If you are heading into a contested zone or a heavy public demonstration, you need to know exactly how to armor your body against an active sonic weapon. With the constant escalation of crowd-control ...

Venezuela’s defence minister has accused the United States of using the country as a “weapons laboratory” during the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on January 3.

Speculation swirls around US military tactics in Operation Absolute Resolve after a purported Maduro loyalist's testimony described a devastating sonic weapon neutralizing Venezuelan forces. The ...

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The wave of violence by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection has brought law enforcement’s use of force coming under renewed scrutiny — though even so-called “less ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Images and videos from Minneapolis, Chicago and other U.S. cities show masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents in military-style gear pointing weapons at ...

A Border Patrol tactical unit agent dispenses pepper spray at a protester attempting to block an immigration officer’s vehicle. Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images Images and ...