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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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Ugandan Police Fire Tear Gas at Supporters of President Museveni's Rival

Thursday, September 10, 2015
Police in northeastern Uganda fired tear gas on Wednesday to disperse a campaign rally held by Amama Mbabazi, the country's former prime minister, who is seeking to unseat veteran leader Yoweri Museveni in next year's elections.English
Country(s): 
Uganda
Publisher / Source: 
Voice Of America News
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Governance
Human Rights

Saudi-led Air Raids Hit Bases, Houthi Leaders' Houses in Yemeni Capital

Thursday, September 10, 2015
War planes from a Saudi-led military alliance bombed Yemen's capital Sanaa on Thursday, in what witnesses described as the fiercest attacks on the city in over five months of war.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Mexico’s Military May Have Fired At Missing Students: Report

Thursday, September 10, 2015
The Mexican army monitored the movements of 43 students who later went missing for hours before the students were first attacked, and was present when many of them were abducted, according to an investigative report published Sunday in the Mexican magazine Proceso.
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Roque Planas
Publisher / Source: 
The Huffington Post
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Peruvian Soldiers, Police Rescue Children and Families from the Shining Path

Thursday, September 10, 2015
Peru’s Armed Forces and National Police agents have rescued 54 people, including 34 children, from “production camps” controlled by the Shining Path terrorist group in the Apurimac, Ene, and Mantaro Rivers Valley (VRAEM) region.
Country(s): 
Peru
Author(s): 
Hólger Álava
Publisher / Source: 
Dialogo Americas
Tag(s): 
Military Operations

Colombia and Venezuela Trade Barbs as Ties Fray

Thursday, September 10, 2015
President Juan Manual Santos, in his harshest words yet amid an escalating border crisis, dismissed the Venezuelan government’s claims that Colombia is to blame for Venezuela’s economic troubles and rampant crime.
Country(s): 
Colombia
Venezuela
Author(s): 
Sara Schaefer Munoz
Kejal Vyas
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Immigration

Brazil Cut to 'Junk' Credit Rating by Standard & Poor's

Thursday, September 10, 2015
Brazil has lost its investment-grade credit rating following a downgrade by Standard & Poor's to "junk" status.
Country(s): 
Brazil
Publisher / Source: 
BBC News
Tag(s): 
Security

Somalia: We Need Military Aid and Investment to Win Over Militancy in the Country

Thursday, September 10, 2015
A Foreign Minister in the Somali government, Abdisalam Omar, has appealed to the international community for support and investment in the country’s national army to deter jobless youths from joining armed groups in the country, particularly Al Shabab.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Publisher / Source: 
SomaliCurrent
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Counterterrorism

Mexican Courts Can Help End the Use of Torture. So Why Don’t They?

Thursday, September 10, 2015
There is a simple rule under international human rights law: any evidence obtained through torture cannot be used in court. But the implementation of this “exclusionary rule” is not that simple.
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Masha Lisitsyna
Adriana García
Publisher / Source: 
Open Society Foundations
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Russia Must Maintain Second Place on World Arms Market- Deputy PM

Thursday, September 10, 2015
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin stressed that it was crucial to maintain the second position on the arms market despite external pressure.English
Country(s): 
Russia
Publisher / Source: 
Sputnik News
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

AFL's New Frontier

Thursday, September 10, 2015
Troops of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) are gearing up for a new mission, this time in the South American state of Brazil, to undertake training in peacekeeping operations.English
Country(s): 
Liberia
Author(s): 
Winston W. Parley
Othello B. Garblah
Publisher / Source: 
The New Dawn
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Official: US Beefing Up Protection For Sinai Peacekeepers

Thursday, September 10, 2015
The U.S. is sending dozens of additional troops and support equipment to improve protection for U.S. peacekeepers in the northern Sinai Peninsula in the aftermath of a roadside bomb attack last week that wounded four U.S. soldiers, defense officials said Wednesday.
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Robert Burns
Publisher / Source: 
The Big Story AP

Afghans See American General as Crucial to Country’s Defense

Thursday, September 10, 2015
Gen. John F. Campbell holds several titles. Lately, Afghans are inclined to describe the American commander by yet another: minister of defense of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Rod Nordland
Mujib Mashal
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Military Operations
Military

Egypt Sends Up to 800 Ground Troops to Yemen's War- Security Sources

Thursday, September 10, 2015
As many as 800 Egyptian soldiers arrived in Yemen late on Tuesday, Egyptian security sources said, swelling the ranks of a Gulf Arab military contingent which aims to rout the Iran-allied Houthi group after a five-month civil war.
Country(s): 
Yemen
Egypt
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters

Is the Georgian Government Turning Toward China and Russia?

Thursday, September 10, 2015
Up until now, Georgia’s foreign policy was considered to be “value oriented,” not economically pragmatic. Georgia declares that more focus than in the past will be placed in China and other Asian partners.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Author(s): 
Giorgi Menabde
Publisher / Source: 
Eurasia Daily Monitor
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Exclusive: 50 Spies Say ISIS Intelligence Was Cooked

Thursday, September 10, 2015
More than 50 intelligence analysts working out of the U.S. military's Central Command have formally complained that their reports on ISIS and al Qaeda’s branch in Syria were being inappropriately altered by senior officials, The Daily Beast has learned.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Nancy A. Youssef
Shane Harris
Publisher / Source: 
The Daily Beast
Tag(s): 
Intelligence
Corruption

Russia to Loan Armenia $200m for Guns

Thursday, September 10, 2015
As tensions again flare up between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Moscow has agreed to lend Yerevan $200 million for weaponry purchases at reduced rates.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Russia
Author(s): 
Giorgi Lomsadze
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Nigeria's State Oil Company to Receive Military Help to Curb Oil Theft

Thursday, September 10, 2015
Nigerian troops will provide security for the state oil company's pipelines in a bid to prevent the theft of oil, the presidency said on Tuesday.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web (South Africa)
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Security
Military

Tajikistan's Security Policies Could Backfire

Thursday, September 10, 2015
Tajikistan's leaders are on a mission to rid the country of Islamists. But in fact, there has been little direct evidence of Islamist militant activity in Tajikistan in recent yearsEnglish
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Publisher / Source: 
Stratfor
Tag(s): 
Security

The Pentagon's Syria Debacle

Thursday, September 10, 2015
With all the U.S.-trained fighters dead, captured or missing and their leader in the hands of Al Qaeda, top U.S. commanders are scrambling this week to determine how to revive the half-billion dollar program to create a moderate Syrian army to fight the Islamic State.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Philip Ewing
Austin Wright
Publisher / Source: 
Politico
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Terrorism

Nigerian Army Releases 128 Boko Haram Suspects

Thursday, September 10, 2015
Nigeria's army said on Wednesday it had released 128 detainees held on suspicion of being Boko Haram militants, amidst criticism from human rights groups about the military's detention and treatment of civilians. English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Publisher / Source: 
News 24
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Terrorism

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