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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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Ukraine Needs America’s Help

Monday, February 2, 2015
The West, including the United States, needs to get serious about assisting Ukraine if it does not wish to see the situation deteriorate further. White House and Congress must commit serious money to Ukraine’s defense: $1 billion in military assistance this fiscal year, followed by an additional $1 billion each in fiscal year 2016 and 2017. English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Steven Pifer
Strobe Talbott
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post

Kazakhstan May Produce Military Equipment for CSTO Instead of Ukraine

Monday, February 2, 2015
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is considering the use of Kazakhstan’s plants for production of military hardware and equipment previously imported from Ukraine, Novosti-Kazakhstan reported citing CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha. English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Publisher / Source: 
The Times of Central Asia (TCA)
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Tajik IS Militant In Syria: 'We'll Convert Native Americans To Islam And Build Them Mosques'

Friday, January 30, 2015
A Tajik militant claiming to be fighting alongside the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria has told RFE/RL's Tajik Service, Radio Ozodi, that his goal is to introduce Shari'a law throughout the world, including among Native Americans.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Conflict

It Looks Like An Armed Chinese-Made Drone Crashed In Nigeria

Friday, January 30, 2015
This January 25, 2015 photo appears to show a Chinese made CH-3 drone, owned by Nigeria, which has crash landed upside down. The two AR-1 ATGMs attached to its wing pylons suggest that Nigeria is turning to drone strikes as the bloody war against Boko Haram continues. English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Jeffrey Lin
P. W. Singer
Publisher / Source: 
War Is Boring
Tag(s): 
Drones
Terrorism

Kyrgyzstan Seeks Stronger Power To Shut Media Outlets

Friday, January 30, 2015
Kyrgyzstan's government has proposed legislation that would allow it to shut down media outlets without court decisions.English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Human Rights

Piracy Dropping but Kidnapping Increasing in Gulf of Guinea

Friday, January 30, 2015
The number of piracy incidents in the Gulf of Guinea in 2014 dropped by 18% compared to the year before but 2014 saw a major increase in the number of attacks that resulted in crew kidnapping, according to a new report. English
Country(s): 
West Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Dean Wingrin
Publisher / Source: 
Defense Web
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Security

Mexico Says Investigators Certain 43 Students Are Dead

Friday, January 30, 2015
Investigators are now certain that 43 college students missing since September were killed and incinerated after they were seized by police in southern Guerrero state, the Mexican attorney general said Tuesday.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Alberto Arce
Maria Verza
Publisher / Source: 
Time Magazine
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Government Allies Are Said to Have Slaughtered Dozens of Sunnis in Iraq

Friday, January 30, 2015
Some of the men were shot on their doorsteps, their bodies left crumpled in the streets. Others were lined up, led to a field and killed there. Their relatives, ordered to stay in their homes, heard the gunfire.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Kareem Fahim
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

U.S. Armed Drone Program in Yemen Facing Intelligence Gaps

Friday, January 30, 2015
The United States is facing increasing difficulty acquiring intelligence needed to run its stealth drone program in Yemen, undermining a campaign against the most lethal branch of al Qaeda after Houthi rebels seized control of parts of the country’s security apparatus, U.S. officials say.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Mark Hosenball
Phil Stewart
Matt Spetalnick
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Conflict

South Sudan Admits to Emergence of New Rebel Movement

Friday, January 30, 2015
The South Sudanese government on Thursday acknowledged the formation in its Western Equatoria state of a new rebel movement, separate from the armed opposition faction led by the country’s former vice-president, Riek Machar.English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Publisher / Source: 
Sudan Tribune

The U.S. is complacent as Egypt repeats its history of repression

Friday, January 30, 2015
THE EGYPTIAN regime of Abdel Fatah al-Sissi again demonstrated its violent and cynical nature last weekend, as the country marked the fourth anniversary of the popular revolution that overthrew former ruler Hosni Mubarak.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Washington Post Editorial Board
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Gorbachev: Ukraine Could Explode into 'Hot War' Between Russia and the West

Friday, January 30, 2015
Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s last leader and widely credited for helping end the cold war, today blamed the West and the US in particular for “dragging” Russia into what he says could be a larger, “hot war” over Ukraine.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Robert Marquand
Publisher / Source: 
Christian Science Monitor
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Security
Foreign Policy

3 Americans Killed in Shooting at Kabul Military Hub

Friday, January 30, 2015
Three American civilian contractors and an Afghan national were killed Thursday in a shooting incident at a military base attached to Kabul’s international airport, according to U.S. officials. A fourth American contractor was wounded in the attack.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Sudarsan Raghavan
Missy Ryan
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Conflict

AU Calls for Regional Force to Fight Boko Haram

Friday, January 30, 2015
African Union proposes 7,500-strong force to counter Nigeria-based armed group amid rising cross border attacks.English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Al-Jazeera

Yemen Rebels Seize Military Base Outside Capital

Friday, January 30, 2015
Yemen's Shiite rebels took over a key military base south of Sanaa where U.S. advisers had previously trained counter-terrorism forces, officials said Thursday. English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Ahmed Al-Haj
Publisher / Source: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Pakistan Shia Mosque Blast in Shikarpur Kills Dozens

Friday, January 30, 2015
Dozens were wounded in the attack after Friday prayers in Shikarpur district of Sindh province, and the death toll is expected to rise.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Terrorism

Joe Biden: A Plan for Central America

Friday, January 30, 2015
President Obama will request from Congress $1 billion to help Central America’s leaders make the difficult reforms and investments required to address the region’s interlocking security, governance and economic challenges. English
Country(s): 
Central America Regional
Program(s): 
Other Economic Aid
Author(s): 
Joe Biden
Publisher / Source: 
The
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid

2000 Illegal Weapons Cross US-Mexico Border Per Day: Report

Friday, January 30, 2015
A new study suggests the number of guns trafficked from the United States to Mexico is higher than previously believed, underscoring the uncertainty that surrounds the cross-border weapons trade, as well as its impact on violence in Mexico.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
David Gagne
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Border Control

Mexico Human Rights Commission Says Ayotzinapa Case Not Closed

Friday, January 30, 2015
The attorney general closed the case earlier this week saying all angles have been exhausted, but rights groups and experts disagree.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
TeleSur
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Extremists from Kyrgyzstan See New Opportunities in Kazakhstan and Eurasian Union

Friday, January 30, 2015
Extremists from Kyrgyzstan are getting more opportunities or moving to and through Kazakhstan and other countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) with the enactment of the latter, Tengrinews reports citing a Kazakh political analyst Dosym Satpayev.English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Kazakhstan
Publisher / Source: 
Tengri News (Kazakhstan)
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

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