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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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NATO Implementing 'Biggest Defence Boost' in Decades

Thursday, June 18, 2015
NATO is implementing its biggest defence reinforcement since the Cold War, its chief Jens Stoltenberg has said, as the military alliance conducted its biggest ever exercises in the Baltic Sea.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Publisher / Source: 
Al-Jazeera
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security

Fragile States Index

Thursday, June 18, 2015
Ukraine face a crisis. Nigeria passed a test. And the Islamic State and Ebola left inedible marks. How 2014's success stories and struggles affected state - and global - stability last year and set the stage for 2015. English
Country(s): 
Global
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Security
Governance

Security Forces Halt Shabab Attack in Central Somalia

Thursday, June 18, 2015
Security forces in Somalia halted an attack Thursday by al-Shabab militants targeting a political conference in the central town of Adado.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Publisher / Source: 
Voice of America
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Carter Vows Lasting Defeat of ISIL Forces

Thursday, June 18, 2015
Vowing to achieve a lasting defeat of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant forces, Defense Secretary Ash Carter outlined the Defense Department’s counterterrorism strategy today in testimony before the House Armed Services Committee. The secretary and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey discussed the latest developments in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq and Syria, where U.S.-led coalition allies and partners are assisting and advising local forces.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Terri Moon Cronk
Publisher / Source: 
DoD News
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Conflict
Military and Police Aid
Military Equipment

Chad Bombs Boko Haram Bases in Nigeria After Suicide Attacks

Thursday, June 18, 2015
Chad's military has carried out a series of air strikes against Boko Haram bases in Nigeria in retaliation for twin suicide bombings this week in the capital N'Djamena that killed at least 34 people.English
Country(s): 
Chad
Author(s): 
Madjiasra Nako
Daniel Flynn
Dominic Evans
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Terrorism

Honduran Army Seizes Hospitals, Drugs Amid Social Security Scandal

Thursday, June 18, 2015
Honduran armed forces seized public hospitals and warehouses that stored medicine on Wednesday after a recent graft scandal involving the country’s Social Security Institute prompted them to take measures to ensure that patients had access to drugs. English
Country(s): 
Honduras
Author(s): 
Aditya Tejas
Publisher / Source: 
International Business Times
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Governance

Arab Air Strikes Hit Yemen as Peace Talks Enter Second Day

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Arab air strikes hit military targets throughout Yemen on Wednesday and expanded into one western province for the first time, despite peace talks in Geneva aimed at ending almost three months of fighting.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Violence

Dominicans of Haitian Descent Fear Mass Deportation as Deadline Looms

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Many people are fearing the worst ahead of the Wednesday deadline for an estimated 500,000 undocumented persons living in the Dominican Republic to register with government authorities. The country’s authorities have reportedly lined up a fleet of buses and established processing centers on the border with Haiti. English
Country(s): 
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Author(s): 
Sibylla Brodzinksy
Tag(s): 
Migration
Border Control

Concern Over the Conviction of Shaikh Ali Salman in Bahrain

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
The U.S. Government is deeply concerned by the June 16 conviction and sentencing by a Bahraini court of Shaikh Ali Salman, the Secretary General of al Wifaq.English
Country(s): 
Bahrain
Author(s): 
John Kirby
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of State
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Boko Haram Crisis: U.S. to Fund Nigeria-led Force

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
The US says it will give $5m (£3.2m) towards a multi-national task force being set up to fight Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Military and Police Aid

As Putin Talks More Missiles and Might, Cost Tells Another Story

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
The bristling array of armaments underlined how military competition had overtaken diplomacy in East-West relations.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Neil MacFarquhar
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Arms Control
Military Equipment
Security

Mali Orders Six Super Tucanos

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Mali has signed a contract with Embraer for six A-29 Super Tucano light attack and advanced training turboprops.English
Country(s): 
Mali
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military
Militarization

Are the Kyrgyz Who Join ISIS Mostly Uzbeks?

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
More than 70 percent of the Kyrgyz that have gone to join ISIS are of Uzbek descent, Ryspek Abdysatarov, a representative of Kyrgyzstan’s Secretariat of the Council of Defense.English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Author(s): 
Catherine Putz
Publisher / Source: 
The Diplomat
Tag(s): 
Security
Civil Society

Georgia Cracks Down on Alleged ISIS Recruitment

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
A precarious situation was developing in the nearby Pankisi Gorge, with the arrest of a suspected recruiter for ISIS rebels in Syria.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Author(s): 
Giorgi Lomsadze
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet.org
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Security

Time to Take a Stand on Venezuela

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
It is tragic that the leaders of neighboring Latin American and the Caribbean nations have chosen to ignore the very real and very dangerous turmoil in Venezuela. US policymakers may finally recognize that they do not have that option.English
Country(s): 
Venezuela
Author(s): 
Roger F. Noriega
Publisher / Source: 
American Enterprise Institute
Tag(s): 
Violence
Governance

Georgia Finalizes Controversial Air Defense Deal With France

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Georgia and France have finalized a blockbuster air defense deal that was the source of a major political crisis in Tbilisi last year.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet.org
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Military

Cameroon Worried Over Spread of Ideology

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Cameroon has assembled all its Muslim leaders in the capital, Yaounde, to teach them how to identify and denounce promoters of the Islamic State group's radical ideology.English
Country(s): 
Cameroon
Author(s): 
Moki Edwin Kindzeka
Publisher / Source: 
Voice of America
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Terrorism

Khartoum, UN Deny Peacekeepers Held Hostage in Darfur

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
UN and Sudan have denied that South African peacekeepers in Darfur were threatened to stop Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir's arrest in South Africa.English
Country(s): 
South Africa
Sudan
Author(s): 
Mohammed Amin
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping
International Criminal Court

Nigeria Boko Haram Crisis: 'Old Bombs' Explode in Monguno

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
A series of explosions in the northern-eastern Nigerian town of Monguno has killed an estimated 20 people.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Violence

Is Texas Creating Its Own Border Patrol? Governor's $800M Spending Spree Raises Questions

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
The new Republican governor, Greg Abbott, this month approved $800 million for border security over the next two years — more than double any similar period during Perry's 14 years in office. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Seth Robbins
Paul J. Weber
Publisher / Source: 
US News
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Border Control
Security

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