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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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Ghana, U.S. in Joint Military Exercise

Monday, April 18, 2016
Personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces and their American counterparts are poised to embark on a joint military training exercise dubbed “Epic Guardian 2016” scheduled for 26th April, 2016 in Accra.Announcing the eight-day exercise in Accra on Saturday, US Ambassador Robert P. Jackson said the event was to equip the security forces to response to international threats of terrorism and other safety issues.English
Country(s): 
Ghana
Publisher / Source: 
Star Africa
Wire Service: 
APA
Tag(s): 
Military Exercises

Fighting Rages In Northern Afghan City

Monday, April 18, 2016
Heavy fighting has raged in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz for the third consecutive day as government forces repelled Taliban attacks. English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
RFE/RL
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Military Operations

Brazil Crisis: Rousseff Loses Lower House Impeachment Vote

Monday, April 18, 2016
Parliament in Brazil has voted to start impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff over charges of manipulating government accounts.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Corruption

An Old Alliance Faces New Pressures as Obama Heads to Saudi Arabia

Monday, April 18, 2016
“The relationship is troubled. It’s rocky,” said Frederic Wehrey, a senior associate in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. But, he added, “it’s not headed for an impending collapse.” English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Michael D. Shear
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Ecuador Earthquake: Desperate Search for Survivors as Deaths Rise

Monday, April 18, 2016
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has warned that the death toll from a powerful earthquake which has killed 272 people is likely to rise. There were desperate scenes as rescuers and family members searched for survivors, often with bare hands. English
Country(s): 
Ecuador
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Security

Ukraine to Possibly Get More Funding from International Monetary Fund

Monday, April 18, 2016
IMF postponed the financial aid to Kyiv until the political crisis in the country was solvedEnglish
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Ukraine Today Staff
Publisher / Source: 
Ukraine Today (Ukraine)
Tag(s): 
Security

Honduran Troops and Police Join Forces to Protect Civilians from M-18 and MS-13

Monday, April 18, 2016
About 100 members of the Honduran Armed Forces and National Police (PNH) provided security to civilians so they could return to their homes in a district in southern Tegucigalpa after being threatened by the violent Barrio 18 (M-18) gang.English
Country(s): 
Honduras
Author(s): 
Julieta Pelcastre
Tag(s): 
Civil Society

This is Where American Special Operations Forces are Helping Advise U.S. Allies

Monday, April 18, 2016
U.S. Special Operations forces have been quietly deployed around the world since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in an effort to shore up U.S. allies embroiled in their own conflicts.English
Country(s): 
Global
Author(s): 
Thomas Gibbons-Neff
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Security Assistance
Military

Has Argentina Entered the 'War on Drugs'?

Monday, April 18, 2016
One of the dangers of the new Argentine government's anti-drugs measures is that they enable military intervention in matters of domestic security, a path that once taken, is hard to reverse, according to this analysis published by openDemocracy in advance of the UN General Assembly Special Session on Drug Policy.English
Country(s): 
Argentina
Author(s): 
Manuel Tufro
Paula Litvachky
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Militarization

India's Hostility Towards Pakistan is Due to U.S. Military, Political Support, Claims Ex-Pak Envoy

Monday, April 18, 2016
In an opinion piece in Dawn on Sunday, former Pakistani envoy to the United Nations Munir Akram raised concerns over the collaborations between India and the United States and said that the Indo-American alliance “has obvious and significant negative implications for Pakistan’s security”.English
Country(s): 
India
Pakistan
Publisher / Source: 
Zee News
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Outside the Wire: How U.S. Special Operations Troops Secretly Help Foreign Forces Target Terrorists

Monday, April 18, 2016
In recent years, U.S. forces have provided this kind of close operational support in a growing list of countries beyond the active battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, including Uganda, Mauritania, Kenya, Colombia, the Philippines and Tunisia.English
Country(s): 
Global
Author(s): 
Souad Mekhennet
Missy Ryan
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Military and Police Aid

Kazakhstan Ratifies Agreement on Transportation of Post-Soviet Bloc Army Units

Monday, April 18, 2016
Kazakhstan has ratified an agreement on cooperation between the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in the area of transportation of military and other units, their properties and defense-related products. A relevant law was signed on Monday by Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev, his press service said. English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Publisher / Source: 
ITAR-TASS News Agency (Russia)
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

ICG: Implementing Peace and Security Architecture (III), West Africa

Friday, April 15, 2016
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), now in its 41st year, has a formidable record, both in its efforts to enhance regional economic integration, its initial mandate, and to promote peace in a particularly turbulent region. Still, the organisation has demonstrated shortcomings requiring significant institutional change. English
Country(s): 
West Africa Regional
Publisher / Source: 
International Crisis Group
Tag(s): 
Security Sector Reform

Qatar, Oman Sign MoU

Friday, April 15, 2016
The Minister of State for Defence Affairs Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah today held an official session of talks with Omani Minister of Defence Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harib al-Busaidi.English
Country(s): 
Oman
Qatar
Publisher / Source: 
Gulf Digital News Online
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Beyond the Horizon Exercise Opens in Guatemala

Friday, April 15, 2016
“This will be a tremendous achievement and proof that partnerships do work,” Brig. Gen. Richard Torres, Army South Deputy Commanding General said, formally kicking off the 15-week event that actually began in March. English
Country(s): 
Guatemala
Author(s): 
Lt. Col. Carol McClelland
Publisher / Source: 
DVIDS
Tag(s): 
Military Exercises

Mexican Soldiers Tortured Woman in Leaked Video

Friday, April 15, 2016
An army captain and a soldier were arrested Thursday as a video emerged showing a woman being tortured by troops and an apparent police officer, Mexico's defense ministry informed.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
TeleSur
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Policing

Philippines to Get Largest U.S. Military Aid Package Since 2000

Friday, April 15, 2016
The Philippines will get its biggest U.S. aid package in 15 years to help the country beef up its ill-equipped military, as tensions rise over territories in the South China Sea.English
Country(s): 
Philippines
Author(s): 
Raul Dancel
Publisher / Source: 
The Straits Times
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

It’s Time for the U.S. to Rethink its Approach to Uganda

Friday, April 15, 2016
As aging autocrats such as Mr. Museveni use U.S.-bankrolled security forces to crack down on opposition candidates, journalists and peaceful protests, lavish security assistance from the United States may be helping to enable an environment of increasing repression in Uganda, and sending the message to other African nations that trampling on rights is permissible so long as the country remains a U.S. counterterrorism ally.English
Country(s): 
Uganda
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Kurdish Peshmerga Getting Heavy Weapons for Mosul Push

Friday, April 15, 2016
America and its coalition partners have begun arming the Kurdish peshmerga with heavy weapons such as armored personnel carriers, mortars and anti-tank weaponry to bolster their capability against the Islamic State.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Seth Robson
Publisher / Source: 
Stars and Stripes
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Military and Police Aid

Putin Just Sent Armenia MiG-29 Fighters and Military Aid. Here Are Three Key Reasons Why.

Friday, April 15, 2016
In February, the Russian air force announced that MiG-29 fighters and other sophisticated aircraft were headed to Armenia, to a Russian base 25 miles from the Turkish border. Moscow promised Yerevan a $200 million weapons credit and announced talks aimed at making Armenia the host of an essential link in Russia’s regional power grid to Iran.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Author(s): 
Samuel Ramani
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

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