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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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Regional Military Exercise Conclude in Kenya

Tuesday, April 5, 2016
While addressing participants at the closing ceremony attended by political leaders and chiefs of Defence Forces from the EAC partner states, Amb Kirimi Kaberia, the Permanent Secretary in the Kenyan defence ministry congratulated all participants for making the exercise a success.English
Country(s): 
East Africa Regional
Publisher / Source: 
The New Times (Rwanda)
Tag(s): 
Military Exercises

Armenia Gains New Territory In Clashes With Azerbaijan

Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Azerbaijan has set conditions for ceasefire in the troubled Nagorny-Karabakh region, saying that Armenia must withdraw from newly “occupied territories.” Meanwhile, Armenia has said it would recognize the region’s independence if the situation on the ground worsens.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Author(s): 
Mina
Publisher / Source: 
Eurasia Review
Tag(s): 
Security

Peru's Ministry of Defense Aims to Improve Response to Natural Disasters

Tuesday, April 5, 2016
The Peruvian government has placed the National Civil Defense Institute (INDECI) under the Ministry of Defense (MINDEF) to improve and maximize the efficiency of its responses to natural disasters. The country's Army, Air Force, and Navy held an initial meeting with INDECI to plan the cooperation efforts.English
Country(s): 
Peru
Author(s): 
Julieta Pelcastre
Publisher / Source: 
Dialogo
Tag(s): 
Military

Global Military Spending Nearly $1.7T Amid Mideast Conflicts

Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Global military spending rose in 2015 to nearly $1.7 trillion, the first increase in several years, driven by conflicts including the battle against the Islamic State group, the Saudi-led war in Yemen and fears about Iran, a report released Tuesday shows.English
Country(s): 
Global
Author(s): 
Jon Gambrell
Publisher / Source: 
The Gazette
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Admiral Tidd Reaffirms SOUTHCOM’S Commitment to El Salvador

Tuesday, April 5, 2016
The leader of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to continue working “shoulder to shoulder” with the Salvadoran Armed Forces (FAES) in the fight against the violence generated by gangs and narco-trafficking. English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Lorena Baires
Publisher / Source: 
Dialogo
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

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

Donors Push Burundi To The Brink As ‘La Crise’ Deepens

Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Burundi is at a violent crossroads. Many look to the African Union (AU), Belgium (Burundi’s former colonial power), and a small handful of important aid donors, like the European Union, the Netherlands, and the United States, for solutions.English
Country(s): 
Burundi
Author(s): 
Nikolas Emmanuel
Publisher / Source: 
The World Post
Tag(s): 
Conflict

ISIS Is Losing Ground, but Not the War

Tuesday, April 5, 2016
The terror group has suffered a series of defeats in Syria, but while the prevailing Pentagon view may be that ISIS has weakened, there is debate about just how much.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Nancy A. Youssef
Publisher / Source: 
Daily Beast
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Counterterrorism

D.R. Congo: Children Held In Remote Military Prison, Says HRW

Monday, April 4, 2016
The Congolese military is unlawfully detaining at least 29 children in dire conditions in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo. The authorities allege that the boys, ages 15 to 17, were members of a rebel armed group, and have held them in a military prison in Angenga since apprehending them in eastern Congo in the first half of 2015.English
Country(s): 
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
Publisher / Source: 
Eurasia Review
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Azerbaijan Claims to Halt Violence in Nagorno-Karabakh, but Warns Armenia

Monday, April 4, 2016
Azerbaijan announced on Sunday that it had halted combat operations in the sudden, bloody clashes with Armenia over the long-disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, but it laid the seeds for continued fighting by saying it would keep the slice of territory seized by its forces.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Author(s): 
Neil MacFarquhar
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Security

Important Lessons for Africa as Strong Institutions Win Out Over a Strong Man

Monday, April 4, 2016
These events in South Africa last week, when President Jacob Zuma addressed the nation to say that he accepted a damning Constitutional Court judgment against him, stand in strong contrast to the actions of other leaders on the continent.English
Country(s): 
South Africa
Author(s): 
Keith Gottschalk
Publisher / Source: 
The Conversation
Tag(s): 
Corruption

UN Worried Over Expected Rise in Afghan Violence

Monday, April 4, 2016
The United Nations said it expects more violence with the onset of spring in Afghanistan and called for increased regional cooperation and coordination to help the war-hit nation counter the terrorism threat.
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Ayaz Gul
Publisher / Source: 
VOA News
Tag(s): 
Violence
Security

Foreign Military Sales Reform Unlikely This Year

Monday, April 4, 2016
Despite calls from Pentagon officials, foreign leaders and industry executives that the foreign military sales (FMS) process must be changed, the Congress appears highly unlikely to take up any such efforts before the end of the Obama administration.English
Country(s): 
Global
Author(s): 
Aaron Mehta
Joe Gould
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

U.S. Officials: Drone Strike Kills Key Al-Shabab Leader

Monday, April 4, 2016
The U.S. military says it has carried out a drone strike against a key member of the al-Shabab extremist group in Somalia. Officials accuse the militant of planning at least two deadly attacks in Mogadishu last year.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Publisher / Source: 
Deutsche Welle (Germany)
Wire Service: 
AFP
Associated Press
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Drones

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