Earlier this week the U.S. Justice Department announced that a private security contractor called ArmorGroup North America Inc. had agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a dispute with the ...

** FILE **Two U.S. private security contractors investigate the site where a military armored bus was damaged by a roadside bomb on the highway near Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad, Iraq ...

At the end of the Cold War, private security contractors became vital to many countries’ national security as armies trimmed their ranks. Often staffed by former military members, private ...

Now it seems a new version is being filmed in Abu Dhabi—by Israeli, U.S., and UAE leaders talking up the bad idea of using private military contractors into Gaza, in contradiction of every ...

Current and former U.S. officials said the Israeli government has approached several security firms already. The U.S. is wary of having Americans provide armed security, the officials said.