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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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SIPRI: 'China’s Arms Trade With Africa at Times Questionable'

Tuesday, March 17, 2015
China is now the world’s third biggest arms exporter after the US and Russia according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Sudan, Morocco and Algeria are China's main clients in Africa.English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Mark Caldwell
Publisher / Source: 
Deutsche Welle
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Foreign Policy

UN Moves Closer to Pulling Peacekeepers From Troubled Darfur

Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Under pressure from al-Bashir, the U.N. opened talks this month with Sudan on a plan for a large peacekeeping mission to leave Darfur. The Security Council on Tuesday will discuss the troubled mission and how its eventual departure will affect a civil war that once drew the world's outrage.English
Country(s): 
Sudan
Author(s): 
Cara Anna
Publisher / Source: 
ABC
Tag(s): 
United Nations
U.N. Peacekeeping
Conflict Resolution

Pakistan Hangs 12 Men in Largest Execution Since Moratorium Lifted

Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Human rights groups say convictions in Pakistan are highly unreliable. Its antiquated criminal justice system barely functions, suspects are often tortured and most police are untrained in investigation, rights officials say.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Katharine Houreld
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Obama: Foreign Aid Key Part of ISIS Strategy

Tuesday, March 17, 2015
America needs to increase foreign aid to Middle Eastern countries to help stem the growth of groups like the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), President Obama said during an interview with Vice News that aired Monday.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Ben Kamisar
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

OSCE to Monitor Troops Contact Line

Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry reported that the monitoring will be held, on the Azerbaijani side, by field assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Hristo Hristov, Simon Tiller and Peter Swedberg.English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Publisher / Source: 
Azernews
Tag(s): 
Military

North Kenya Official Says Security Situation 'Hopeless'

Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Mandera, in Kenya's far northeast, borders Somalia and is plagued by insecurity. The area has been the scene of a string of recent attacks by the Al-Qaeda-linked militants.English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo News
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Security
Terrorism

Press Freedom at Stake in Lebanon Tribunal Case, Says Accused

Tuesday, March 17, 2015
The planned trial of a Lebanese journalist and her TV station over a report that allegedly hindered the work of an international tribunal could endanger press freedom in Lebanon and beyond, according to the accused and her lawyer.
Country(s): 
Lebanon
Author(s): 
Ahmed Aboulenein
Estelle Shirbon
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Egyptian Policeman Accused Over Fatal Shooting of Woman Protester

Tuesday, March 17, 2015
An Egyptian police officer was charged on Tuesday over the fatal shooting of Shaimaa Sabbagh, a woman protester whose death caused international outrage when footage of it spread online in January.
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Mahmoud Mourad
Yara Bayoumy
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

UN Security Council: ISIS replacing Taliban in Afghanistan

Tuesday, March 17, 2015
The Islamic State has infiltrated into Afghanistan and is attempting to step into the Taliban's boots, acknowledged the UN Security Council. Russia’s representative to the UN warns Central Asian states could be the next stop for the Islamic extremists. English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Central Asia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Russia Today
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Security

Egypt: Militants Claim Ambush

Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Militants identifying themselves as the Sinai Province of the Islamic State said Monday that they had captured the engine of an American-made M60 tank from the Egyptian military in an ambush.
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
David D. Kirkpatrick
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Brazil Ruling Party Treasurer Vaccari Charged With Corruption

Tuesday, March 17, 2015
The public prosecutor in Brazil has formally charged the treasurer of the governing Worker's Party, Joao Vaccari, with corruption.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Chilean Espionage In Peru Cools Diplomatic Relations

Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Chile and Peru are in the midst of a diplomatic crisis, following accusations that at least three sailors in the Peruvian Navy were spying for Chile. In response, Peru has withdrawn its ambassador in protest.English
Country(s): 
Chile
Peru
Author(s): 
Juan Arellano
Publisher / Source: 
Global Voices
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Security

Cuba, U.S. Renew Talks On Restoring Diplomatic Ties

Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Cuba and the United States meet for talks on restoring diplomatic relations on Monday, seeking more progress toward an agreement while not allowing differences over Venezuela to impede their historic rapprochement.English
Country(s): 
Cuba
Author(s): 
Daniel Trotta
Publisher / Source: 
Huffington Post
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Colombia Peace Talks To Resume In Havana Amid Growing Optimism

Tuesday, March 17, 2015
As government and guerrilla negotiators begin the 34th round of peace talks in Cuba on Tuesday in hopes of ending Colombia’s half-century conflict, they’re going to have a powerful force behind them: momentum. English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Cuba
Author(s): 
Jim Wyss
Publisher / Source: 
Miami Herald
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations

Hundreds Of Thousands March To Protest Brazil's President

Monday, March 16, 2015
Close to a million demonstrators marched in cities and towns across Brazil on Sunday to protest a sluggish economy, rising prices and corruption - and to call for the impeachment of left-wing President Dilma Rousseff.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Author(s): 
Paulo Prada
Publisher / Source: 
Huffington Post
Wire Service: 
AFP, EFE, Reuters
Tag(s): 
Governance

Venezuela Conducts Military Exercises, Claiming U.S. Threat

Monday, March 16, 2015
Soldiers rolled out shoulder-fired missiles, fighter planes and armored trucks Saturday for the first of 10 days of military exercises that the president of socialist-governed Venezuela says are needed to protect against a looming threat from the U.S.English
Country(s): 
Venezuela
Author(s): 
Hannah Dreier
Jorge Rueda
Publisher / Source: 
Huffington Post
Tag(s): 
Military

Putin Proves He’s Alive in Meeting with Kyrgyzstan President

Monday, March 16, 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin ended a mysterious 11-day disappearance by materializing for a meeting with his Kyrgyz counterpart in St. Petersburg on March 16English
Country(s): 
Russia
Kyrgyzstan
Author(s): 
David Trilling
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet

Atrocities Committed By U.S.-Trained Iraqi Forces — Again

Monday, March 16, 2015
Investigative reporter James Gordon Meek broke an important story this week: He revealed that U.S.-backed forces in Iraq are committing the same type of horrific war crimes — wanton killings of prisoners, beheadings, torture — as the Islamic State fighters on the other side of the front line.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Peter Maass
Publisher / Source: 
The Intercept
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

In Mexico, A Hard-Hitting Journalist Is Getting Her Wings Clipped, Again

Monday, March 16, 2015
Carmen Aristegui has clashed with the corporate bosses who own her radio station and for at least the third time in recent years has faced being off the air at least temporarily. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Tracy Wilkinson
Publisher / Source: 
Los Angeles Times
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Iraq Needs More Air Strikes to Dislodge IS in Tikrit: Officials

Monday, March 16, 2015
Iraq said on Monday it had put its Tikrit offensive on hold and senior officials called for more air strikes to dislodge Islamic State militants who have laid explosives across Saddam Hussein's home city and still hold its central districts.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Maggie Fick
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Conflict

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