Airport security

Close shave: Laser hair removal device sparks Australia airport evacuation

Avalon airport in Victoria state was partially evacuated in the early hours after the item was detected during a security screening.

Probe launched after knife slips through Incheon airport security

A small kitchen knife mistakenly packed by a passenger went undetected at a security checkpoint at Incheon International Airport on May 17.

Over 1,000 US TSA officers have left since start of shutdown, DHS says

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers walk through the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. March 27, 2026. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer

US warns it will run out of money to pay airport security workers in coming weeks

US air passengers in March waited up to four hours in queues to get through security, amid a partial government shutdown.

Japan to limit power banks on flights to 2 per person from April 24

Japan's Transport Ministry said power banks with a rating exceeding 160 watt-hour are not allowed on board.

ICE arrested more than 800 people after tips from US airport security agency

Anti-ICE protesters march through Terminal 1 of O’Hare International Airport, as they call for the removal of ICE agents ordered to help with security at airports earlier in the week on Monday, March 23, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., March 27, 2026. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska

Major US airports return to normal as TSA workers get paid

Passengers wait in a TSA security checkpoint queue in Baltimore on March 29.

Trump orders TSA agents be paid as Congress still deadlocked

Travellers waiting in long lines at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas on March 27, 2026.

Senate passes Homeland Security deal after airport delays

Passengers wait in line at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on March 23.

Trump orders government to pay US airport security workers

Travellers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas.

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