Los Angeles / AFP Authorities ratcheted up security on the Los Angeles metro following a tip from overseas about an impending bomb attack on Tuesday against a station in the sprawling rail network. The threat was relayed by an anonymous man who called a public safety line run by an unidentified foreign government, which then passed on the information to …

  Brussels / AFP Top US and NATO officials stressed the importance of preserving transatlantic security ties on Tuesday amid doubts raised by Donald Trump’s election as president. Trump stoked concerns that Washington’s near 70-year European defence guarantee might no longer hold when he said on the campaign trail he would think twice about helping NATO allies who did not pay …

  Moscow / AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed off on a broad-ranging plan aimed at bolstering the country’s defences against cyberattacks from abroad and cracking down on perceived foreign influence. The Kremlin’s new “information security doctrine” comes as attention has focused on the rise in state-sponsored hacking after the US blamed Moscow for cyberattacks aimed at influencing …