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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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USS Kauffman, U.S. Coast Guard Team Nab $15.5 Million of Cocaine

Wednesday, July 8, 2015
In collaboration with the U.S. Coast Guard, the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59) recovered approximately 775 kilograms of cocaine, worth an estimated wholesale value of approximately $15.5 million in international waters in the Eastern Pacific, June 2.English
Country(s): 
Central America Regional
Author(s): 
Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shane A. Jackson
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Southern Command
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade
Military Operations

Colombia President Replaces Top Military Leaders

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
President Juan Manuel Santos has replaced Colombia's top military leaders, days after the release of a Human Rights Watch report alleging complicity by the country's top brass in extrajudicial killings of civilians.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo!
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Extrajudicial Killings
Military

U.S. and France to Boost Intelligence Sharing in Fight Against Militants

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
The French military has taken a leading role in the fight against militants in Africa, and will be aided soon by more intelligence sharing with the United States, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said Monday.English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Dan Lamothe
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Intelligence
Military Cooperation

Mexican Helicopter Trades Fire with Gunmen on Ground Near Border, Kills 6

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
After coming under fire, Mexican navy personnel in a Black Hawk helicopter shot back and killed six people near the U.S. border, authorities said Monday.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Joshua Partlow
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Civil-Military Relations
Violence

Nigeria's Boko Haram Crisis: Zaria Bomb 'Kills 25'

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
A bomb attack has killed at least 25 people and wounded 32 others in northern Nigeria's Zaria city, the state governor has said.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Publisher / Source: 
BBC News
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Conflict

Obama Unlikely to Name U.S. Ambassador for Cuba Quickly

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
The Obama administration will not move immediately to place an ambassador in Cuba but will name Jeffrey DeLaurentis, the career diplomat who has headed its diplomatic mission in Havana since last summer, as charge d’affaires, the State Department said Monday. English
Country(s): 
Cuba
Author(s): 
Karen DeYoung
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Obama: ISIS Can Be Pushed Back With ‘Effective Partner’ on the Ground

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
The president said the US will continue to bomb targets and train Iraqi forces to fight what France’s defense minister says has become a 'terrorist army.' English
Country(s): 
Syria
Iraq
Author(s): 
Marcus Weisgerber
Publisher / Source: 
Defense One
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Conflict
Military and Police Aid

Tunisia's State of Emergency Must Respect Rights: HRW

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
The Tunisian state of emergency imposed after the jihadi attack that killed 38 tourists last month must not suppress freedoms gained since the 2011 revolution, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.English
Country(s): 
Tunisia
Publisher / Source: 
The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Governance
Human Rights
Terrorism

Rivals Pakistan, India to Start Process of Joining China Security Bloc

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan and India will start the process of joining a security bloc led by China and Russia at a summit in Russia later this week, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Monday.English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation
Security

Why CentAm Social Security Agencies Generate Corruption, Crime

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
A series of corruption scandals implicating high-level government officials have rocked Honduras and Guatemala in recent months. In both countries, the governments' social security agencies are at the forefront of the crisis. English
Country(s): 
Guatemala
Honduras
Author(s): 
Michael Lohmuller
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Caspian Sea States To Hold Talks On Collective Security System

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
The Caspian sea states will discuss creating a "collective security system" on the sea at a meeting in Russia this fall, a Russian military official announced. English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet.org
Tag(s): 
Security

Four More Journalists Arrested in Egypt, Where 18 Are Already in Jail

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Arrests follow plan to introduce anti-terrorism law that threatens press freedom.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Roy Greenslade
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Governance
Human Rights
Counterterrorism

US Company to Build Humvees for Ukraine Within $375Mln Contract - Pentagon

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
The AM General Company in South Bend, Indiana will build High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles or Humvees, for use by the Ukrainian Army as part of a giant contract for 2,082 of the vehicles, the US Department of Defense said in a statement.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Publisher / Source: 
Sputnik News
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Conflict

June Replaces May as Most Violent Month in El Salvador Since War

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
El Salvador has once again registered the highest number of homicides since the end of the country's civil war, raising doubts about the government's short-term security strategy. English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
David Gagne
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Violence

How to Prevent Violent Extremism in Central Asia

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Kazakhstan hosted a conference on countering violent extremism in South and Central Asia in Astana earlier this week. English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Catherine Putz
Publisher / Source: 
The Diplomat
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Counterterrorism
Human Rights

U.S. Seeks Mideast Shift to Follow Iran Nuclear Deal

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
White House looks to address regional conflicts and ease tensions around nuclear negotiations.English
Country(s): 
Iran
Iraq
Yemen
Syria
Author(s): 
Carol E. Lee
Adam Entous
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations
Conflict
Violence
Terrorism

Georgian Parliament Votes On Interior Ministry Reform

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Georgian lawmakers passed on the second reading a package of legislative amendments that provide for the creation of a new State Security Service with responsibility for counterterrorism, counterintelligence, electronic surveillance, and anticorruption measures.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Author(s): 
Liz Fuller
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security
Security Sector Reform
Legislation

Iraqi Forces Plan Offensive to Retake Ramadi From ISIS

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Seven weeks after their frenetic retreat from Ramadi, Iraqi security forces are preparing to mount a counteroffensive in the coming weeks to try to reclaim the pivotal western Iraqi city from the Islamic State, American and Iraqi officials say.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Michael R. Gordon
Eric Schmitt
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Military Operations
Conflict
Military and Police Aid

Al-Shabaab Kills More Than a Dozen in Kenya Attack Weeks Before Obama Visit

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Somalia’s al-Shabaab group has claimed responsibility for a gun and grenade attack that killed 14 sleeping quarry workers and wounded many others in northern Kenya.English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Author(s): 
Murithi Mutiga
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Violence

Security Sector Reform in South Sudan and Prospects for Peace

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Escalation since April in the conflict in South Sudan left little hope a settlement could be reached any time soon.English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Author(s): 
Matthew Leriche
Publisher / Source: 
Security Sector Reform Resource Centre
Tag(s): 
Security
Peace Negotiations

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