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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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Honduran Judge Begins Formal Trial for Congress VP

Thursday, October 1, 2015
The formal trial against the congressional vice president opened Wednesday in a medical sales scandal that has rocked Honduras and led to mass protests against corruption and impunity.English
Country(s): 
Honduras
Author(s): 
Freddy Cuevas
Publisher / Source: 
SunHerald.com
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Corruption

LGBT Voices for Equality: El Salvador

Thursday, October 1, 2015
El Salvador is a hotspot for gang violence and one of the deadliest countries in the world, recording 4,246 homicides between January and August of this year alone. In such a maelstrom of brutality, the LGBT community is markedly vulnerable, susceptible to widespread discrimination, marginalization, and murder.English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Shawn Gaylord
Publisher / Source: 
Human Rights First
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Lawmakers: Keep U.S. Troops on Hunt for Kony

Thursday, October 1, 2015
Lawmakers advocated Wednesday for the Obama administration to keep the U.S. military involved in the hunt for African warlord Joseph Kony. English
Country(s): 
Uganda
Sudan
Author(s): 
Rebecca Kheel
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Military
Sectarianism

U.S. in Talks with IMF on South Sudan Aid After Peace Deal

Thursday, October 1, 2015
The U.S. and the International Monetary Fund are discussing a rescue package for South Sudan to help rebuild the economy after almost two years of war, a U.S. envoy said.English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Author(s): 
Ilya Gridneff
Publisher / Source: 
Bloomberg Business
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid

U.S. Africa Command Boss Discusses Regional Security in Uganda

Thursday, October 1, 2015
The head of the U.S. military’s Africa Command, on a visit to Uganda, on Wednesday awarded the U.S. Legion of Merit to six Ugandan military officers, including the country’s top military commander, according to the U.S. Embassy in Uganda.
Country(s): 
Uganda
Author(s): 
Rodney Muhumuza
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

U.S., Senegal Train on Sea-to-Land Tactics

Thursday, October 1, 2015
U.S. Marines, Coast Guardsmen and Senegalese Compagnie Fusilier de Marin Commando completed a monthlong security cooperation exercise in Dakar, Sept. 17.
Country(s): 
Senegal
Author(s): 
Cpl. Olivia McDonald
Publisher / Source: 
Africom Newsroom
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Behind Drugs’ Glare, Paraguay’s Illegal Cigarette Trade Flourishes

Thursday, October 1, 2015
On Sept. 15, police in Paraguay seized 650 kilograms of marijuana in Curuguaty, in the country’s southeast region near the border with Brazil. Substantial as this seizure was, it was not in itself a big story in a country where authorities claimed they seized 462 tons of marijuana in 2013. English
Country(s): 
Paraguay
Author(s): 
Benoit Gomis
Natalia Carrillo Botero
Publisher / Source: 
World Politics Review
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade
Corruption

Tunisian Troops Seize Arms, Papers With IS Symbol Near Libyan Border

Thursday, October 1, 2015
Tunisian troops seized arms and documents bearing the symbol of Islamic State from two cars near the Libyan border, as authorities tighten security following two major attacks this year, officials said on Thursday.English
Country(s): 
Tunisia
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Al-Qaida or Islamic State? Issue Simmers Within Al-Shabab

Thursday, October 1, 2015
Somalia's Al-Shabab militants have moved to silence members suspected of pushing the group to switch its main alliance from al-Qaida to the Islamic State extremist group.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Author(s): 
Harun Maruf
Publisher / Source: 
Voice of America
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Counterterrorism

Between Russian and U.S. Saber Rattling, Georgia Seeks a Middle Path

Thursday, October 1, 2015
In a United Nations summit defined by the competing world visions of the United States and Russia, the tiny South Caucasus nation of Georgia is doing all it can to stay out of the fray and avoid angering either Washington or Moscow.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Author(s): 
John Hudson
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy

Russia’s First Strikes in Syria Hit U.S. Ally, Not Islamic State

Thursday, October 1, 2015
Barack Obama’s administration said Wednesday that it doesn’t know whom Russia is bombing inside Syria. Rebel leaders on the ground there say they know precisely whom Moscow is targeting — and it isn’t the Islamic State.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
David Kenner
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Tunisia, Two More Countries Join Anti-Daesh Coalition

Thursday, October 1, 2015
President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced new partners in the anti-Daesh coalition. English
Country(s): 
Tunisia
Publisher / Source: 
Al Bawaba
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Top Suspect Gives Up Former Guatemala President, Vice President

Thursday, October 1, 2015
An alleged top member of the customs fraud ring in Guatemala known as "La Linea" has incriminated former President Otto Perez Molina and Vice President Roxana Baldetti, an ominous sign of what lies ahead for the fallen presidential duo.English
Country(s): 
Guatemala
Author(s): 
David Gagne
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Saudi Objections Halt U.N. Inquiry of Yemen War

Thursday, October 1, 2015
In a U-turn at the United Nations Human Rights Council, Western governments dropped plans Wednesday for an international inquiry into human rights violations by all parties in the war in Yemen that has killed thousands of civilians in the last six months.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Nick Cumming-Bruce
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times

U.S. Influencing Kyrgyz Political Climate Despite Scrapped Deal

Thursday, October 1, 2015
The cancellation of a cooperation treaty between Kyrgyzstan and the United States does not mean that pro-US non-governmental organizations have lost their ability to influence political debate in Bishkek, a Central Committee member of the Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan told Sputnik.English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Publisher / Source: 
Sputnik News
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Kurds Take Ground From Islamic State in North Iraq

Thursday, October 1, 2015
Kurdish forces said they drove Islamic State militants out of villages near the oil city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Wednesday, in an offensive backed by airstrikes from the U.S.-led coalition. English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Isabel Coles
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo News
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

U.S. Voices Concern at Obliteration of Tajikistan's Opposition

Thursday, October 1, 2015
The United States has broken its silence over Tajikistan’s obliteration of the Islamic Renaissance Party with an expression of anxiety at the “blanket persecution of all opposition.”English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Corruption

U.S. Troops Have Turned to Some Unsavory Partners to Help Find Warlord Joseph Kony

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
As their mission stretches into a fifth year, U.S. troops have turned to some unsavory partners to help find Kony’s trail. Working from a new bush camp in the Central African Republic, U.S. forces have begun working closely with Muslim rebels — known as Seleka — who toppled the central government two years ago and triggered a still-raging sectarian war with a campaign of mass rapes and executions. English
Country(s): 
Uganda
South Sudan
Sudan
Author(s): 
Craig Whitlock
Thomas Gibbons-Neff
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military

Obama Urges World Leaders to Hold Course Against ISIL

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
US President Barack Obama has urged members of a US-led coalition to hold course in its fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against a backdrop of growing Russian military deployments to bolster Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Iraq
Author(s): 
James Reinl
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Burkina Faso Military Puts Down Last Holdouts from Coup Attempt

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
The Burkina Faso military crushed the last remnants of a failed coup on Tuesday, storming the barracks of the elite unit that staged the coup 13 days earlier.English
Country(s): 
Burkina Faso
Author(s): 
Herve Taoko
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Civil-Military Relations
Governance

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