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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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U.S. Poised to Upgrade Cuba in Annual Human Trafficking Report

Friday, July 17, 2015
The United States is set to remove Cuba from the list of worst offenders in failing to suppress human trafficking and forced labor, U.S. sources said, removing a longstanding irritant between the former Cold War foes at a time of détente.English
Country(s): 
Cuba
Author(s): 
Jason Szep
Patricia Zengerle
Matt Spetalnick
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

What International Law Says When Boko Haram’s Captive Nigerian Girls Commit Atrocities

Friday, July 17, 2015
The world must determine who's at fault after Nigeria's terrorist organization forced many kidnapped Chibok girls to do horrible thingsEnglish
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Catherine Powell
Publisher / Source: 
Defense One
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Human Rights
Violence

Seabees Partner with Colombian Engineers During Continuing Promise 2015

Friday, July 17, 2015
Navy Seabees embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) are partnering with members of the Colombian Navy to complete several engineering projects during the Continuing Promise 2015 (CP-15) mission stop in Colombia, July 8-19. English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brittney Cannady
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Southern Command
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

U.S. to Boost Military Aid to Nigeria for Boko Haram Fight

Friday, July 17, 2015
Washington wants to help Nigeria’s new president battle one of Africa’s deadliest terrorist groups, but don’t expect a fleet of surveillance drones to be part of the mix.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Dan De Luce
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Obama, Saudi Foreign Minister Discuss Iran Deal During White House Meeting

Friday, July 17, 2015
President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabia's foreign minister have discussed the Iranian nuclear deal at the White House.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. News & World Report
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

UK Medical Student 'Recruited for IS' at University in Sudan

Friday, July 17, 2015
A British medic recruited at least 16 fellow students from the UK to join the Islamic State group, a BBC investigation has found.English
Country(s): 
Sudan
Author(s): 
Daniel Sandford
Publisher / Source: 
BBC News
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

US Drone Nails Terror Bosses

Friday, July 17, 2015
At least 30 members of Somalia's al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabab were killed in a US drone strike yesterday, the Kenyan government said.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Publisher / Source: 
Times Live
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Drones

U.S. Offers to Help Israel Bolster Defenses, Yet Iran Nuclear Deal Leaves Ally Uneasy

Thursday, July 16, 2015
When President Obama called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday to discuss the nuclear deal with Iran, the American president offered the Israeli leader, who had just deemed the agreement a “historic mistake,” a consolation prize: a fattening of the already generous military aid package the United States gives Israel.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Julie Hirschfeld Davis
Matthew Rosenberg
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times

Amnesty Calls On EU To Stop Torture In Uzbekistan

Thursday, July 16, 2015
Amnesty International has launched a petition drive calling on EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to take “all the necessary steps to ensure an end to abhorrent use of torture and abuse in Uzbekistan.”English
Country(s): 
Uzbekistan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Governance

More Than $600,000 Dollars in Yemeni Military Aid Found in a Virginia Warehouse

Thursday, July 16, 2015
More than $600,000 worth of night vision devices, ruined batteries and expired medical kits that was supposed to go to Yemeni security forces more than seven years ago has been found in a Virginia warehouse, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Thomas Gibbons-Neff
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Armenia's Proposed Constitutional Changes Would Create Parliamentary Republic

Thursday, July 16, 2015
Armenia has made publics parts of the proposed constitutional changes that would transform the current national political system into a parliamentarian form of government. English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Legislation
Politics and Security
Governance

Land Used for Coca Cultivation in Peru at 15-Year Low

Thursday, July 16, 2015
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said in an annual report that 106,000 acres of land were used to grow coca in 2014, down 14% from 123,000 acres the prior year.English
Country(s): 
Peru
Author(s): 
Ryan Dube
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Drug Policy

Tajikistan Jails Another Critic for 13 Years

Thursday, July 16, 2015
A court in Tajikistan has sentenced an opposition activist to 13 years in jail as the authorities continue to pursue an indiscriminate campaign to stifle all dissent.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet.org
Tag(s): 
Governance
Human Rights

Egypt to Revise Anti-Terror Media Law: MENA

Thursday, July 16, 2015
Egypt agreed to revise a controversial article of its touted anti-terror law threatening journalists with jail for reporting anything but the official line on jihadist attacks, state media reported.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo News
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Governance
Human Rights

Tajikistan Anticorruption Agency Chases Islamic Radicals

Thursday, July 16, 2015
A government anticorruption agency in Tajikistan headed by the president’s son has made a move to broaden its remit by pursuing alleged Islamic extremists.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet.org
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Counterterrorism

Syrian Rebels Get Their First U.S.-Trained Fighters

Thursday, July 16, 2015
The first contingent of Free Syrian Army members trained by the United States to fight the Islamic State crossed the border from the training facility in Jordan back into Syria this week, according to a U.S. official familiar with the program.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Thomas Gibbons-Neff
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Terrorism

Post-Iran Deal, Azerbaijan Eyes Energy Transit Opportunities

Thursday, July 16, 2015
To many, the nuclear deal with Iran spells security. But to Azerbaijan, Iran's northern neighbor, it also spells a business opportunity.English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Author(s): 
Giorgi Lomsadze
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet.org
Tag(s): 
Security

United States Hands Over ERW Disposal Equipment to Namibia

Thursday, July 16, 2015
The United States has handed over $126 000 worth of equipment and training aids to Namibia to assist in the clearance of explosive remnants of war (ERW).English
Country(s): 
Namibia
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

Pre-Trial Prisoners in the Americas

Thursday, July 16, 2015
Even as Latin America seeks to strengthen rule of law, prisons are overcrowded, often fomenting more violence and criminal networks. English
Country(s): 
South America Regional
Central America Regional
Caribbean Regional
Author(s): 
Elizabeth Gonzalez
Publisher / Source: 
Americas Society/Council Of The Americas
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Violence

Raising An Iron Fist Against El Salvador’s Gangs

Thursday, July 16, 2015
Targets of heavily-armed special troops are not guerrilla forces and their civilian sympathizers, but gang members, who have killed so many rivals and civilians alike that the country’s monthly death toll is rising to levels not seen since the end of the 12-year civil war in 1992. English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
David Gonzalez
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations
Violence

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