This week the President of Honduras asked for a ‘Plan Colombia’ for his country, the Pentagon trained more Mexican military members and U.S. Southern Command completed its six-week training mission in Belize. Read these stories and other highlights below.
This week Congress discussed President Obama’s $5 billion Counterterrorism Partnership Fund, the conflict between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza intensified, and the U.S. signed an $11 billion defense contract with Qatar. Read these stories and more below.
The United States Africa Command gave the Mauritanian military two aircrafts with advanced surveillance equipment worth $21 million each and Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is seeking approval from legislators to borrow $1 billion from foreign governments to fight terrorism. Read more about these stories and other news highlights from the African region below.
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False reports surfaced that United States Congress allegedly granted Georgia major non-NATO ally status, while Russia held military exercises with several Central Eurasian countries. Read these stories and other top news highlights from the region below.
In an effort to steer them further away from Russia’s growing orbit, the United States plans to focus its aid on Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine for the countries of Europe and the former Soviet Union, according to Daniel Rosenblum, the State Department's Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia, in a June 25thhearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and...
This week President Obama asked Congress for $3.7 billion to address the humanitarian crisis at the border, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced a new program to help monitor the his country’s border with Guatemala, and the U.S. trained an elite Honduran police unit set up at its northern border. Read these stories and other highlights below.