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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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Peru Asks U.S. to Open FBI Office in Lima

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
With the aim of strengthening joint action strategies in the fight against organized crime, Interior Minister Jose Luis Perez Guadalupe and U.S. Ambassador to Peru Brian A. Nichols held a coordination meeting that suggested the creation of a legal attaché office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Lima.English
Country(s): 
Peru
Publisher / Source: 
Andina
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Two-Thirds of African Countries Now Using Chinese Military Equipment, Report Reveals

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
China's military equipment is now being used by more than two-thirds of African countries, a report into the military capabilities of powers around the world has revealed. English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Ashley Cowburn
Publisher / Source: 
The Independent (UK)
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Zika Epidemic Uncovers Brazil’s Hidden Birth-Defect Problem

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
As researchers race to establish a link between the Zika virus and a birth defect known as microcephaly, one of their biggest obstacles is the lack of reliable health data in Brazil, where the epidemic broke out there last year.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Author(s): 
Alex Cuadros
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post

East African Leaders Meet Wednesday in Tanzania

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
East African Community (EAC) leaders are meeting Wednesday in Arusha, Tanzania. The community, comprising Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda has been involved in mediating Burundi’s peace talks under the leadership of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. But those talks have so far failed to yield practical results.
Country(s): 
Tanzania
Author(s): 
James Butty
Publisher / Source: 
Voice of America
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Panama's New SENAFRONT Commissioner Aims to Build on Agency's Success

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
The new commissioner of Panama's National Border Service (SENAFRONT), Cristian Hayer, is determined to build on the law enforcement agency's successes in fighting organized crime, drug trafficking, and guerrilla groups.
Country(s): 
Panama
Author(s): 
Roberto López Dubois
Publisher / Source: 
Dialogo Americas
Tag(s): 
Security

U.S., Kuwait Armed Forces Begin Joint Amphibious Exercise

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
PHIBLEX 16 is a bilateral amphibious and ground exercise between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the Kuwait Armed Forces to increase tactical proficiency, broaden levels of cooperation, enhance mutual capability and support long-term regional security and stability. English
Country(s): 
Kuwait
Author(s): 
Aren Everett
Publisher / Source: 
DVIDS
Tag(s): 
Military Exercises

Argentina’s President Macri Urges Congress to End 15-Year Feud with ‘Vulture Funds’

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Argentina's President Mauricio Macri has urged the country's congress to approve a deal reached with the so-called "vulture funds" that foresees an end to one of the most brutal debt battles ever seen between a country and a creditor.English
Country(s): 
Argentina
Author(s): 
Peter Lykke Lind
Publisher / Source: 
Vice News
Tag(s): 
Security

U.S. Urges Tighter West Africa Responses

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
West Africa's armed forces, police and governments need to ramp up cross-border links to contain Islamist groups now increasingly staging spectacular attacks on civilian targets, US and local top brass said this week.
Country(s): 
West Africa Regional
Publisher / Source: 
News24
Wire Service: 
Agence France Presse
Tag(s): 
Military Exercises

Mexican President Pushes for Police Reform Under Int'l Pressure

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto urged legislators Tuesday to start debating promptly a police reform he promised under national and international pressure to put an end to impunity in the country, two months after 43 students in Ayotzinapa disappeared with the alleged involvement of criminal groups and municipal police officers. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
TeleSur
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Change in Command of U.S.-NATO Forces in Afghanistan

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
U.S. Army General John W. "Mick" Nicholson took command Wednesday of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, inheriting America's longest war and a vicious Talban-led insurgency.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Lynne O'Donnell
Publisher / Source: 
ABC News
Tag(s): 
Military

Russia Taking U.S. Military Sales As Allies Grow Tired Of Slow White House Process To Buy Weapons

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
The process of selling U.S. weapons to overseas customers is so cumbersome that it's forcing foreign militaries to buy from Russia instead, the head of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Gen. Frank Gorenc, said in an interview Monday. English
Country(s): 
Russia
Author(s): 
Christopher Harress
Publisher / Source: 
International Business Times
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

AMISOM Pleads for More Military Assets to Fight Al Shabab

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Regional leaders of the troops and security officers contributing to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) signed an agreement calling for more military support.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Publisher / Source: 
Africa News
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

The Corruption that Fueled Ukraine’s 2014 Revolution Won’t Go Away

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Crony capitalism was a major reason protesters toppled the pro-Russian government of President Viktor Yanukovych in 2014. After two years of a pro-Western, pro-reform government, corruption is once again fueling political crisis in Kiev.French
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Andrew Roth
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Corruption

U.S. Captures ISIS Operative, Ushering in Tricky Phase

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
An elite American Special Operations force has captured a significant Islamic State operative in Iraq and is expected to apprehend and interrogate a number of others in coming months, ushering in a new and potentially fraught phase in the fight against the extremist Sunni militant group.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Helene Cooper
Eric Schmitt
Michael Schmidt
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

U.K. to Send Troops to Tunisia to Help Stop ISIS Crossing Libyan Border

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Britain is to send troops to Tunisia to help prevent Islamic State fighters from moving into the country from Libya, the British defence minister has said.English
Country(s): 
Tunisia
Author(s): 
Michael Holden
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters (UK)
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Border Control

Group Says Saudi-Led Airstrike Near Its Yemen Facility

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Doctors Without Borders says its staffers are "scared" to resume their work in a facility it supports in the northern Yemeni city of Saada after two nearby airstrikes by the U.S.-backed military coalition.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Ahmed Al-Haj
Publisher / Source: 
ABC
Tag(s): 
Conflict

U.S. Targets Islamic State With 21 Strikes in Iraq, Syria: Statement

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
The United States and its allies staged 21 strikes on Tuesday against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement released on Wednesday.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Conflict

Future NCO Professional Development Course for Ukrainian Land Forces

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Soldiers with Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine, a delegation from NATO Defense Education Enhancement Program, Canada and Lithuanian Land Forces conducted a meeting with the Sergeant Major of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Feb. 24 focused on building a plan for a noncommissioned officer development training course.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Staff Sgt. Adriana Diaz-Brown
Publisher / Source: 
DVIDS
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Military and Police Aid

U.S. Reassesses Afghan Troop Levels

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
The Pentagon is reassessing the number of U.S. troops it will leave in Afghanistan at the end of the year, based on the needs of local forces, the nation's top military officer said Monday.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Kristina Wong
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Military Operations

Two U.S. Employees Killed in Pakistan Drug-Busting Operation

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Two Pakistanis working on a US government counter-narcotics programme in the restless border region near Afghanistan have been killed by roadside bomb, John Kerry announced on Tuesday.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Author(s): 
Jon Boone
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade

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