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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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Israel Hopes to Sign New U.S. Military Aid Package Soonest

Tuesday, July 26, 2016
A senior Israeli official will travel to Washington next week in the hopes of signing a long-anticipated agreement that could result in increased U.S. military assistance to Israel, the Israeli prime minister’s office said Monday. The U.S. gives Israel $3.1 billion annually in an agreement expiring before the 2018 fiscal year.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Wire Service: 
AFP, Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

Police, Social Action Credited with Taming Deadly Colombia City

Monday, July 25, 2016
The violence plagued city of Palmira saw 46 percent fewer homicides in the first six months of 2016 than in the same period a year earlier, a sign that new security measures are gaining traction in one of Colombia’s most troubled regions. English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Tag(s): 
Security Sector Reform
Civil Society

Second Stage of Steppe Eagle Int’l Peacekeeping Exercise Takes Place in UK

Monday, July 25, 2016
The second stage of the Steppe Eagle 2016 International Peacekeeping Exercise recently took place at Stanford Training Area in the United Kingdom. The event brought together military experts from Kazakhstan, the U.K., the U.S., Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.English
Country(s): 
Eurasia Regional
Author(s): 
Yerbolat Uatkhanov
Publisher / Source: 
The Astana Times
Tag(s): 
Military Exercises

Brazil Police Raid Ends Occupation of Culture Building in Rio

Monday, July 25, 2016
Federal police in Brazil conducted a surprise raid Monday morning of an occupation protest at the Gustavo Capanema Palace, home of the ministry of culture in Rio de Janeiro, forcefully removing a group of artists who had taken over the building after the coup government of Michel Temer came to power in Brazil in May. English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Publisher / Source: 
TeleSur
Wire Service: 
Midia Ninja
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Policing

How Nigeria’s Kleptocracy Steal From Public Purse

Monday, July 25, 2016
In Nigeria, billions of dollars each year flow illegally from public coffers into private hands. Nigeria’s kleptocracy undermines the regime’s ability to combat Boko Haram, a deadly terrorist movement that has displaced two million people in the country’s war-ravaged northeast.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Matthew T. Page
Publisher / Source: 
Naija247News
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Security

Rwanda: We Can go it Alone on FDLR

Monday, July 25, 2016
Rwanda is threatening to go it alone and fight the Hutu rebels in eastern Congo, outside a United Nations-backed Great Lakes initiative. English
Country(s): 
Rwanda
Author(s): 
Fred Oluoch
Publisher / Source: 
The East African
Tag(s): 
Military Operations
Counterinsurgency

After Years of Decline, Mexico's Murder Rate is Heading Back to Peak Drug War Levels

Monday, July 25, 2016
Mexico's murder rate is getting significantly worse again, after a few years during which the killing had begun to fall off. According to official figures released this week, the number of murders in Mexico during the first half of this year was around 15 percent higher than in the same period of 2015.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Nathaniel Janowitz
Publisher / Source: 
Vice News
Tag(s): 
Violence
Drug Trade
Criminal Organizations

CDF Commends U.S. for Military Drill Success

Monday, July 25, 2016
Tanzania's Chief of Defense has given high praise to the U.S. military for their role in organizing the Eastern Accord 2016 military training exercise.English
Country(s): 
Tanzania
Publisher / Source: 
All Africa
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Military Exercises

A New Financing Model for the AU: Will it Work?

Monday, July 25, 2016
The AU's vote to begin raising a tax to fund its operations is a move towards financial self-sufficiency, but will it have the effect that leaders at the Kigali summit claimed it would?English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Institute for Security Studies
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping
International Community

Teacher Protests Rock Mexico with Roadblocks, Sit-ins and Strikes; 8 Have Died in Clashes With Police

Monday, July 25, 2016
Sit-ins, roadblocks and violence linked to Mexico's roiling conflict between teachers and the federal government have cast a pall over Oaxaca City and the Guelaguetza, the signature annual celebration of the indigenous and mestizo heritage of this culturally rich state. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Patrick McDonnell
Publisher / Source: 
LA Times
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Corruption

After Defeating Islamic State, Officials Must Focus on Stabilizing Iraq, Experts Say

Monday, July 25, 2016
Middle East experts say that as the Islamic State is defeated in Iraq and Syria, the fight for a stable political future in the region is just beginning. The U.S. is expected to pledge $2 billion to Iraq from governments around the world, but this money will need to be distributed to efforts other than to military in order to stabilize Iraq.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Erica Brosnan
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Times
Tag(s): 
Governance
Counterterrorism

Kenya Urges EU & U.S. to Strengthen Army to Stabilize Somalia

Monday, July 25, 2016
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday called on the European Union (EU) and the United States to help Somalia strengthen its national army to counter security threats posed by Al-Shabaab militancy.English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Somalia
Publisher / Source: 
Geeska Afrika
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping
International Community

Turkey Detains 42 Journalists in Crackdown as Europe Sounds Alarm

Monday, July 25, 2016
Turkey ordered the detention of 42 journalists on Monday, broadcaster NTV reported, under a crackdown following a failed coup that has targeted more than 60,000 people, drawing fire from the European Union.English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Seda Sezer
Daren Butler
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Human Rights

Carrier Ike Rejoins ISIS fight in the Persian Gulf

Monday, July 25, 2016
Carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower and its strike group launched jets on their first strikes against ISIS from the Persian Gulf on Friday, as they continue the campaign to destroy the militants sowing chaos in Iraq and Syria. Ike and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 have been deployed for nearly two months and earlier carried out ISIS strikes from the Mediterranean Sea. English
Country(s): 
Middle East and North Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Meghann Myers
Publisher / Source: 
DefenseNews
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism
Military Operations

Mexico Deals Blow to Booming ‘Narcoculture’ With Arrest of Singer

Monday, July 25, 2016
Apparently Mexico’s tolerance for violence has its limits. And one of those limits is violence against women. There is nothing new in hearing bands boasting about sexism but in a country where seven women are killed every day, burning a woman alive – even in a work of fiction – is no longer funny. The glorification of violence in narcoculture has finally hit a nerve.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Elena Reina
Publisher / Source: 
El Pais
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Counternarcotics
Drug Trade

Ukraine, After War, Becomes a Trove for Black Market Arms Trade

Monday, July 25, 2016
On Feb. 12 last year, the same day that a ceasefire ended the worst of the fighting in eastern Ukraine between rebels and government forces, a former rebel fighter seized a chance to turn his inside knowledge of the conflict into hard cash.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Alessandra Prentice
Anton Zverev
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Arms Control
Arms Sales

After Obama's Green Light, Afghan Forces on the Offensive

Monday, July 25, 2016
After two years of heavy casualties, the Afghan military is trying to retake the initiative in the war against militants with a new offensive against Islamic State group loyalists, an assault that will see American troops back on the battlefield working more closely with Afghan English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Lynne O'Donnell
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Military Cooperation
Security Assistance

U.N. Authorizes States to Help Libya Dispose of Chemicals

Monday, July 25, 2016
The United Nations Security Council on Friday authorized U.N. countries to help eliminate Libya's stockpile of chemicals that could be used to develop toxic weapons amid concern they could fall into the hands of militant groups.English
Country(s): 
Libya
Publisher / Source: 
defenceWeb
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
International Community
Security

U.N. Says Afghan Civilian Casualties Near Record High

Monday, July 25, 2016
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan are headed toward a record high this year, a United Nations report said, as conflict in the country continues to intensify 15 years after the U.S.-led invasion.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Jessica Donati
Publisher / Source: 
Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Terrorism

Kerry's Syria Plan with Russia Faces Deep Skepticism in U.S., Abroad

Monday, July 25, 2016
Skeptics in the U.S. government, European allies in the anti-Islamic State coalition and the main Syrian opposition, distrustful of Russia's intentions, are questioning Secretary of State John Kerry’s latest proposal for closer U.S.-Russian cooperation against extremist groups in Syria.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Yara Bayoumy
Jonathan Landay
John Walcott
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation
Security

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