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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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In Mexico, Illicit Poppy 'Gardens' Feed U.S. Demand for Heroin

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
In Guerrero, Mexico, small opium-poppy growers face increasing pressure from cartels and government.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Deborah Bonello
Publisher / Source: 
The Los Angeles Times
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade

Nazarbaev Calls For Joint Efforts To Fight Religious Extremism

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has called for joint efforts to fight religious extremism around the world. English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism
Security

Financial Waste in Afghanistan Points to Larger Problems in U.S. Government

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Wasted U.S. taxpayer dollars in Afghanistan are indicative of larger problems of accountability and wasteful spending habits within the U.S. government, said a congressional watchdog June 9. English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Allyson Versprille
Publisher / Source: 
National Defense Magazine
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

British Activist Barred From Azerbaijan Ahead Of European Games

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
A British human rights activist says Azerbaijani authorities on June 9 prevented her from entering the country and marooned her at the airport, adding to evidence that Baku is systematically barring critics from appearing at the upcoming European Games. English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Author(s): 
Carl Schreck
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Governance

Arrests of Venezuela Police for Kidnapping Show Limit to Security Reforms

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Authorities in Venezuela have arrested eight members of the national police force on suspicion of kidnapping, the latest sign that reform efforts have failed to root out corruption within the country's police. English
Country(s): 
Venezuela
Author(s): 
David Gagne
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Policing
Security Sector Reform

Fighting in Afghanistan Intensifies Between 'Islamic State' and the Taliban

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
"Islamic State" fighters have reportedly attacked a Taliban convoy in the country's eastern Nangarhar province, killing at least 10 militants.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Publisher / Source: 
Deutsche Welle
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Terrorism
Violence

U.S. Embracing a New Approach on Battling ISIS in Iraq

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
In a major shift of focus in the battle against the Islamic State, the Obama administration is planning to establish a new military base in Anbar Province, Iraq, and to send up to 450 more American military trainers to help Iraqi forces retake the city of Ramadi.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Michael R. Gordon
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Military and Police Aid

SOCO Oil Company Paid Large Sums to Officer in Congo, Activists Say

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
When a British oil company began prospecting for oil in Africa’s oldest national park, drawing worldwide concern, the company was adamant in denying any wrongdoing.English
Country(s): 
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
Author(s): 
Marc Santora
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Corruption

What’s a Little Oil Between Neighbors? Venezuela-Guyana Tensions Flare.

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
There's a border somewhere in the vast no-man's land of jungles and rivers between Venezuela and Guyana, but for more than a century the two countries have not been able to agree where it is.English
Country(s): 
Venezuela
Guyana
Author(s): 
Nick Miroff
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Security

‘No Human Considered Illegal’ Under Ecuador’s New Migration Law

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
The Ecuadorean government is proposing a law to give all migrants in the country legal status. English
Country(s): 
Ecuador
Author(s): 
Roisin Davis
Publisher / Source: 
Truthdig
Tag(s): 
Immigration
Refugees

Odierno Answers Hawks in Opposing Sending U.S. Combat Troops to Iraq

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
The U.S. Army's top officer said he's adamant that American combat troops shouldn't be sent back to Iraq.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Brendan McGarry
Publisher / Source: 
Military.com
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Nigeria: U.S. Partners With Nigeria, Others On Security Reforms

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
The United States government has resolved to partner with its counterparts in Nigeria and other African nations in order to reform security sectors.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Abiodun Oluwarotimi
Publisher / Source: 
All Africa
Tag(s): 
Security
Counterterrorism

Iraq’s Problem Is So Much Bigger Than Just Training Its Military

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
President Obama may blame the lack of a strategy for training the troops on Baghdad, but solving ISIS is much bigger than finding a fighting force.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Kristin Roberts
Publisher / Source: 
Defense One
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Obama Announces Sh6.3b New Security Partnership with Kenya, Five African Countries

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Kenya is among six countries the US government intends to partner with on security, President Barack Obama has said.English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Author(s): 
Lydia Matata
Publisher / Source: 
The Star
Tag(s): 
Security
Terrorism
Drug Trade

Iran Denies Troops Deployed in Syria

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Iran Wednesday insisted it has not deployed troops in Syria to strengthen regime forces, denying reports that thousands of foreign fighters have been flown in to help defend Damascus.English
Country(s): 
Iran
Syria
Publisher / Source: 
The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Wire Service: 
Agence France Presse
Tag(s): 
Conflict

El Salvador’s Return to a Peacetime War

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
This March the National Civil Police (PNC) recorded 481 homicides as El Salvador continued its steady regression to levels of violence once hoped confined to the country’s ultraviolent past. English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Rohan Chatterjee
Publisher / Source: 
The London Economic
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations
Violence

U.S. Prepares Plan to Send Hundreds More Trainers to Iraq

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
President Barack Obama is poised to send hundreds more American military advisers to a new base in a strategic Iraqi region to help devise a counterattack against marauding Islamic State militants, U.S. officials said Tuesday, a shift that underscores American concern over recent battlefield losses. English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Dion Nissenbaum
Gordon Lubold
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Military and Police Aid

Eritrea Accuses UN of 'Slander' Over Rights Report

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Eritrea's government has dismissed as a "vile slander" a UN report accusing it of human rights violations on a scale "seldom witnessed elsewhere".English
Country(s): 
Eritrea
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
United Nations

Airstrikes Killing Thousands of Islamic State Fighters, but It Just Recruits More

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
The United States and its allies may be killing thousands of Islamic State militants from the air, but the Islamist extremist group is recruiting at least as many fighters for its war in Iraq and Syria as it is losing, experts say.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Sean D. Naylor
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Conflict

U.S. Frees Hundreds of Cuban Criminals Because Havana Won’t Take Them Back

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Hundreds of Cuban criminals are released onto the streets of the U.S. every year because that nation won’t take them back — even though the Obama administration is trying to broker a more open relationship with the communist island nation.English
Country(s): 
Cuba
Author(s): 
Stephen Dinan
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Times
Tag(s): 
Security
Legislation

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