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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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Kyrgyzstan News Portal Accuses Government Of Illegally Blocking It Over IS Video

Wednesday, December 17, 2014
The owners of a Kyrgyzstan news portal that has been blocked for showing a video by the Islamic State militant group have said that the government acted illegally in shutting down the site. English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Author(s): 
Joanna Paraszczuk
Publisher / Source: 
RFE/RL
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Terrorism

Afghanistan Watchdog Pushes Pentagon on Lavish Spending

Wednesday, December 17, 2014
The top American watchdog for Afghanistan’s reconstruction is investigating whether a Pentagon task force charged with juicing Afghanistan’s moribund economy misspent millions of taxpayer dollars on lavish overseas travel and complicated development projects that did little to create new jobs or spur new growth in the country.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Siobhan O'Grady
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Japan-U.S. Defense Revisions Postponed

Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Japan and the United States have decided to delay revising the Guidelines for Japan-U.S. Defense Cooperation, which the two countries had earlier agreed to do by the end of this year, it was learned Tuesday.English
Country(s): 
Japan
Author(s): 
Yomiuri Shimbun
Publisher / Source: 
Stars and Stripes
Tag(s): 
Military

South Korea to Export K-9 Howitzers to Poland

Wednesday, December 17, 2014
South Korea will export 120 self-propelled howitzers developed by Samsung Techwin to Poland, officials from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and Techwin said on Tuesday.English
Country(s): 
South Korea
Poland
Author(s): 
Jung Sung-Ki
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

India, Russia Take Small Steps on Fighter Deal

Wednesday, December 17, 2014
India and Russia have agreed to settle their differences over the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) program, which the countries are co-producing. But a source in the Indian Defence Ministry said irritants remain following the summit-level talks here Dec. 11.English
Country(s): 
India
Russia
Author(s): 
Vivek Raghuvanshi
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

School Attack Exposes Pakistan's Flawed Anti-Terror Strategy

Wednesday, December 17, 2014
For months, Pakistani army officials, including Army Chief Raheel Rharif, claimed that the military's operation against the Taliban – known as Zarb-e-Azb – in the country's northwestern areas had been extremely successful in destroying the militants' sanctuaries. But the Islamists' attack on an army-run school in Peshawar, the capital city of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, on December 16, tells a completely different story.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Publisher / Source: 
Deutsche Welle
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

Alan Gross: Cuba Releases Him After Five Years in Prison

Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Held for five years in Cuba, 65-year-old American contractor Alan Gross has been released from prison and is en route to U.S. soil, ABC News has learned exclusively.English
Country(s): 
Cuba
Author(s): 
Jim Avila
Serena Marshall
Publisher / Source: 
ABC News
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

El-Sisi Issues Decree to Create a New Police Division among Middle School Graduates

Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi issued a decree on Monday to create a new police rank with arrest powers, the move will increase the number of law enforcement staff. Spokesperson to the presidency, Alaa Youssef said in a statement that the decision aims at creating a new rank of 'police aides' who will be appointed and trained according to specific criteria.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Publisher / Source: 
AhramOnline (Egypt)
Tag(s): 
Policing

Germany Plans to Send Troops to Train Kurdish Fighters

Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Germany’s cabinet agreed Wednesday to send up to 100 soldiers to Iraq to train Kurdish fighters locked in a battle with Islamic State militants.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Germany
Author(s): 
Andrea Thomas
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal

Georgian Troops Begin New Mission In Northern Afghanistan

Wednesday, December 17, 2014
The Georgian armed forces have begun their new mission in northern Afghanistan, serving as the rapid-reaction force under German command in Mazar-e-Sharif.
Country(s): 
Georgia
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Military Operations

Townspeople Were Forced to Help Cartel on Night of Attacks on Mexican Students, Report Says

Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Residents of a community near the Mexican city where police attacked buses full of students said in a new report that they were obligated to help the Guerreros Unidos cartel carry out the mass disappearance of 43 teachers college students.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Daniel Hernandez
Publisher / Source: 
Vice News
Tag(s): 
Civil Society

Kyrgyzstan Exiles Leading News Site

Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Kyrgyzstan’s government has de facto blocked a popular and hard-hitting news website with the argument that reporting on terrorism is akin to supporting terrorists. Authorities seem to have pressured the website’s local host to disconnect its servers.English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Author(s): 
Chris Rickleton
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Congo M23 Rebels 'On the Run in Uganda Ahead of Handover'

Tuesday, December 16, 2014
More than 1,500 Congolese ex-rebels have gone on the run in Uganda ahead of their handover to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the group's leader, Bertrand Bisimwa, has told the BBC.English
Country(s): 
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
Publisher / Source: 
BBC News
Tag(s): 
Conflict

U.N. Brigade Will Need to 'Neutralise' Congo Rebels: Chief

Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Only a few of Rwanda's FDLR rebels operating in eastern Congo have laid down their arms before a January deadline, meaning that U.N. troops will launch operations against the group next month, the U.N.'s peacekeeping chief said on Monday.English
Country(s): 
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
Author(s): 
John Irish
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters

Congo President Calls for U.N. to Begin Withdrawal

Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Congo's president urged the United Nations on Monday to start withdrawing from the enormous country where a peacekeeping mission has been based for 15 years.English
Country(s): 
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
Author(s): 
Saleh Mwanamilongo
Publisher / Source: 
Stars and Stripes
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping

Egypt's Crackdown on Political Speech

Tuesday, December 16, 2014
What is Egypt afraid of? A mighty country and its military leadership diminished their credibility when Egypt denied entry to an American scholar on Friday. Michele Dunne, a former U.S. diplomat who had served in Cairo and on the National Security Council, had been invited to a conference by the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs. She was detained for six hours at the Cairo airport and then deported.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Robin Wright
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Bill Permits Waiver of Preconditions on Egypt Aid

Tuesday, December 16, 2014
The Obama administration said Tuesday that it welcomes new flexibility in providing up to $1.4 billion in aid to Egypt, a close ally in the Middle East despite its recent sweeping crackdown on dissent.English
Author(s): 
Deb Riechmann
Publisher / Source: 
ABC News
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
U.S. Congress

The New Face of Boko Haram’s Terror: Teen Girls

Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Nigeria is facing a rise in female teenage suicide bombers at the service of terror group Boko Haram.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Nina Strochlic
Publisher / Source: 
The Daily Beast
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Israel's Arrow 3 Missile Shield Fails Interception test: Sources

Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Israel's upgraded Arrow ballistic missile shield failed its first live interception test on Tuesday, security sources said, a fresh setback for the U.S.-supported system billed as a bulwark against Iran.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters

No Decision from White House on Russian Sanctions Bill

Tuesday, December 16, 2014
The White House said Monday it was evaluating whether President Obama would sign new legislation that would impose additional sanctions on Russia and authorize the administration to send Kiev additional defensive weapons and non-lethal aid.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Russia
Author(s): 
Justin Sink
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

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