Fliers who don't have the latest driver's licenses will have a two-year reprieve before their IDs are rejected at airport security checkpoints.

In an effort to increase security of passports, the U.S. State Department said U.S. passport holders will no longer have the option to pay for additional page inserts.
 

The Los Alamos National Laboratory may require U.S. passports for entry. 

Orlando International Airport is the first US airport to add facial recognition to its automated passport control (APC) kiosks.
 

Security on Europe's rail networks will be stepped up with cross-border armed patrols and increased spot checks on trains.

The UK Government will now check passports on all passengers leaving the UK. 

 Illinois is working on a plan to bring state driver's licenses up to federal security standards. 

 The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced the first authorized app to expedite a traveler’s entry process into the United States.

AirAsia will soon become the world's first airline to check the passports of all its passengers against Interpol's global database of 42 million stolen or lost travel documents.

A new assessment of the global biometrics market predicts revenues to increase to $14.685 billion by 2019.