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This section includes the latest news relating to U.S. security policy around the world. Updated daily, the news provided in this searchable database highlights the most relevant security developments from around the world. 

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Intel Reports Another Russian Train Convoy with Military Hardware in Ukraine

Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Ukrainian intelligence service reports another train convoy with Russin fighters and military hardware arriving to the militant-occupied city of Khartsyzk in Donetsk region.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Publisher / Source: 
Ukraine Today (Ukraine)
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Military Operations
Military and Police Aid

Egypt to Pay Families of 3 Mexican Tourists Killed by Military

Tuesday, May 10, 2016
The families of three Mexican tourists mistakenly killed in Egypt in September when military helicopters fired on them will be paid $140,000 each, an official said on MondayEnglish
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Nour Youssef
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Military

Cameroon, Chad and Niger to Receive Cessna Caravans for Surveillance Missions

Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Cameroon, Chad, Niger and the Philippines are to receive Cessna 208B Grand Caravans from the United States, configured for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.English
Country(s): 
Cameroon
Chad
Niger
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Arms Sales
Military Equipment

HRW Urges Pakistan to Stop Use of Force on Okara Farmers

Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Human Rights Watch expressed concern over the 'excessive' use of force by Pakistani authorities against tenant farmers protesting for land rights in Punjab's Okara district and urged the government to ensure that security forces follow the United Nations (UN) Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials and use non-violent means as far as possible before resorting to the use of force.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Publisher / Source: 
DAWN (Pakistan)
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Policing

El Salvador Govt Turns Blind Eye to Its Own Deals with Gangs

Tuesday, May 10, 2016
El Salvador's government is attempting to legally bury any remnant of an old, officially-mediated truce between the country's two biggest gangs, seemingly oblivious to its own dealings with the MS13 and Barrio 18.English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Hector Silva Avalos
Publisher / Source: 
In Sight Crime
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations

Former U.S. Diplomats Decry the U.S.-Backed Saudi War in Yemen

Monday, May 9, 2016
Saudi Arabia the other Arab states that form the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have been brutally bombing Yemen for more than a year, hoping to drive Houthi rebels out of the capital they overran in 2014 and restore Saudi-backed President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Alex Emmons
Publisher / Source: 
The Intercept
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Human Rights

Why Middle Eastern Leaders Are Talking to Putin, Not Obama

Monday, May 9, 2016
Why is this happening, and why on my trips to the region am I hearing that Arabs and Israelis have pretty much given up on President Barack Obama? Because perceptions matter more than mere power: The Russians are seen as willing to use power to affect the balance of power in the region, and we are not. English
Country(s): 
Middle East and North Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Dennis Ross
Publisher / Source: 
Politico Magazine
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Yemeni Officials Say Forces Evicting Northerners from Aden

Monday, May 9, 2016
Pro-government forces in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden were detaining and evicting hundreds of civilians to the north, Yemeni officials said Sunday.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo News
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Security
Conflict

Trial Starts for Israeli Soldier in Killing of Palestinian

Monday, May 9, 2016
An Israeli soldier went on trial for manslaughter before a military court on Monday after he was caught on video fatally shooting a wounded Palestinian attacker in the West Bank two months ago.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Ami Bentov
Daniel Estrin
Publisher / Source: 
ABC News
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Introducing: Israeli 12-Kilo Killer Robot

Monday, May 9, 2016
Imagine an intuitively trained special missions operative endowed with 360-degree vision who works alone or in packs to breach high-risk safe houses and bunkers, ready to shoot to kill within a second of an officer’s command. That’s exactly what General Robotics Ltd. has developed with its trademarked Dogo. English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Barbara Opall-Rome
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

U.S. Reveals Troops on the Ground in Yemen

Monday, May 9, 2016
A “small number” of U.S troops are deployed on the ground in Yemen to help fight the al-Qaida affiliate there that was controlling a major port city, a defense official said Friday.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Andrew Tilghman
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times
Tag(s): 
Military Operations
Terrorism
Counterterrorism

Mozambique’s Invisible Civil War

Monday, May 9, 2016
The horrific discoveries add to a growing body of evidence that, almost a quarter century after the end of a 16-year civil war that killed a million people, Mozambique is once again mired in conflict. Our own investigation, confirms that the country’s civilian population is once again in the crosshairs — and that this time it’s the government that’s responsible.English
Country(s): 
Mozambique
Author(s): 
Tom Bowker
Simon Kamm
Aurelio Sambo
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Home of Congo Presidential Challenger Is Surrounded by Police

Monday, May 9, 2016
Moise Katumbi, the former governor of an important province in the Democratic Republic of Congo and now an outspoken opposition figure, has announced he is running for president of Congo in an election that is supposed to be held by the end of this year. Mr. Katumbi said on Twitter that the police had arrived to arrest him. English
Country(s): 
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
Author(s): 
Jeffrey Gettleman
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Nairobi, Juba Lead Region in Military Expenditure

Monday, May 9, 2016
Regional economies last year spent $3.2 billion on their military hardware last year, an increase from the previous year, as they sought to modernise their weapons and to tackle the increasing terrorism threat.English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Kenya
Author(s): 
Allan Olingo
Publisher / Source: 
All Africa
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Close Encounters With Jets Show Russia’s Anger at NATO Buildup, U.S. Says

Monday, May 9, 2016
When the Pentagon complained about a Russian fighter plane performing a barrel roll near an Air Force reconnaissance plane in international airspace over the Baltic Sea on April 29, a quick response came from Moscow, which claimed that the American plane did not have its transponder turned on.English
Country(s): 
Europe Regional
Author(s): 
Helene Cooper
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Military
Security

Mexico sent 'El Chapo' Guzmán to its Worst Prison, and It's Not Clear What's Going On

Monday, May 9, 2016
Mexico's prison system has been called a "disaster," and drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán just got sent to the worst lockup in the country.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Christopher Woody
Publisher / Source: 
Business Insider
Tag(s): 
Policing

El Salvador Arrests People Who Pushed for Peace in Gang War

Monday, May 9, 2016
Salvadoran authorities announced on Tuesday that they had arrested 18 people who helped broker the peace deal -- and were investigating several more. The surprise development has moved the government's conflict with the gangs to a new, more aggressive phase. English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Joshua Partlow
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations
Criminal Organizations
Policing

Digging up Bodies: Colombia Is Searching for Thousands of Unnamed Dead

Monday, May 9, 2016
An agreement reached in October 2015 promised the sharing of information between the FARC and the government in order to expedite the search for Colombia's missing dead. They also announced the formation of a special search unit once a final accord is reached.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Joe Parkin Daniels
Publisher / Source: 
Vice News
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

'People are Tired of 70 Years of Killings and Violence': Colombia's Peace Process

Monday, May 9, 2016
For activists like Franco, and Jani Silva, a community leader from the south-western Putumayo department, many of the injustices that underlie the conflict in the world’s largest single supplier of cocaine remain unresolved. This is despite the passage in 2011 of the Victims and Land Restitution Law – which aims to hand back the millions of hectares of land stolen during decades of violence.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Clár Ní Chonghaile
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Security
Conflict

U.S. Role in Afghanistan Turns to Combat Again, With a Tragic Error

Monday, May 9, 2016
On the morning of Oct. 1, about 30 soldiers were in close-quarters combat against Taliban fighters — even though White House and Pentagon officials have repeatedly insisted that American troops no longer play that role.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Matthew Rosenberg
Joseph Goldstein
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Military and Police Aid
Terrorism

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