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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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Saudis Pound Arms Depots in Yemen as Bread, Medicine Run Short

Tuesday, April 28, 2015
The humanitarian situation in Yemen has become catastrophic, relief officials said on Monday, as Saudi-led aircraft pounded Iran-allied Houthi militiamen and rebel army units for a second day, dashing hopes for a pause in fighting to let aid in.
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Mohammed Mukhashaf
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Conflict

China Will Supply Pakistan With 110 New JF-17s

Tuesday, April 28, 2015
The apparent reason for the new delivery from China is that Pakistan’s military aircraft industry cannot keep up with its air force’s demand for new planes amid an intensifying campaign against Taliban insurgents in the country. English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Franz-Stefan Gady
Publisher / Source: 
The Diplomat
Tag(s): 
Militarization
Military Equipment

Before Dangers at Sea, African Migrants Face Perils of a Lawless Libya

Tuesday, April 28, 2015
The two 8-year-old Eritrean boys had ridden for days across the deserts of Ethiopia, Sudan and Libya packed in the back of a truck with two other children and a dozen adults. Then they spent another month trapped in a crowded farmhouse that the smugglers used as a pen to store their human cargo.
Country(s): 
Libya
Author(s): 
David D. Kirkpatrick
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Governance

CAR Humanitarian Crisis Keeps Growing

Tuesday, April 28, 2015
The Central African Republic (CAR) is fast becoming the largest forgotten humanitarian crisis of our time with some 60% of its population in need of aid, including nearly 900,000 people forcibly displaced by conflict, but assistance programmes remain “dramatically underfunded,” according to the United Nations refugee agency.English
Country(s): 
Central African Republic
Author(s): 
defenceWeb
UN
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid
Conflict

U.N. Blames Israel for School Attacks During Gaza War

Tuesday, April 28, 2015
A U.N. inquiry has blamed Israeli security forces for seven deadly attacks on UN schools in Gaza that were used as shelters for safety during last year's offensive. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement on Monday that he deplored the attacks that killed at least 44 Palestinians and injured at least 227 others at the UN sites.
Country(s): 
Israel
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Study: Organized Crime Undermining Venezuelan Institutions

Tuesday, April 28, 2015
The report, called “Visualizing what’s behind crime,” was produced by the Observatory on Organized Crime, a program of the Paz Activa civil society group. Venezuela, despite being rich in oil, has some of the highest murder and kidnapping rates in the world. English
Country(s): 
Venezuela
Author(s): 
Jim Wyss
Publisher / Source: 
The Miami Herald
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations

What Are the Consequences of Taking Cuba Off the State Sponsors of Terrorism List?

Tuesday, April 28, 2015
The April 14th decision to remove Cuba off the State Department's State Sponsors of Terrorism list is the most important, concrete step towards normalization of diplomatic relations with Havana taken by the U.S. government since the Carter Administration. It has both tangible and intangible implications of historical importance to Cuba's relations with the U.S and its triangular relations with other major international actors.English
Country(s): 
Cuba
Author(s): 
Arturo Lopez Levy
Publisher / Source: 
Huffington Post
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Terrorism
Foreign Policy

The Decline and Fall of the United States

Tuesday, April 28, 2015
The U.S. empire can continue to see itself as a force for good, doing things that would be unacceptable for anyone else but never to be questioned when performed by the global cop -- that is, it can go on not seeing itself at all, expanding, over-reaching, and collapsing from within. Or it can recognize what it's about, shift priorities, scale back militarism, reverse the concentration of wealth and power, invest in green energy and human needs, and undo the empire a bit sooner but far more beneficially. English
Country(s): 
Global
Author(s): 
David Swanson
Publisher / Source: 
Scoop
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy
Foreign Policy

Caught Amid Conflict and Police Aggression, Colombia’s Cauca Is in Crisis

Tuesday, April 28, 2015
All eyes turned to Colombia’s southwestern province of Cauca in the wake of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack that left 11 soldiers dead on April 15. Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos accused the FARC of violating its unilateral ceasefire and promptly re-ordered aerial bombings and military offensives on FARC camps, while the FARC maintained that the attack was an act of legitimate self-defense.
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Julia Duranti
Publisher / Source: 
Latin Correspondent
Tag(s): 
Policing

U.S. Troops in Europe Request Bigger Guns Amid Tensions With Russia

Tuesday, April 28, 2015
One of the last American combat units stationed in Europe is asking the government for bigger guns amid rising tensions over Russia's involvement in the Ukraine conflict.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Central Asia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Military.com
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

U.S.-Colombia High-Level Partnership Dialogue

Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Deputy Secretary Blinken participated in the fifth round of the U.S.-Colombia High-Level Partnership Dialogue in Bogota on April 27. Commenting on the many areas of successful cooperation with Colombia, Deputy Secretary Blinken stated that progress since the first dialogue five years ago is “thanks to the courage and resilience of the Colombian people, who are translating steady economic and security gains into a strong foundation for shared prosperity and durable peace.”
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
Department Of State
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Obama Kept Looser Rules for Drones in Pakistan

Monday, April 27, 2015
President Barack Obama tightened rules for the U.S. drone program in 2013, but he secretly approved a waiver giving the Central Intelligence Agency more flexibility in Pakistan than anywhere else to strike suspected militants, according to current and former U.S. officials. Last week, the U.S. officials disclosed that two Western hostages, U.S. and Italian aid workers Warren Weinstein and Giovanni Lo Porto, were killed on Jan. 15 by a U.S. drone strike aimed at al Qaeda militants in Pakistan. If the exemption had not been in place for Pakistan, the CIA might have been required to gather more intelligence before that strike.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Adam Entous
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Drones

Saudi-Led Air Campaign Resumes in Yemeni Capital

Monday, April 27, 2015
Warplanes of the Saudi-led military coalition bombed targets in the Yemeni capital on Sunday for the first time since Saudi officials said they were shifting the focus of their campaign against a Yemeni rebel group toward political negotiations and humanitarian relief.
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Author(s): 
Saeed al-Batati
Kareem Fahim
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Israel Says Airstrike on Syrian Border Targeted Militants

Monday, April 27, 2015
Israel's military said Sunday it launched an airstrike on its border with Syria after spotting militants carrying a bomb in the Israeli-held Golan Heights.
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Ian Deitch
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo News
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Detention of El Commandante 22 Sets Off Gun Battles And Road Blocks In Reynosa

Monday, April 27, 2015
Elements of the Marines and Federal Police detained today a presumed criminal leader in Reynosa, Tamaulipas nicknamed El Commandante 22 together with two other presumed criminals. The capture of El Commandante set off various narco blockades and confrontations between armed civilians and elements of the Marina and Federal Police. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
El Proceso (Mexico)
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade
Criminal Organizations

Set to Begin, U.S. Plan for Syrian Rebels Already Mired in Doubt

Monday, April 27, 2015
Hundreds of Syrian rebels are approaching the start of U.S. training to battle Islamic State, without knowing whether or how Washington would come to their aid on the battlefield and as other rebel leaders say the proxy army could spark opposition infighting.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Dasha Afanasieva
Warren Strobel
Phil Stewart
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters

Egypt's Trial of Mursi 'Badly Flawed': Human Rights Watch

Monday, April 27, 2015
The trial of former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, deposed by the army and sentenced to 20 years in jail, was "badly flawed" and appears to have been politically motivated, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday.
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Stephen Kalin
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Russia and Argentina Agree Framework Energy Deals

Monday, April 27, 2015
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Russian leader Vladimir Putin hailed their co-operation as a "comprehensive strategic partnership". At the same time, the two countries had agreed to expand co-operation between their defense agencies.Russia "supports Argentina" in its attempts to have direct talks with the UK over the disputed Falkland Islands, known in Argentina as the Malvinas.English
Country(s): 
Argentina
Russia
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Jihad’s African Frontier

Monday, April 27, 2015
April 14 marked the first anniversary of the abduction of over 200 girls from a small school in a remote corner of Nigeria by a shadowy jihadi organisation, Boko Haram. In the last two years, jihadis have attacked several high-profile targets in the Horn of Africa and across North Africa and the Sahel. Jihad is now a pervasive presence in Africa.English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Talmiz Ahmad
Publisher / Source: 
Deccan Chronicle
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Militarization

Petrobras Corruption Costs Hit $2bn

Monday, April 27, 2015
Brazil's state-run oil company, Petrobras has taken a $2bn charge for costs related to corruption.The company has published accounts for last year showing an overall loss of $7.2bn. Petrobras has been embroiled in a massive corruption scandal in which it is alleged that bribes were paid for lucrative contracts with the firm.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Corruption

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