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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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Dominican Republic Immigration Crisis: Few Haitians Granted Citizenship, Report Says

Thursday, July 23, 2015
The Dominican Republic’s government has renewed the citizenship of just 8,640 of the hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants who lost their legal status after a 2013 Dominican Supreme Court decision.English
Country(s): 
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Author(s): 
Thomas Barrabi
Publisher / Source: 
International Business Times
Tag(s): 
Migration
Border Control

Burundi Election Results to be Announced Friday

Thursday, July 23, 2015
Burundi's electoral commission chief says results will be announced on Friday for the presidential election, a poll that took place amid unrest over President Pierre Nkurunziza's efforts to win a third term that opponents charge is unconstitutional.English
Country(s): 
Burundi
Publisher / Source: 
News 24
Tag(s): 
Violence
Security

FBI Says Islamic State Bigger Threat Than Al-Qaeda Now

Thursday, July 23, 2015
The Islamic State's efforts to inspire "troubled souls" to violence has become more of a terror threat than an external attack by Al-Qaeda, the FBI director said on July 22. English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Terrorism

Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari: US 'Aidng' Boko Haram With Arms Ban

Thursday, July 23, 2015
The US has "aided and abetted" the Boko Haram Islamist militant group by refusing to provide weapons to Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari says.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Military

Meet The Tajiks Fighting In Syria (But Not With IS)

Thursday, July 23, 2015
While most Tajiks in Syria are fighting alongside the Islamic State (IS) group, they are also present in at least two other Islamist factions in Syria, one of them in a leadership role.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Author(s): 
Joanna Paraszczuk
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Kyrgyzstan Ends U.S. Cooperation Agreement Amid Human Rights Dispute

Thursday, July 23, 2015
Kyrgyzstan has formally terminated a 1993 agreement on cooperation with the United States, a move that comes days after Bishkek protested a U.S. decision to grant a prestigious human rights award to an imprisoned Kyrgyz activist.English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Human Rights

Obama, Erdogan Agree To Stem Flow Of Foreign Fighters Into Syria

Thursday, July 23, 2015
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. counterpart Barack Obama agreed Wednesday to "stem the flow of foreign fighters and secure Turkey's border with Syria," the White House said in a statement, according to Reuters. English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Aditya Tejas
Publisher / Source: 
International Business Times
Tag(s): 
Border Control
Terrorism

Georgia: Move Over, Russia. Here Comes China

Thursday, July 23, 2015
China, the world’s largest economy, has set its eyes on Georgia, a traditional gateway between Asia and Europe, and its investment power could transform the poverty-stricken South Caucasus country’s prospects.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Author(s): 
Monica Ellena
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet.org
Tag(s): 
Security

FREMM Frigate Tahya Misr Departs for Egypt

Thursday, July 23, 2015
The Egyptian Navy’s new FREMM frigate Tahya Misr has departed DCNS’ shipyard in Brest, France, for Alexandria in Egypt, where it will arrive on 2 August. English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Military Equipment
Military and Police Aid

Kyrgyz Government's Nationalist Foe Sentenced

Thursday, July 23, 2015
The takedown of a once-powerful politician in Kyrgyzstan who served as mayor of Osh when that city was devastated by a wave of deadly ethnic clashes in 2010 appears to have been completed.English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet.org
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Conflict

U.S. Navy Seizes Submarine with Seven Tonnes of Cocaine on Board

Thursday, July 23, 2015
The vessel was intercepted off the coast of El Salvador and four suspected smugglers taken into custody. English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade

Kyrgyzstan: Authorities Present Their Case for Claimed IS Cell

Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Authorities in Kyrgyzstan are hailing their July 16 operation as a timely, preemptive blow against Islamic terrorism.English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet.org
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism
Terrorism

AU Troops 'Gun Down Unarmed Civilians' in Somalia

Wednesday, July 22, 2015
At least 24 people killed and 22 injured after AU troops open fire on civilians in the town of Marka, residents say.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Author(s): 
Hamza Mohamed
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Kyrgyzstan Ditches Key Treaty With U.S.

Wednesday, July 22, 2015
In the face of widespread hopes of a last-minute change of heart, Kyrgyzstan’s government has torn up a foundational treaty in the Central Asian nation’s ties with the United States.English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet.org
Tag(s): 
Legislation
Foreign Policy
Foreign Aid

Security on Obama’s Agenda for East Africa Trip

Wednesday, July 22, 2015
With President Obama travelling to Kenya and Ethiopia this week, the Africa Center’s Dr. Ben Nickels, Chair of Transnational Threats and Counterterrorism, reviews some of the key issues that merit watching.English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Publisher / Source: 
Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Tag(s): 
Security
Terrorism
U.S. Policy

Mexico’s Homicide Rate Continued to Drop in 2014

Wednesday, July 22, 2015
At 16 homicides per 100,000 population in 2014, Mexico’s homicide rate continued its downward trend from historic highs in 2011. But it still has a long way to go to get back to the single digit rates that prevailed before the drug war offensive in December of 2006. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Kelly Arthur Garrett
Publisher / Source: 
El Daily Post
Tag(s): 
Violence
Security

Turkey Briefly Blocks Access to Twitter Over Bombing Images

Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Turkey briefly blocked access to Twitter on Wednesday to prevent images of Monday's deadly bombing from being broadcast and to stop Twitter users from calling for protests against the government, which they blamed for not doing enough to prevent the attack, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Desmond Butler
Suzan Frazer
Publisher / Source: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Terrorism
Human Rights

Yemen: Ship Loaded With Food Aid Reaches Aden

Wednesday, July 22, 2015
A ship full of aid chartered by the World Food Program, the United Nations’ antihunger agency, berthed Tuesday in Yemen’s southern port of Aden, the agency reported.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Rick Gladstone
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid
Conflict
Violence

Colombia Resumes Demining Project after Death of Soldier

Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Members of Colombia’s military and rebel group FARC have resumed a landmine removal pilot project in the north of Colombia that was suspended last week when a soldier died after accidentally detonating a mine.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Adriaan Alsema
Publisher / Source: 
Colombia Reports
Tag(s): 
Arms Control
Conflict

Mexico Officials Seize Control of Education Agency That Resisted Overhaul

Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Authorities seized control of an education agency that was a bastion of resistance to President Enrique Peña Nieto’s education sector overhaul, firing its 4,000 employees and deploying federal police to secure the agency’s offices.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Santiago Perez
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal

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