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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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Afghans Too Busy Fighting Taliban to Train, Says U.S. General

Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Efforts to build up the Afghan military have been delayed by heavy fighting and high casualties, the US general in charge of the mission said. English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Carlos Barrio
Publisher / Source: 
RT News
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Brazil Vice-President Michel Temer Could Face Impeachment

Wednesday, April 6, 2016
A Supreme Court judge in Brazil has ordered the lower house of congress to create a commission to analyse whether impeachment proceedings against Vice-President Michel Temer should go ahead. Judge Marco Aurelio Mello overruled a decision by the speaker of the lower house who had rejected the request.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Pakistan Went From No Executions To Hundreds In Just One Year

Wednesday, April 6, 2016
The worldwide use of the death penalty has hit a more than 25-year high and Pakistan is one of the main reasons for the spike, according to Amnesty International’s annual report.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Author(s): 
Nick Robins-Early
Publisher / Source: 
The World Post
Tag(s): 
Security

How Mexico's Attack On Human Rights Undercut An International Investigation

Wednesday, April 6, 2016
With little fanfare, Mexican officials have quietly tried to undercut an international investigation into one of the country’s worst human rights tragedies: the attack on 43 students from the Ayotzinapa teacher training school, who were kidnapped and presumably killed by police and whose bodies have never been found.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
David Agren
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Supporting Civilian Oversight of the Afghan National Army and Police

Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Officials from the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) are working with counterparts from NATO member and partner countries to improve the teaching related to the civilian oversight of the armed forces. Together with NATO, Azerbaijan recently hosted a first expert workshop to support curriculum development.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Publisher / Source: 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Rising Homicide Rate in Mexico Wiping Out Recent Gains

Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Mexico's homicide rate reached its highest level in two years in February, and the state of Colima displaced Guerrero as having the most reported homicides in the country.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Arturo Angel
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Animal Politico
Tag(s): 
Violence

In Pakistan, Tackling Extremism is a Political Minefield

Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Tackling extremism is a political minefield in Pakistan, where politicians openly consort with leaders of banned militant groups and sympathy exists within the security forces and civil administration for perpetrators of crimes committed in the name of religion.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Author(s): 
Kathy Gannon
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Times
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

U.S. Scrambles to Repair Damaged Saudi Ties

Wednesday, April 6, 2016
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will soon head to Saudi Arabia to discuss ways to increase cooperation in the war against the Islamic State. But there’s little indication he will be able to restore a vital relationship that's become riven with distrust in the last year.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Josh Rogin
Publisher / Source: 
Bloomberg View
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Ukraine's Desperate Attempt to Defuse Landmines – As More Are Planted

Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Ukraine has launched an unprecedented operation in its war-torn east to defuse a landmine crisis, the scale of which is only now becoming apparent as former refugees try to reclaim their homes and return to work.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Jack Losh
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Security

Frozen Conflicts Undermine Nuclear Security

Wednesday, April 6, 2016
The renewal of armed conflict between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave can potentially have global ramifications, participants at the recent nuclear security summit in Washington cautioned.English
Country(s): 
Eurasia Regional
Author(s): 
Richard Weitz
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Security

International Force Frees 2,000 Boko Haram Captives

Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Cameroon says a regional force arrested more than 300 Boko Haram fighters and freed at least 2,000 people in the first five days of an operation to flush the terrorists from their remaining hideouts along the borders of Cameroon, Chad and Niger. English
Country(s): 
Cameroon
Author(s): 
Moki Edwin Kindzeka
Publisher / Source: 
Voice of America
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Bombing the Islamic State Is Like Watering Its Roots

Wednesday, April 6, 2016
It’s time to hold Iraq accountable, and, at a minimum, condition further military aid to the Iraqi government on its progress in advancing political reconciliation efforts that address the grievances of marginalized Iraqis, especially those in Sunni-majority areas.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Russ Wellen
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy In Focus
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

What Africa Tells Us About the Fight Against Jihadist Terrorism

Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Vicious terrorist attack last month by a transnational jihadist group killed a large number of civilians in a region of strategic importance. That this sentence applies equally to the March 22 Belgium attacks, the March 27 Pakistan attacks, or the attacks in Cote d’Ivoire on March 13, shows what a grim month March was in the fight against militant jihadism.English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Will Inboden
Anna Waterfield
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

U.S. Strike Targets Syrian al-Qaeda Leader

Tuesday, April 5, 2016
A U.S. airstrike targeted a senior al-Qaeda leader in northwestern Syria over the weekend, the Pentagon announced Monday. English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Thomas Gibbons-Neff
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Pentagon Could Adjust Air Campaign in War Against ISIS

Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Defense Secretary Ash Carter is currently reviewing different options to speed up the campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, including "everything again from additional trainers to more engineering equipment, perhaps to adjustments in the air campaign."English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Kristina Wong
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Military Operations
Terrorism

Panama Papers In Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan: Do As I Say, Not As I Do

Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Many leaders of the former Soviet republics publicly condemn using offshore havens to hide wealth, saying it robs their nations of capital. English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
Russia
Author(s): 
Charles Recknagel
Publisher / Source: 
RFE/RL
Tag(s): 
Security

U.S. Firm to De-Mine Iraqi City of Ramadi Retaken from Islamic State

Tuesday, April 5, 2016
A U.S. de-mining company is removing explosives and training Iraqis to dismantle the devices planted by Islamic State in the largest Iraqi city retaken from the militants, a diplomat and two U.S. officials said on Monday.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Stephen Kalin
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Military and Police Aid

Fierce Afghan Fighting Slows NATO Training Mission - New U.S. Commander

Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Intense fighting and unprecedented casualties suffered by Afghan forces in 2015 have put U.S. and NATO efforts to train a self-sufficient force behind schedule, the new commanding general in Afghanistan told Reuters on Monday.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Paul Tait
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Navy Seizes Over 1 Ton of Cocaine in Southwestern Colombia

Tuesday, April 5, 2016
A total of 1,054 kilos of cocaine were seized in two operations in the southwestern Colombian province of Nariño, the navy said. Military personnel found a semi-submersible vessel in Sanquianga National Park that was being used by drug traffickers to smuggle cocaine, the navy said in a statement.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
Fox News Latino
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade

Suicide Bomber Kills 6 in Afghanistan

Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Officials in Afghanistan say that a suicide blast in the central Parwan province Tuesday killed at least six people and wounded at least 22 others.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Ayaz Gul
Publisher / Source: 
VOA News
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

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