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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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Amid Growing Role in Drug Trade, Argentina Sees Spike In Kidnappings

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Kidnapping appears to be increasing in Argentina amidst a crime wave that could be a side effect of the country's growing domestic drug market and role as a drug transit nation. English
Country(s): 
Argentina
Author(s): 
Kyra Gurney
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Civil Society

Egypt may send forces to 'stabilize' future Palestinian state: Sisi

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in an interview published Sunday that he would be prepared to send troops to a future Palestinian state to help stabilize it.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Palestinian Territories
Israel
Libya
Publisher / Source: 
The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Wire Service: 
Agence France-Presse
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping

Ghana to Acquire Super Tucanos, Z-9s, Mi-17s and C-295s

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
The Ghana Air Force will acquire Super Tucano trainer/light attack aircraft, Z-9 helicopters and additional Mi-17 helicopters and C-295 transport aircraft, according to President John Dramani Mahama. English
Country(s): 
Ghana
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Yemeni Forces Free Hostages, Kill Kidnappers

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Yemeni security forces freed seven Yemeni hostages and one foreigner in a special operation in which seven Al-Qaeda kidnappers were also killed, the country's supreme security committee said, according to Reuters news agency. A U.S. soldier was among eight hostages freed by the Yemeni forces, military officials said according to Agence France Presse.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Publisher / Source: 
Al Arabiya News
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Counterterrorism
Sectarianism
Terrorism

About 100 People Slaughtered in a Week in DRC

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Approximately 70 to 100 people were slaughtered in Beni, the North Kivu provnce in the DRC last week by suspected Ugandan rebels.English
Country(s): 
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
Publisher / Source: 
Mail & Guardian (South Africa)
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Sudan and Rebels in Darfur Region Begin Peace Talks

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Talks between the Sudanese government and two rebels groups from the Darfur region began here in the Ethiopian capital on Sunday.English
Country(s): 
Sudan
Author(s): 
Isma'il Kushkush
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Russia Step Closer to 'Annexing' Abkhazia

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
The Georgian foreign ministry has said Russia took a "step toward the de-facto annexation" of Georgia's breakaway territory after Moscow has signed a deal with Abkhazia, giving greater military control over the Black Sea region.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Russia
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Military
Border Control

Angola: General Awards Himself More Than 300 Square Kilometers of Land

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
The governor of the southern province of Kwanza-Sul, General Eusébio de Brito Teixeira, 61 years old, has recently authorized on his own and for himself land for agricultural use and the construction of condominiums. Through a glaring scheme of self-dealing, the governor and his family have already grabbed over 30,000 hectares (over 300 square kilometers) of land in Kwanza-Sul.English
Country(s): 
Angola
Author(s): 
Rafael Marques De Morais
Publisher / Source: 
All Africa
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Azerbaijan Arrests Former Deputy Defense Minister On Corruption Charges

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
A former Azerbaijani deputy defense minister, Mehman Salimov, has been arrested on corruption charges.English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Publisher / Source: 
RFE/RL
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Lesbians Flee to Senegal as Gambia Cracks Down on Homosexuality

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Eight years later, Teresa is on the run from Gambian President Yahya Jammeh's men in black, the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), who have put her at the top of a list of 200 homosexuals to arrest and imprison under new anti-gay laws passed by the government in October. English
Country(s): 
The Gambia
Senegal
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Armenia Buries Helicopter Crew With Military Honors

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Three Armenian helicopter crewmen who were killed when their military aircraft was shot down on November 12 by Azerbaijani forces have been buried with full military honors.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Publisher / Source: 
RFE/RL
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Further Strains in Unresolved War Between Armenia and Azerbaijan Over Disputed Territory

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Armenia announced on Monday ceremonial funerals for three soldiers killed this month when Azerbaijani forces shot down a helicopter in the fiercely disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, an event that signaled a grave escalation in the more than 25-year-long conflict.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Author(s): 
David M. Herszenhorn
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Border Control

Turkey, US Agree to Train and Arm Syrian Opposition

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Turkey and the US have narrowed their differences and agreed to train and arm opposition fighters in Syria . A senior Turkish diplomat said the Turkish and US positions on Syria are not yet 100 percent convergent, but US Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Turkey last week helped iron out critical differences of opinion.English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Syria
Author(s): 
Burak Ege Bekdil
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Military and Police Aid

Mexico to Get $68M from US for Justice System Reform

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
The U.S. Embassy in Mexico says the U.S. government will provide $68 million over five years to assist Mexico’s effort to reform its court and justice system.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
Latin Correspondent
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Judicial Reform

Haiti's Political Crisis Is About to Get Worse

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Election Day came and went and nobody voted. Instead, thousands of protesters marched from cluttered and crumbling downtown Port-au-Prince up to the tony suburbs and back.English
Country(s): 
Haiti
Author(s): 
Peter Granitz
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Civil Society

West Rejects Treaty Between Russia, Abkhazia

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
The West has criticized an agreement between Russia and Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia. Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leader of Abkhazia signed the "strategic partnership" deal on November 24 in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, just across the border from the separatist region.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Russia
Publisher / Source: 
RFE/RL
Tag(s): 
Military
Border Control

Train Syria's Rebels? Maybe Next Year

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
It's been two months since Congress authorized a train-and-equip mission to help Syrian rebels fight ISIS—but the mission is unlikely to happen until spring of next year. In conjunction with air strikes, the American mission to train and equip the Syrian moderate opposition is a central part of the Obama administration's strategy to counter ISIS. Yet this strategy and its execution are deeply flawed, say Congressional lawmakers focused on national security issues—which raises questions about whether the planned training of some 5,000 fighters will ever happen.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Tim Mak
Publisher / Source: 
The Daily Beast
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Military and Police Aid
U.S. Congress
Conflict

Russia Gets Greater Control over Black Sea Region

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Russia tightened its control Monday over Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia with a new treaty envisaging closer military and economic ties with the lush sliver of land along the Black Sea. The move drew outrage and cries of "annexation" in Georgia and sent a chill through those in Abkhazia who fear that wealthy Russians will snap up their precious coastline.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Russia
Author(s): 
Vladimir Isachenkov
Publisher / Source: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Military
Border Control

Number of Colombian Victims of Civil Conflict Surpasses 7 Million: Media Unimpressed

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
A tragic milestone went virtually unreported in the English-speaking press last week, as Colombia's Victims Unit released its report indicating that the number of victims of Colombia's civil war has now surpassed 7 million. English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Dan Kovalik
Publisher / Source: 
Huffington Post
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Graft Hobbles Iraq’s Military in Fighting ISIS

Monday, November 24, 2014
The Iraqi military and police forces had been so thoroughly pillaged by their own corrupt leadership that they all but collapsed this spring in the face of the advancing militants of the Islamic State — despite roughly $25 billion worth of American training and equipment over the past 10 years and far more from the Iraqi treasury. English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
David D. Kirkpatrick
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Military
Corruption
Military and Police Aid

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