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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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West Africa seeks $5-6 billion aid, debts canceled

Friday, April 17, 2015
The Ebola-stricken nations of West Africa are asking international donors to cancel their debts and give them $5-6 billion over two years to rebuild their economies, devastated by the deadly disease, Sierra Leone's president said on Thursday.English
Country(s): 
West Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Stella Dawson
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid

Billion Dollar Ivory and Gold Trade Fueling DR Congo War: UN

Friday, April 17, 2015
Smuggling of ivory, gold and timber worth over a billion dollars a year is fuelling war by funding dozens of rebel groups in Democratic Republic of Congo, a UN report warned.English
Country(s): 
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
Publisher / Source: 
Times Live
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Former CIA Agent: U.S. Intervention In Afghanistan Undermined Infrastructure-Building Efforts

Friday, April 17, 2015
Grenier, who served as a senior CIA counterterrorism official, spoke at a campus event hosted by the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the Clements Center for History, Strategy and Statecraft on Thursday to promote new his book, “88 Days to Kandahar.” Overwhelming Afghanistan with U.S. military forces led to unsustainable progress the Afghans could not maintain, Grenier said.English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Caleb Wong
Publisher / Source: 
The Daily Texan
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Foreign Aid

China Readies $46 Billion for Pakistan Trade Route

Friday, April 17, 2015
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to unveil a $46 billion infrastructure spending plan in Pakistan that is a centerpiece of Beijing’s ambitions to open new trade and transport routes across Asia and challenge the U.S. as the dominant regional power.English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Pakistan
Author(s): 
Saeed Shah
Jeremy Page
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Killing of 10 Soldiers Deals a Setback to Colombian Peace Talks with FARC Rebels

Friday, April 17, 2015
In the last few months, the rebels had declared a unilateral cease-fire, pledging to stop carrying out attacks, and had promised to stop recruiting child fighters. The two sides had even agreed to work together to find and destroy the thousands of land mines littering Colombia after five decades of war.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
William Neuman
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations

Iraq is Calling for Backup

Friday, April 17, 2015
The administration’s claims of progress belie the lack of a coherent long-term strategy for Iraq and Syria. That would require a much larger commitment of U.S. military, economic and diplomatic resources — which the Obama administration remains unwilling to furnish.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Editorial Board
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Cameroon And Russia Sign Defence Agreement

Friday, April 17, 2015
Russia and Cameroon have signed a defence cooperation agreement aimed at boosting Cameroon’s military as it combats Boko Haram militants. The assistance Russia will provide Cameroon, as outlined in the agreement, will consist of military equipment, training of Cameroonian military personnel and humanitarian aid to refugees and internally displaced people affected by the Boko Haram conflict.English
Country(s): 
Cameroon
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web
Tag(s): 
Military
Terrorism

Cost of ISIS War Passes $2 Billion Mark

Friday, April 17, 2015
The cost of U.S. military operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has surpassed the $2 billion mark.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Rebecca Shabad
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Middle East, Central Asia Terrorists Earn $500Mln In Drug Trade

Friday, April 17, 2015
Terrorists operating in the Middle East and Central Asia earn up to $500 million annually from production and trafficking of illicit drugs, chief of the Russian General Staff's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), Igor Sergun, said Thursday.English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Middle East and North Africa Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Turkish Weekly
Wire Service: 
Sputnik
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade
Terrorism

U.S. Imposes Sanctions On 3 Leaders Of Gang Based In El Salvador

Friday, April 17, 2015
The United States government imposed sanctions on three leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha street gang on Thursday as part of a broader effort to crack down on the transnational gang, which is based in El Salvador and runs human trafficking and drug operations into the United States. English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Elisabeth Malkin
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Conflict

U.S. Ambassador Sees Potential for Increased U.S. Investment In Kazakhstan

Friday, April 17, 2015
Ambassador George A. Krol delivered his first public speech as U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan on the broad and productive U.S.-Kazakhstan bilateral relationship. The Ambassador underscored the importance of the U.S.-Kazakhstan strategic partnership as well as people-to-people ties, the U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan said. English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Publisher / Source: 
The Times of Central Asia (TCA)
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Foreign Aid

Resolution Still Elusive in War-torn Yemen

Friday, April 17, 2015
As the United Nations Security Council voted this week to impose an arms embargo on Yemen's Houthi rebels, analysts say there is still no end in sight to the war that has killed hundreds of people and crippled the country's infrastructure.
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Megan O'Toole
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera
Tag(s): 
Conflict

150 Georgian Soldiers Complete Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan

Friday, April 17, 2015
More than a hundred Georgian peacekeepers serving in a NATO-led mission in Afghanistan have returned home safely.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Publisher / Source: 
Agenda.ge
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Cauca in crisis: 5 Civilians Killed After FARC Attack Sparks Military Counteroffensive

Friday, April 17, 2015
Civilian organizations from the southwest of Colombia have called for a bilateral ceasefire after five civilians were killed in what appeared a spike in violence following a FARC attack that killed 11 soldiers.According to the local organizations, the five civilians were killed in Suarez, a municipality close to the village where the FARC killed 11 soldiers in what appeared to be a surprise attack on resting members of the military earlier in the week.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Adriaan Alsema
Publisher / Source: 
Colombia Reports
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Peace Negotiations

U.S. Lawmakers Says They’ve Lost Confidence In DEA Chief Over Colombia Sex Parties

Friday, April 17, 2015
A majority of United States lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee said Wednesday that they have lost confidence in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s chief amid allegations that agents attended sex parties with prostitutes in Colombia.Twenty-two of the committee’s 43 members signed a statement expressing no confidence in DEA head Michele Leonhart.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
Colombia Reports
Wire Service: 
The Associate Press
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade
Corruption

War in Yemen Is Allowing Qaeda Group to Expand

Friday, April 17, 2015
Al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen took control of a major airport and an oil export terminal in the southern part of the country on Thursday, expanding the resurgent militant group’s reach just two weeks after it seized the nearby city of Al Mukalla and emptied its bank and prison.
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Saeed al-Batati
Kareem Fahim
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Russia blames U.S. for security crises, turmoil in Ukraine

Thursday, April 16, 2015
Top Russian officials accused the United States on Thursday of seeking political and military dominance in the world and sought to put blame on the West for international security crises, including the conflict in east Ukraine.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Gabriela Baczynska
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Militarization

No Breakthrough Between Iran and U.N. Nuclear Watchdog

Thursday, April 16, 2015
The U.N. nuclear watchdog said it had a "constructive exchange" with Iran this week but there was no sign of a breakthrough on aspects of its nuclear program that the agency says Tehran has failed to fully address.English
Country(s): 
Iran
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
United Nations

'Dangerous' Radioactive Material Stolen In Mexico

Thursday, April 16, 2015
Mexican authorities have issued an alert for five states after the theft of potentially dangerous radioactive materials.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
BBC

U.S. Relations With Egypt: One Problem At A Time

Thursday, April 16, 2015
President Barack Obama’s recent decision to end the halt on sending military equipment to Egypt, resulting in the release of aircraft, missiles and tank kits, took many by surprise. The recent court decision in Egypt that led to a life sentence for Egyptian-American citizen Mohamad Soltan on charges of funding a pro-Mohammed Morsi sit-in and "spreading false information" — charges criticized by Amnesty International — reinforced doubt about the American-Egyptian funding relationship. But the military funding issue is somewhat more complicated than that — and may need to be investigated further, for both American and Egyptian interests, going forward. English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
H.A. Hellyer
Publisher / Source: 
Al-Monitor
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy
Military

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