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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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Colombia and FARC Request UN Mission to Monitor Any Ceasefire

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
The Colombian government and the left-wing Farc rebel movement have both asked the UN for a mission to oversee the end of their decades-long conflict.
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Counternarcotics
Conflict

Gunmen Attack University in Pakistan

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
A Pakistani military spokesman said army sharpshooters and commandos had killed four militants in the gun battle. Security officials have estimated that as many as six assailants participated in the attack, which began with men scaling the rear walls of the campus and firing into the air.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Author(s): 
Ismail Khan
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

Haiti Candidate Celestin: Presidential Polls 'a Farce'

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
The opposition candidate in Haiti's presidential election has called the polls "a farce" and threatened to pull out of the second round on Sunday.
Country(s): 
Haiti
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Uzbek Foreign Minister, U.S. Officials Hold Talks In Washington

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
An Uzbek delegation led by the authoritarian Central Asia nation's foreign minister met with senior U.S. officials in Washington on January 19 for consultations on a range of issues, including human rights and security.English
Country(s): 
Uzbekistan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Report: Kurds Displacing Arabs in Iraq in What Could Be ‘War Crimes’

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, close partners of the United States, have burned and bulldozed the homes of Arab families in actions that may constitute war crimes, Amnesty International alleged in a new report.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Loveday Morris
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Pentagon Chief: Number of U.S. troops Deployed to Iraq Likely to Increase

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said Tuesday that the number of U.S. troops deployed to Iraq will likely increase, citing the recent success in taking the city of Ramadi back from the Islamic State and a need to train more Iraqi military and police units as the campaign against the militants expands.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Dan Lamothe
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Corruption in Military Defense Spending Could Be Behind Rise in Africa Terror Attacks

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
A series of recent terror attacks across Africa have raised fears of a new wave of extremist violence. From Somalia in the east to the Western Sahel, Africa’s hotspots started getting hotter over the past week with a series of terror attacks that have raised fears of a new wave of extremist violence. English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Aryn Baker
Publisher / Source: 
Time Magazine
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

British and U.S. Military 'In Command Room' for Saudi Strikes on Yemen

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
American and British military officials are in the command and control centre for Saudi airstrikes on Yemen, and have access to lists of targets, although they do not play any role in choosing them, the Saudi Arabian foreign minister has said.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Emma Graham-Harrison
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Military Cooperation
Human Rights

Mauritania Has Received Otokar Cobra Armoured Vehicles

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
The Mauritanian military has taken delivery of at least a dozen Otokar Cobra armoured vehicles, which are being deployed to the Central African Republic (CAR) as part of the United Nations mission there. Twelve of the vehicles were seen during a ceremony on 12 January when President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz inspected the battalion the North African country is sending to the Central African Republic.English
Country(s): 
Mauritania
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web (South Africa)
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Nigerian Villagers: Cameroon Troops are Killing Civilians

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Cameroonian troops pursuing Boko Haram fired rocket-propelled grenades indiscriminately that killed a family of four, then shot and killed two other civilians, trapped Nigerian villagers said Tuesday. It’s the latest of several reports accusing the military of neighboring Cameroon of killing scores of Nigerian civilians and razing villages in an apparent attempt to create a no-go zone along the border. English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Haruna Umar 
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Nigerian Army Chief Says Military Acted Appropriately in Shi'ite Sect Raids

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Nigeria's army chief of staff told an inquiry on Tuesday that his soldiers had acted appropriately during a bloody raid last month on a minority Shi'ite sect in which at least 60 people were killed. The army says the Islamic Movement in Nigeria had tried to assassinate its chief of staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, when members of the sect blocked his convoy in the northern city of Zaria in December. The following day the army said it had raided several buildings connected to the sect.
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Camillus Eboh
Alexis Akwagyiram
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters (UK)
Tag(s): 
Counterinsurgency

U.N. Seeks $1.3 Billion in Humanitarian Funding for South Sudan

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
The United Nations is seeking $1.3 billion in humanitarian aid for South Sudan, where two in ten of the population have been driven from their homes during two years of conflict. More than 10,000 people have been killed and 2.3 million displaced since the country's civil war broke out in December 2013, when soldiers loyal to President Salva Kiir first clashed with troops who backed his deputy, Riek Machar.English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Author(s): 
Drazen Jorgic
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters (UK)
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid

Israel Plans to Seize West Bank Farmland: Army Radio

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Israel plans to appropriate a large tract of agricultural land in the occupied West Bank, Israel's Army Radio said on Wednesday, a move that has angered Palestinians and is almost certain to draw international criticism.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Ori Lewis
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

John Kerry Hires New Arms Sales Gatekeeper at State Dept.

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Secretary of State John Kerry has tapped one of Congress’s longest serving overseers of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to become the State Department’s new gatekeeper of arms sales to foreign countries. The hiring of Bill Monahan, which has not previously been reported, removes the veteran staffer from the Senate Armed Services Committee, where he has been knee-deep in scrutinizing the Pentagon’s conduct of the twin conflicts as well as the U.S. military’s coordination with governments in Europe and South Asia. English
Country(s): 
Global
Author(s): 
John Hudson
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

CENTCOM: Airstrikes likely killed 8 civilians in Iraq, Syria

Tuesday, January 19, 2016
U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State group likely killed eight civilians and injured three more, U.S. Central Command said in a release Friday.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Stephen Losey
Publisher / Source: 
Air Force Times
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Colombia's President Santos Enacts Tougher Law on Acid Attacks

Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has signed a law that imposes tougher sentences on the perpetrators of acid attacks.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Civil Society

Burkina Faso and Mali to Coordinate Forces After Deadly Attacks

Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Burkina Faso and Mali have agreed to work together to counter the growing threat of Islamic militants in West Africa by sharing intelligence and conducting joint security patrols following two deadly and well-coordinated attacks in the region. Their prime ministers met on Sunday, two days after al Qaeda militants seized the Splendid Hotel in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou, opened fire on a restaurant and attacked another hotel nearby, killing at least 28 people from at least seven countries, and wounding 50 other people.
Country(s): 
Burkina Faso
Mali
Author(s): 
Edward McAllister
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters (UK)
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

Desertions Deplete Afghan Forces, Adding to Security Worries

Tuesday, January 19, 2016
In 2015, the Afghan army had to replace about a third of its roughly 170,000 soldiers because of desertions, casualties and low re-enlistment rates, according to figures released by the U.S. military last month. That means a third of the army consists of first-year recruits fresh off a three-month training course.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Sayed Sarwar Amani
Andrew Macaskill
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters

How Mexico Cartels Corrupt U.S. Border Agents

Tuesday, January 19, 2016
An investigative report by the Texas Observer last month revived longstanding concerns about US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), calling into question whether the nation’s largest law enforcement agency is effectively combating corruption and infiltration by criminal organizations.
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Mike LaSusa
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Uzbeks Say Inmate Due for Release Died in 2010

Tuesday, January 19, 2016
The Uzbek government, lobbied by rights groups and pressured quietly by the United States to free a high-profile political prisoner, has finally revealed a secret: He died five years ago. Akram Yuldashev, one of the most prominent religious leaders in post-Soviet Central Asia, died in prison in 2010 at the age of 52, the Uzbek authorities confirmed this month.English
Country(s): 
Uzbekistan
Author(s): 
Andrew E. Kramer
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

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