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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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CENTCOM Head Visits Uzbekistan; What's On The Agenda?

Wednesday, July 29, 2015
A senior American military official has visited Uzbekistan to discuss unspecified military cooperation issues.English
Country(s): 
Uzbekistan
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet.org
Tag(s): 
Security

Proven Unfit, Cops Stay on Their Job

Wednesday, July 29, 2015
To clean up Mexico’s notoriously corrupt local police departments, “confidence tests” were given across the board, and those who failed were supposed to have been dismissed. That hasn’t happened in most states. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
El Daily Post
Tag(s): 
Policing

Central Asia Crackdown on Militant Islam Risks Backlash

Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Authorities in Central Asia's former Soviet "stans" are taking draconian measures to stamp out militant Islam, but their harsh methods and the absence of democratic politics risk provoking a backlash that could bring even greater instability.English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Dmitry Solovyov
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Politics and Security

Venezuela's Maduro in U.S. to seek UN help with Guyana

Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday to ask for support in finding a solution to a territorial dispute with neighboring Guyana.English
Country(s): 
Venezuela
Author(s): 
Claudia Torrens
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Border Control
Security

White House Eyes $465M for African Counterterror Efforts

Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The White House on Monday announced it plans to provide $465 million for counterterrorism programs in Africa, as long as Congress allocates enough funding.English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Rebecca Shabad
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

U.S. Judge’s Ruling Unlikely to Free Immigrant Families … Yet

Tuesday, July 28, 2015
A U.S. judge ruled last week that migrant families held in detention facilities must be released because their detention is in violation of an earlier court settlement. U.S. authorities have been given until Aug. 3 to devise a plan to release mothers and their children. English
Country(s): 
Central America Regional
Publisher / Source: 
El Daily Post
Tag(s): 
Immigration
Border Control

Cameroon to Deploy More Troops

Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Cameroon plans to send an additional 2 000 soldiers to its Far North region after three suicide bomb attacks in regional capital Maroua in the past week by suspected members of the Boko Haram Islamist militant group, state radio said on Monday.English
Country(s): 
Cameroon
Publisher / Source: 
News24
Tag(s): 
Military
Terrorism
Security

Obama’s Visit to Ethiopia Promises Little for Human Rights Activists

Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Critics of the Ethiopian government scoffed at the notion, saying there was no space for open political discourse in the country.
Country(s): 
Ethiopia
Author(s): 
Jacey Fortin
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Human Rights

U.S. Has Spent More Than $3 Billion Fighting ISIS

Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The United States has spent more than $3 billion on the military campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Pentagon said in an update Monday. English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Rebecca Shabad
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Security Assistance
Military and Police Aid

U.S. Support for Peace, Security, and Countering Violent Extremism in Africa

Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The United States is committed to working with our African partners to address peace and security challenges on the continent and across the globe.English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Publisher / Source: 
The White House
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

Obama Warns AU Leaders in Ethiopia Speech

Tuesday, July 28, 2015
US President Barack Obama has warned that Africa will not advance if its leaders refuse to step down when their terms end.English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Publisher / Source: 
BBC News
Tag(s): 
Violence
Governance
Corruption

Ecuador: National Strike Called as Opposition to Correa Continues

Tuesday, July 28, 2015
In recent weeks Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa, has experienced one of the more turbulent periods of his administration as a series of protests against him, led by opposition groups, have rocked the Andean nation.English
Country(s): 
Ecuador
Author(s): 
Rohan Chatterjee
Publisher / Source: 
Latin Correspondent
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Governance

The Many Complications of the U.S. Establishing a Military ‘Safe Zone’ in Syria with Turkey

Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The scope of the war against the Islamic State is expanding. As outlined by the Washington Post on Sunday night, Turkey and the United States have reached an agreement that calls for a de facto “safe zone” along the Turkey-Syria border after militants are driven out of 40-mile wide, 68-mile-long area west of the Euphrates River. English
Country(s): 
Syria
Turkey
Author(s): 
Dan Lamothe
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Conflict
Security Assistance
Military Operations

Kyrgyz Leader Says U.S. 'Sought Chaos' by Decorating Dissident

Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev said on Monday the United States had sought to "create chaos" in his country by granting an award to a jailed dissident.English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Author(s): 
Cholpon Ata
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Conflict
Foreign Aid

U.S. Plans for More Troops, Fighter Jets in Turkey

Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The U.S. plans to expand its military footprint in Turkey with more personnel and combat aircraft, part of an emerging deal with the Turkish military to intensify the fight against Islamic State militants in their strongholds across the Turkey-Syria border, a defense official said Monday.English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Andrew Tilghman
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Conflict
Military Cooperation

Armenians Resume Protest One Week Before Electricity Rate Hike

Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Dozens of people protesting against rising electricity tariffs have gathered on a central square of the Armenian capital, Yerevan.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Marines Renovate, Improve Airfield in Honduras

Tuesday, July 28, 2015
A detachment of engineer Marines with the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force- Southern Command began renovating and widening an airfield in Mocoron, Honduras.English
Country(s): 
Honduras
Author(s): 
Sgt. Andy Orozco
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Southern Command
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

U.S. Report on Uzbekistan Cotton Sector Angers Activists

Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The U.S. State Department’s 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report, published on July 27, does not buck that trend, but it is notable in recognizing what it says are efforts by Tashkent to reduce forced child labor. English
Country(s): 
Uzbekistan
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet.org
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Is Brazil's Military Police Training Too Brutal?

Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Military police officers in Brazil are critical of their training regimen, in which physical, psychological, and disciplinary abuses committed by their superiors are commonplace. English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Author(s): 
Ciro Barros
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Military
Policing

Morocco to Receive Three Chinook Helicopters Next Month

Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The United States Security Assistance Command (USASAC) says it has dispatched three refurbished ex-US Army CH-47D Chinook transport helicopters to the Moroccan military, which will arrive in Morocco next month. English
Country(s): 
Morocco
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Military Equipment
Arms Sales

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