary for Security Chris Tang hold a press conference at government headquarters in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Hong Kong begins work on its own National Security Law, years after a similar law crushed dissent

Hong Kong has begun a public consultation on a local National Security Law, more than three years after Beijing imposed a similar law that has all but wiped out dissent in the semi-autonomous city.
 
A prison van carrying activist publisher Jimmy Lai arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, where Lai's trial takes place, in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Billy H.C. Kwok)

Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to sedition and collusion charges

Prominent activist and publisher Jimmy Lai has pleaded not guilty to three charges of sedition and collusion with foreign countries in a landmark national security trial in Hong Kong.
 
FILE - Pro-independence demonstrator Tony Chung, left, marches during an annual New Year protest in Hong Kong on Jan. 1, 2019. Chung, who advocated for Hong Kong independence and was jailed under a sweeping national security law fled to Britain to seek political asylum, according to his social media posts Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

A Hong Kong pro-independence activist seeks asylum in the UK after serving time over security law

An activist who advocated for Hong Kong independence and was imprisoned under its sweeping national security law has fled to Britain to seek political asylum.
 
FILE - Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai pauses during an interview in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020. The trial of Hong Kong’s most famous activist publisher who was arrested under China’s crackdown on dissidents will start on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023 after being delayed for over a year. Jimmy Lai broke into the city’s once freewheeling media world about three decades ago, armed with the belief that delivering information is equal to protecting freedom. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Hong Kong court rejects activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s bid to throw out sedition charge

A Hong Kong court has rejected a bid by prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai to throw out a sedition charge laid against him.
 
This is a portion of US Steel's Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa., on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. U.S. Steel, the Pittsburgh steel producer that played a key role in the nation's industrialization, is being acquired by Nippon Steel in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $14.1 billion. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Biden believes U.S. Steel sale to Japanese company warrants ‘serious scrutiny,’ White House says

The White House says President Joe Biden believes “serious scrutiny” is warranted for the planned acquisition of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel.
 
Members of the public line up to enter the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, where activist publisher Jimmy Lai's trial takes place, in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. The national security trial of Hong Kong's most famous activist publisher Jimmy Lai entered its second day, with judges expected to rule on his lawyer's bid to throw out a sedition charge that has been increasingly used to target dissidents under Beijing's crackdown on Friday. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Hong Kong court begins Day 2 of activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s trial

The national security trial of Hong Kong’s famous activist publisher Jimmy Lai entered its second day with the expectation that judges will rule by the end of the week on his lawyers’ bid to throw out a sedition charge that has been increasingly used to target dissidents.
 
Police officers stand guard outside West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, where activist publisher Jimmy Lai's trial is scheduled to open, in Hong Kong, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. A landmark national security trial opened Monday in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai, who faces a possible life sentence if convicted under a law imposed by Beijing to crush dissidents. (AP Photo/Vernon Yuen)

Landmark national security trial opens in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai

A landmark national security trial has opened in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai.
 
Hong Kong police announce a new list of five Hongkongers that they want to arrest for alleged national security crimes, at a press conference in Hong Kong, Friday, Dec. 14, 2023. Hong Kong police accused five activists based overseas of breaching a harsh national security law imposed by Beijing and offered rewards of 1 million Hong Kong dollars ($128,000) for information leading to each of their arrests. (AP Photo)

Hong Kong offers awards for arrests of activists abroad for breaching national security law

Hong Kong police are offering rewards for information leading to the arrests of five activists based overseas, whom it accuses of breaching a harsh national security law imposed by Beijing.
 
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, addresses an audience, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, during a visit to BAE Systems, in Nashua, N.H. The Biden administration announced the first of many coming federal investments in computer chip production, saying Monday that it would provide $35 million for BAE Systems to increase production at a New Hampshire factory making chips for military aircraft, including F-15 and F-35 jets. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Biden administration says New Hampshire computer chip plant the first to get funding from CHIPS law

The Biden administration is announcing the first allocation of incentives from last year’s bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act.
 
FILE- Agnes Chow, center, a prominent pro-democracy activist who was sentenced to jail for her role in an unauthorized protest, is released in Hong Kong Saturday, June 12, 2021. One of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists, who moved to Canada to pursue further studies, said she would not return to the city to meet her bail conditions, becoming the latest politician to flee Hong Kong under Beijing's crackdown on dissidents.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Democracy activist Agnes Chow says she still feels under the watch of Hong Kong police in Canada

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow says she still feels under the watch of the Chinese territory’s police after moving to Toronto.
 
FILE - This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what the country said is the launch of the Malligyong-1, a military spy satellite, into orbit on Nov. 21, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

National security advisers of US, South Korea and Japan will meet to discuss North Korean threat

The national security advisers of the United States, South Korea and Japan will meet in Seoul this week to discuss North Korea’s military threat and other issues as they continue to promote trilateral cooperation in Asia.
 
In this image provided by the White House, people sit at desks on the "watch floor," a 24-7 operations center, in the newly renovated complex of the White House Situation Room on Aug. 16, 2023, in Washington. The 5,500-square-foot, highly secure complex of conference rooms and offices in the West Wing has undergone a gut renovation that took a year to complete. (Carlos Fyfe/The White House via AP)

Inside the brand new White House Situation Room: Cutting-edge tech, mahogany and that new car smell

The White House Situation Room — a space of great mystique and even higher secrecy — just got a $50 million facelift.
 

Hong Kong police arrest 10 people accused of supporting overseas activists after 2019 protests

Hong Kong police have arrested 10 people on suspicion of endangering national security through their alleged involvement with a now-defunct fund that aimed to help people arrested in 2019 pro-democracy protests.
 
U.S. Attorney Randy S. Grossman for the Southern District of California, center, speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, in San Diego. Two U.S. Navy sailors have been arrested and accused of providing sensitive military information to China — including details on wartime exercises, Naval operations and critical technical material, federal officials said Thursday. (Meg McLaughlin/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

2 US Navy sailors charged with providing sensitive military information to China

U.S. officials say two Navy sailors have been arrested on charges related to national security and ties to China.
 
FILE - President Joe Biden greats a group of Thunderbird pilots after arriving at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Biden has decided to keep U.S. Space Command headquarters in Colorado, overturning a last-ditch decision by the Trump administration to move it to Alabama and ending months of politically fueled debate, according to senior U.S. officials. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Biden decides to keep Space Command in Colorado, rejecting move to Alabama

President Joe Biden has decided to keep the U.S. Space Command headquarters in Colorado, overturning a last-ditch decision by the Trump administration to move it to Alabama.
 
FILE - Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir talks to reporters ahead of the weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 19, 2023. When death threats forced Irish pop singer Sinead O’Connor to call off a peace concert in Jerusalem in the summer of 1997, a young man named Itamar Ben-Gvir took credit for the campaign against her. Today, he is Israel’s national security minister. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

His campaign forced Sinead O’Connor to scrap a 1997 Jerusalem concert. Now he is a Cabinet minister

When death threats forced Irish pop singer Sinead O’Connor to call off a peace concert in Jerusalem in the summer of 1997, a young man named Itamar Ben-Gvir took credit for the campaign against her.
 
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