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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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Sudan Security Continue to Arrest Opposition Leaders

Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Sudanese security organs are continuing to arrest many opposition leaders following protests against the government decision to raise fuel and electricity price.English
Country(s): 
Sudan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Tamazuj
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Conflict

U.N. Says Investigating Afghanistan Air Strike Deaths

Monday, November 7, 2016
The United Nations said it was investigating an incident in which more than 30 civilians were killed in U.S. air strikes called in support of a special forces raid on suspected Taliban militants in northern Afghanistan on Thursday. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said at least 32 people had been killed and 19 wounded in the strikes in Buz Kandahari near Kunduz, the vast majority women and children. English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
James Mackenzie
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Montenegro Prosecutor: Russian Nationalists Behind Alleged Coup Attempt

Monday, November 7, 2016
Russian nationalists were behind an alleged coup attempt in Montenegro that included plans to assassinate the pro-Western prime minister because of his government’s bid to join NATO, the Balkan country’s chief special prosecutor said Sunday.English
Country(s): 
Montenegro
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security

Belgian Police Receive Human Rights Criticism Over Terror Arrests

Monday, November 7, 2016
Belgian police abused verbally and physically several terror suspects who were later released without charges, according to a report by an international human rights watchdog published Friday.English
Country(s): 
Belgium
Author(s): 
Valentina Pop
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Law Enforcement

Nicaragua Ballots Confirming a Husband-Wife Presidential Couple

Monday, November 7, 2016
Nicaragua held elections Sunday that look certain to hand another term to popular President Daniel Ortega, and make his wife Rosario Murillo vice-president, but which the opposition said was marked by “massive” voter abstention and the US Department has described as “rigged”.English
Country(s): 
Nicaragua
Publisher / Source: 
Merco Press
Tag(s): 
Transparency

Institutions Complicit in Alleged Embezzlement by Fmr El Salvador President

Monday, November 7, 2016
New details have emerged about the embezzlement and money laundering case against former El Salvador President Elías Antonio Saca, suggesting public and private institutional complicity in the pilfering of public funds.English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Deborah Bonello
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations
Corruption

Fears After Kenya Deports South Sudan Rebel Spokesman

Monday, November 7, 2016
Kenya has deported a South Sudanese rebel spokesman - a registered refugee - back to his war-torn country where he could face detention and abuse at the hands of the Juba government. Human rights groups and the United Nations on Friday called the move a breach of international law.English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Publisher / Source: 
Aljazeera
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security

Two Candidates, Six Issues, and a Region Ignored

Monday, November 7, 2016
Aside from near constant talk of building "a wall" along the Mexican border and sporadic mention of Mexico's heroin distribution networks, candidates for the US presidency have paid little attention to how they would deal with organized crime and security issues in Latin America and the Caribbean, so InSight Crime scanned their records and their statements to try to get a better idea.English
Country(s): 
South America Regional
Central America Regional
Author(s): 
Mike LaSusa
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Counternarcotics
Civil Society
Criminal Organizations

Dunford Meets with Turkish Counterpart on Raqqa Offensive

Monday, November 7, 2016
Joint Chiefs Chairman Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford on Sunday met in Ankara with his Turkish counterpart on the planned Raqqa offensive to be led by U.S.-backed Syrian Kurds considered terrorists by Turkey.English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Richard Sisk
Publisher / Source: 
Military.com
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security

Questions Arise over Colombia Gang Members Seeking 'Peace Advocate' Status

Monday, November 7, 2016
The recent surrender of several gang members in Colombia is raising questions about the application of a legal reform meant to facilitate peace negotiations between the government and politically motivated guerrilla groups.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Tristan Clavel
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations
Peace Negotiations

Sudanese Security Seizes Three Newspapers, Arrests More Opposition Figures

Monday, November 7, 2016
Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) on Sunday has seized copies of three daily newspapers from the printing house without stating reasons. Press sources in Khartoum said that the newspapers were likely confiscated for publishing news reports criticizing the government decision to raise fuel and electricity price.English
Country(s): 
Sudan
Publisher / Source: 
Sudan Tribune
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Transparency

Honduras Police Purge Turns to Lawyers Who Wiped Records

Monday, November 7, 2016
Authorities in Honduras are investigating legal officials who allegedly accepted bribes to wipe clean the records of officers removed from their posts in a police purge, exposing a new layer of corruption in Honduran institutions.English
Country(s): 
Honduras
Author(s): 
James Bargent
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Law Enforcement

U.S. Military Reassures on Commitment to Europe

Monday, November 7, 2016
American military leaders in Europe are seeking to reassure allies and partners that the U.S. remains committed to the continent, amid questions arising ahead of the presidential election.English
Country(s): 
Europe Regional
Author(s): 
Julian Barnes
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation
Politics and Security

Burkina Faso to Withdraw Darfur Peacekeepers by July

Monday, November 7, 2016
Burkina Faso has notified the United Nations that it will withdraw soldiers deployed as peacekeepers in Sudan's troubled Darfur region by July next year, the foreign minister said late on Friday.The West African nation, which has a battalion of 850 soldiers serving in the nearly 14,000 troop strong U.N.-African Union hybrid mission, has suffered a series of deadly attacks at home amid a rise in Islamist militant violence.English
Country(s): 
Burkina Faso
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping

Congo Police Shut Down Anti-Kabila Rally in Kinshasa

Monday, November 7, 2016
Police in Congo's capital Kinshasa fired tear gas on Saturday to disperse opposition supporters seeking to defy a ban on public protests and rally against plans by President Joseph Kabila to stay in power beyond the end of his mandate this year.English
Country(s): 
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
Author(s): 
Aaron Ross
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Violence

Russian Warplanes Keep Buzzing the Baltics. Here’s how NATO Scrambles.

Monday, November 7, 2016
On a recent night at this air base where NATO fighter pilots keep a constant vigil against the Kremlin, the alarms that warn that Russian planes were veering toward NATO airspace wouldn’t stop going off. Just ahead of the U.S. presidential elections, Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be pushing his conflict with the West to new heights. English
Country(s): 
Central and Eastern Europe Regional
Author(s): 
Michael Birnbaum
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
NATO

UN: Saudis, UAE Likely Violating Arms Embargo in Eritrea

Monday, November 7, 2016
United Nations sanctions monitors warned in an annual report released Friday that possible foreign support for a new military base and seaport in Eritrea and the presence of foreign weapons and equipment were likely in violation of an arms embargo.English
Country(s): 
Eritrea
United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia
Publisher / Source: 
The Voice of America
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Sanctions
Arms Sales

Former Georgian President Saakashvili Resigns as Ukrainian Governor

Monday, November 7, 2016
Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili resigned from his post as governor of the Ukrainian region of Odessa on Monday, accusing the country’s leadership of unbridled corruption despite promises of government overhaul.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Laura Mills
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Corruption

3 U.S. Military Trainers Killed at Jordan Air Base

Monday, November 7, 2016
Three American military trainers assigned to help upgrade Jordan’s armed forces were shot to death on Friday at a Jordanian Air Force base, an alarming confrontation that raised questions about the relationship between two longtime allies. English
Country(s): 
Jordan
Author(s): 
Peter Baker
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Kirkuk Officials Deny Displacing Arabs in Anti-IS Operation

Monday, November 7, 2016
Officials in the oil-rich Kirkuk, with its Kurdish-majority population located in territory disputed between Iraq’s central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, denied to Al-Monitor reports that some Sunni Arab internally displaced persons (IDPs) had been pushed out of the city after the Oct. 21 assault by over 100 Islamic State (IS) operatives. English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Shelly Kittleson
Publisher / Source: 
Al Monitor
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Violence

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