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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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Frustrated by New U.S. Program to Take in Migrants, Central American Parents Turn to Smugglers

Wednesday, April 27, 2016
The Central American Minors program was started to stem the flow of children crossing the border illegally, more than 68,500 unaccompanied minors in fiscal year 2014. At the time, a White House spokesman called it an “orderly alternative to the dangerous journey that children are currently undertaking to join relatives in the United States.”English
Country(s): 
Central America Regional
Author(s): 
Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Publisher / Source: 
The Los Angeles Times
Tag(s): 
Immigration

West Africa’s Regional Force Against Boko Haram Is a Political Prop

Wednesday, April 27, 2016
In March, the small West African nation of Benin announced that it would contribute 150 soldiers to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNTJF), a West African coalition whose main mission is to fight the militant group Boko Haram. The task force has approximately 9,000 total troops, but nevertheless it is primarily a political prop rather than an integrated military outfit. English
Country(s): 
West Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Alex Thurston
Publisher / Source: 
World Politics Review
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Russia, Uzbekistan Agree on Cooperation in Military-Technical Area, Culture, Sports, Trade

Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Russia and Uzbekistan have signed an agreement on cooperation in the military and technical sphere, culture, sports and trade. A total of five documents have been signed following Tuesday’s talks between the two countries’ presidents Vladimir Putin and Islam Kairmov in the Kremlin. English
Country(s): 
Uzbekistan
Publisher / Source: 
ITAR-TASS News Agency (Russia)
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

The Road Ahead for the ICC in Burundi

Wednesday, April 27, 2016
The announcement by the International Criminal Court that it has opened a preliminary examination into human rights abuses in Burundi could be the first step towards a formal investigation into the killings and disappearances in the central African country.English
Country(s): 
Burundi
Author(s): 
Tom Maliti
Publisher / Source: 
IRIN
Tag(s): 
International Criminal Court

U.S. Specifies Financial Guarantee Conditions for Ukraine

Wednesday, April 27, 2016
According to a press-release by the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland during the meeting with the Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman confirmed willingness of the U.S. to provide financial guarantees to Ukraine if the latter conducts the reforms agreed upon with the IMF. English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Ukraine Today Staff
Publisher / Source: 
Ukraine Today (Ukraine)
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

Uganda Provides Support to Mission in Somalia

Wednesday, April 27, 2016
In late March the east African country of Uganda took ownership of equipment from the United States as part of an ongoing mission to build international peacekeeping capacity and promote regional security operations in nearby Somalia. The U.S. equipment allows Uganda to perform the mission without deploying U.S. troops.
Country(s): 
Uganda
Author(s): 
Michelle Miller
Publisher / Source: 
Redstone Rocket
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

NATO Pledges to Boost Military Presence in Eastern Europe

Wednesday, April 27, 2016
NATO has pledged to expand its military presence in Eastern Europe to protect its partners and allies from potential threats as the U.S. sends two of the world’s most advanced warplanes to Romania.
Country(s): 
Central and Eastern Europe Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Press TV
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

U.S. Must Explain Afghan Anti-Terror Failure, Seek Intl Help to Fix It – Ex-President Karzai to RT

Wednesday, April 27, 2016
If the U.S. remains sincerely determined to fight terror in all its forms, and its intentions are true, Karzai believes that Washington should focus on cutting down extremists’ financial sources and training grounds. English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Publisher / Source: 
RT (Russia)
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

Uzbekistan: Between Russia and the West

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Mindful of the diplomatic tightrope walk that his government performs between West and East, Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov headed to Russia on a rare foreign trip on April 25.English
Country(s): 
Uzbekistan
Author(s): 
EurasiaNet Staff
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Security

How Brazil’s Crisis Is Bleeding into the Rest of South America

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
As Brazil is consumed by the worst political and economic crisis in decades, the country has turned inward. This has contributed to a regional power vacuum and a sense of paralysis when it comes to devising regional approaches to South America's most pressing challenges.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Author(s): 
Oliver Stuenkel
Publisher / Source: 
Americas Quarterly
Tag(s): 
International Community
Security

Rethinking the Global War on Drugs

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
At the urging of Mexico, Guatemala and Colombia, world leaders met at the United Nations in a special session last week to discuss saner ways to fight the drug trade. They did not get very far toward a shift in approach. Nonetheless, there was a consensus that investing in health care, addiction treatment and alternatives to incarceration would do more to end the drug trade than relying primarily on prohibition and criminalization. English
Country(s): 
Western Hemisphere Regional
Tag(s): 
Counternarcotics
Drug Policy

Missing Mexican Students Suffered a Night of ‘Terror,’ Investigators Say

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
43 students vanished in the city of Iguala one night in September 2014 amid violent, chaotic circumstances laid bare by an international panel of investigators who have been examining the matter for more than a year. The reason for the students’ abduction remains a mystery.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Kirk Semple
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Civil Society
Policing
Human Rights

U.S. Says Piracy in Gulf of Guinea Increasing at Alarming Rate

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The United States warned Monday that piracy and armed robbery are increasing at an alarming rate in the Gulf of Guinea, pointing to reports by industry experts of at least 32 attacks off the coast of Nigeria alone so far this year.English
Country(s): 
West Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Edith M. Lederer
Publisher / Source: 
ABC News
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Tajikistan Battered With Criticism, But U.S. Waives Sanctions

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Last Friday the U.S. State Department’s spokesperson, John Kirby, began the daily press briefing with a note regarding the department’s annual designation of “countries of particular concern.” The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent commission, each year makes recommendations to the State Department regarding countries that routinely violate religious freedoms.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Author(s): 
Catherine Putz
Publisher / Source: 
The Diplomat
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Security

U.S. Accuses South Sudan Sides of Blocking Peace, Warns Over Support

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Washington accused both sides in South Sudan's two-year conflict of blocking peace efforts and protested, rebels said, by pulling funding for a flight to return their leader Riek Machar to the capital.English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Author(s): 
Denis Dumo
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters Africa
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations

U.S. State Department Approves $260 Million Missile Sale to Qatar

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Qatar’s purchase of 254 surface-to-air missiles from an American weapons manufacturer has cleared a major hurdle after securing the approval of the US State Department.English
Country(s): 
Qatar
Author(s): 
Peter Kovessy
Publisher / Source: 
Doha News
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Military Equipment

Somalia: Kenyan Military Jets Bomb Al Shabaab Bases

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Two major Al-Shabaab training camps in Southern Somalia have been bombed by Kenyan jet fighters during an impromptu airstrike on Friday night, residents said.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Publisher / Source: 
All Africa
Wire Service: 
Shabelle Media Network
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

U.S. Ready to Offer Israel Largest Aid Package in History

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
A White House official indicated on Monday that the Obama administration was ready to offer Israel the largest military aid package offered to any country over the course of US history.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Raoul Wootliff
Publisher / Source: 
The Times of Israel (Israel)
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Arms Sales

Nigerian Military Covered Up Mass Slaughter at Zaria, says Amnesty International

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The rights group Amnesty International has put out a report on Friday accusing Nigeria's military of deliberately shooting dead more than 350 Shiite Muslims, burying them in mass graves and destroying evidence of the crime.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Clea Broadhurst
Publisher / Source: 
Radio France Internationale
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

HASC Would Boost Israeli Missile Defense Systems By $200 Million

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The House Armed Services Committee would boost funding to help procure and produce various Israeli missile defense programs by nearly $200 million above the level requested in the president’s defense budget, according to the chairman’s mark of the fiscal 2017 defense policy bill.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Jen Judson
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

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