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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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Tajikistan: Severe Crackdown on Political Opposition

Thursday, February 18, 2016
The Tajik government is arresting, imprisoning, and torturing members of the country’s peaceful political opposition, Human Rights Watch and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee said today.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Publisher / Source: 
LobeLog
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

SOUTHCOM Donates Fire Fighting and Rescue Equipment to El Salvador

Thursday, February 18, 2016
El Salvador's Fire Corps (CBES, for its Spanish acronym) has received more than $400,000 from the U.S Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) in equipment, tools, and modern accessories to put out fires and rescue victims of traffic accidents and hazardous substances spills. English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Lorena Baires
Publisher / Source: 
Dialogo
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Armenia Violates Ceasefire with AzerbaijanOver 130 Times in 24 Hours

Thursday, February 18, 2016
Over the past 24 hours, Armenian armed forces 133 times broke ceasefire with Azerbaijan on various parts of the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said Feb. 18.English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Author(s): 
Trend News Agency
Publisher / Source: 
Trend (Azerbaijan)
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Haiti Has a President

Thursday, February 18, 2016
After an entire week in which Haiti had no President, the country’s lawmakers held a special session that dragged on for twelve hours and ended, early Sunday morning, with sixty-two-year-old Jocelerme Privert, a former Senate leader and opponent of former President Michel Martelly, being chosen to fill the role on an interim basis. English
Country(s): 
Haiti
Author(s): 
Jon Lee Anderson
Publisher / Source: 
The New Yorker
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security

The U.S.-funded Afghan Air Force is Growing. So are Civilian Casualties it Causes.

Thursday, February 18, 2016
The Afghan air force is poised to take a major step forward with the deployment of the A-29 Super Tucano, an attack plane bought by the Pentagon to give Afghans the ability to drop bombs in combat. But before the plane has flown a single combat mission, a new report suggests the Afghan military is struggling to avoid killing civilians with the other aircraft it already has. English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Dan Lamothe
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Military Equipment

Pope’s Presence Crosses Border Into U.S., Even if He Doesn’t

Thursday, February 18, 2016
For a city dominated by the Roman Catholic faith, Mexican culture and Mexican immigrants — those who are newly arrived and here illegally as well as those who are citizens and have lived here for generations — Pope Francis’ arrival just across the border amounted to its own sort of blessing.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Manny Fernandez
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Border Control

IS Claims Responsibility For Suicide Bombing In Daghestan

Thursday, February 18, 2016
At least two police officers have died and 12 people, six of them police officers, been injured after a vehicle packed with explosives blew up while approaching a police patrol post near Dzhemikent, some 20 kilometers north of the coastal town of Derbent in southern Daghestan. English
Country(s): 
South Caucasus Regional
Author(s): 
Liz Fuller
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Love Scandal May Doom Bolivian Leader’s Push for a Fourth Term

Thursday, February 18, 2016
A Bolivian journalist reported that Mr. Morales, 56, who is single and has closely guarded his personal life, had a child with a young woman, Gabriela Zapata, in 2007, the year after he took office.English
Country(s): 
Bolivia
Author(s): 
Ernesto Londoño
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security

Stop Writing Pakistan Blank Checks

Thursday, February 18, 2016
On Feb. 10, the Wall Street Journal reported that Sen. Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, plans to block the Barack Obama administration from financing the sale of up to eight F-16 fighter aircraft to Pakistan. In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, Corker observed that the U.S. relationship with Pakistan is “complicated and imperfect,” and that although cooperation has achieved “some of our interests,” Pakistan remains a “duplicitous partner, moving sideways rather than forward in resolving regional challenges.” Corker was particularly angered by Pakistan’s persistent support to the Haqqani faction of the Afghan Taliban.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Program(s): 
Foreign Military Financing
Author(s): 
Daniel Markey
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

U.S. Troops in Iraq Move into Region Where ISIS Just Used Mustard Gas

Thursday, February 18, 2016
U.S. troops in Iraq are setting up a train-advise-and-assist team at a forward operating base near the Islamic State group's front lines outside of Mosul, not far from the site of recent chemical weapons attacks.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Andrew Tilghman
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Military and Police Aid

Russia Plans to Sell Iran Up to $8B Worth of Weapons: Reports

Thursday, February 18, 2016
Moscow plans to sell Iran state-of-the-art warplanes, tanks and missile systems, Russian state media said Wednesday — a haul that could reportedly total up to $8 billion.
Country(s): 
Iran
Russia
Author(s): 
Alexey Eremenko
Publisher / Source: 
NBC

Sudan Reiterates Rejection of U.S. Conditions for Sanctions Lift, Hits to Stop Anti Terror Cooperation

Thursday, February 18, 2016
The foreign ministry Tuesday reiterated its rejection for American conditions to normalize bilateral relations, while the speaker of the Sudanese parliament hinted that his country may stop counter-terrorism cooperation with Washington.English
Country(s): 
Sudan
Publisher / Source: 
Sudan Tribune
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

Hundreds of Millions of Islamic State Funds Destroyed in Air Strikes: U.S.

Thursday, February 18, 2016
U.S.-led air strikes on Islamic State cash storage sites have cost the militant group hundreds of millions of dollars, a U.S. military spokesman said on Wednesday.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Yeganeh Torbati
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Harrington Assigned to Head U.S. Army Africa

Thursday, February 18, 2016
A brigadier general on the staff of NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps is set to become U.S. Army Africa’s next commander, the Pentagon announced Thursday.English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Nancy Montgomery
Publisher / Source: 
Stars and Stripes
Tag(s): 
Military Operations

'Until God Says Come': Turning 92, Zimbabwe's Mugabe Refuses to Relinquish Power

Thursday, February 18, 2016
When U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon urged African leaders not to cling to power at a summit last month, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe responded by saying he would continue "until God says 'come'".
Country(s): 
Zimbabwe
Author(s): 
MacDonald Dzirutwe
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters (UK)
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Is the U.S. Military Propping Up Uganda’s ‘Elected’ Autocrat?

Thursday, February 18, 2016
Ugandan forces have used U.S. aid to fight terrorists. Will they also use it to crush opponents of the president?English
Country(s): 
Uganda
Author(s): 
Ty McCormick
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Cost of Anti-ISIS Campaign Now Passes $6 Billion

Thursday, February 18, 2016
U.S. advisers have joined Iraqi forces mustering in central Iraq for an eventual attempt to retake Mosul, which would be the centerpiece in the campaign to defeat the Islamic State that has now cost the U.S. more than $6 billion.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Richard Sisk
Publisher / Source: 
Military.com
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Security Assistance

Brazil Ex-Leader Lula's Graft Probe Hearing Suspended

Wednesday, February 17, 2016
A prosecutor in Brazil has temporarily suspended a hearing at which ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was due to be questioned over corruption allegations.The suspension follows an appeal by a lawmaker for Lula's Workers' Party.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Ukrainian Soldiers Complete First Rotation of Fearless Guardian II

Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Five hundred Ukrainian soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 24th Mechanized Brigade, successfully completed the first rotation of Fearless Guardian II Feb. 12, 2016, at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center near Yavoriv, Ukraine, after nine weeks of training.
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Staff Sgt. Adriana Diaz-Brown
Publisher / Source: 
DVIDS

Colombia Police Chief Probed Over 'Prostitution Ring'

Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Colombia's prosecutor general, Alejandro Ordonez, says he will open a "disciplinary investigation" against the country's chief of police, Gen Rodolfo Palomino.Mr Ordonez said Gen Palomino would be investigated over the alleged creation of a male prostitution ring.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Corruption

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