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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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Ex-DEA Agent: U.S. Tolerant of Central American Drug Corruption

Friday, June 17, 2016
Former DEA agent in El Salvador Danny Dalton doesn't mince words: Central America's drug trafficking organizations would not be so well developed without the help of corrupt local authorities that have been tolerated by US governments. English
Country(s): 
Central America Regional
Author(s): 
Hector Silva Avalos
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Counternarcotics

Haiti Needs Food, Jobs, Doctors — and Now a President

Friday, June 17, 2016
Last year’s presidential election fell apart amid cries of fraud. An interim government named in February was supposed to organize a new one. Now, no one is sure who is really in charge.English
Country(s): 
Haiti
Author(s): 
Nick Miroff
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Security

Brazil's Tourism Minister Resigns Weeks Before Olympics

Friday, June 17, 2016
Brazil’s tourism minister has resigned less than two months before the country hosts the Olympics, as the government of interim President Michel Temer lost its third minister in a month to a sweeping graft inquiry of state oil company Petrobras.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Security

U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Submits 3-Month Take on War

Thursday, June 16, 2016
The new U.S. commander in Afghanistan has submitted his first three-month assessment of the situation in the war-torn country and what it's going to take to defeat the Taliban, a U.S. military official has told The Associated Press.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Lynne O'Donnell
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

NATO Runs Massive Baltic Exercise, With Little Russian Meddling

Thursday, June 16, 2016
The Russian military has kept a low profile since NATO kicked off a massive exercise in the Baltic Sea in early June, the head of 6th Fleet said Wednesday. The Russian navy has had a limited presence around forces participated in the annual BALTOPS exercise that features 17 nations in a show of resolve in a region increasingly threatened by Russian aggression. Vice Adm. James Foggo told reporters Wednesday that the Russians have dispatched two spy ships to monitor the exercise and have had planes fly over participating ships, including Foggo’s flagship, the Mount Whitney, “at altitude,” he added.English
Country(s): 
Central and Eastern Europe Regional
Author(s): 
David Larter
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Military Exercises

Latin America Caceres' Murder Spurs U.S. Bill to Stop Money to Honduran Police

Thursday, June 16, 2016
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill Tuesday to pull out security from Honduras in light of the recent murder of Indigenous environmentalist Berta Caceres. Security training, equipment and loans would be on hold until Honduras fulfills a list of demands, including ending police impunity, withdrawing military from domestic policing and protecting communities most vulnerable to attack.English
Country(s): 
Honduras
Publisher / Source: 
TeleSur
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Human Rights
Corruption

AU Endorses Extension of Darfur Mandate

Thursday, June 16, 2016
The African Union Peace and Security Council has endorsed a recommendation to extend the mandate of the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), Sudan, for another 12 months until 30 June 2017.English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Sudan
Author(s): 
Mel Frykberg
Publisher / Source: 
IOL News
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping
Conflict Resolution

Kazakhstan: Aktobe Officials Claim Major Successes Against Islamic Radicals

Thursday, June 16, 2016
Security services in a region of Kazakhstan hit recently by a spate of deadly shootouts have claimed that they dismantled 14 radical groups operating locally over the past year.English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Uhuru to Discuss AMISOM Funding, Dadaab Closure with U.N. Chief

Thursday, June 16, 2016
President Uhuru Kenyatta will on Wednesday take his campaign to have the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) upgraded to a UN Mission to the European Union Headquarters in Brussels where he will meet United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Publisher / Source: 
Geeska Afrika
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping
Refugees

Israeli Fighter Pilots Head to US for F-35 Training

Thursday, June 16, 2016
Israel’s first cadre of F-35 pilots are headed next month to the United States to begin simulator and ground-based training on the new stealth fighter, the first two of which are scheduled to arrive in Tel Aviv by the end of the year.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Barbara Opall-Rome
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Military Equipment

ICGLR Leaders Discuss Political, Security Situation in the Region

Thursday, June 16, 2016
The Heads of State and Government of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), met in Luanda, Angola, on Tuesday, at the invitation of Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos, who is ICGLR Chairperson, to review the political and security situation in the region. English
Country(s): 
Great Lakes Regional
Publisher / Source: 
All Africa
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security
Conflict

U.S. Libyan Envoy Urging Unity on Islamic State

Thursday, June 16, 2016
The State Department’s point man on Libya told lawmakers Wednesday the U.S. is playing a critical role in gathering support for the U.N.-backed unity government in Tripoli as it takes the fight to Islamic State forces operating in the country.English
Country(s): 
Libya
Author(s): 
Erica Brosnan
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Times
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance
Counterterrorism

U.S. Lawmakers Mull Train-and-equip Plan to Stabilize Libya

Thursday, June 16, 2016
On Wednesday, U.S. lawmakers debated a proposal to train and equip a Libyan national security force, a move that would require a partial lifting of a U.N. arms embargo imposed on the country shortly after the 2011 ouster of leader Moammar Gadhafi.English
Country(s): 
Libya
Author(s): 
Pamela Dockins
Publisher / Source: 
Voice of America
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Military and Police Aid

U.S. Signals Accommodation of Israeli Terms on Defense Aid

Thursday, June 16, 2016
The Obama administration is prepared to incorporate missile defense funds in a new long-term agreement on military aid for Israel, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, accommodating in principle a key request by its ally in the yet-unresolved talks. English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Matt Spetalnick
Dan Williams
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Military Equipment

Lethal Government Force Brings Ethiopian Region to Fearful Standstill

Thursday, June 16, 2016
More than 400 people - almost exclusively civilians - have been killed in Ethiopia's Oromia region since the beginning of a lethal security crackdown.English
Country(s): 
Ethiopia
Author(s): 
Jacey Fortin
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Violence
Conflict

'I Have Never Faced a Crisis Like This': Rio's Problems Are Growing Worse As the Olympics Get Closer

Thursday, June 16, 2016
With the 2016 Olympic games now less than two months away, rising crime and instability are raising doubts among officials and residents in Rio de Janeiro.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Author(s): 
Christopher Woody
Publisher / Source: 
Business Insider
Tag(s): 
Policing
Civil Society

LGBT Leader's Murder Underscores Honduras Human Rights Disaster

Thursday, June 16, 2016
Violence against members of Honduras' LGBTQ community has skyrocketed since the 2009 U.S.-backed coup, with 36 people killed in the first six months alone.English
Country(s): 
Honduras
Publisher / Source: 
TeleSur
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

U.S. Initiatives Concerning Central American Asylum Seekers

Thursday, June 16, 2016
Despite U.S.-coordinated programs and initiatives, the migration crisis in the Northern Triangle continues to pose a challenge to border security and human security. English
Country(s): 
Central America Regional
Author(s): 
Alejandro Antonio Oliva
Publisher / Source: 
Council On Hemispheric Affairs
Tag(s): 
Migration
Border Control

Ethnic Minorities Are Fueling the Taliban’s Expansion in Afghanistan

Thursday, June 16, 2016
The Taliban has traditionally drawn on ethnic Pashtuns in its insurgency against the Afghan government, but it has begun to successfully recruit disgruntled members of other ethnic groups as it expands its reach. Disenfranchised communities of ethnic Tajiks, Turkmen, and Uzbeks are joining the Taliban in the country’s north, according to local elders and tribal leaders in the region. The new recruits have given the militant group the ability to seize territory in areas outside of its traditional power base in Pashtun-majority areas in the country’s south and east. English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Frud Bezhan
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Time for Washington to Act as U.S. Ally Bahrain Targets Human Rights Defenders

Thursday, June 16, 2016
A year ago the State Department even thought it was a good idea to lift holds on arms sales to Bahrain’s military, citing “meaningful progress on human rights.” Such a hopelessly naive analysis does nothing to deter the dictatorship, which earlier this month increased the jail sentence for peaceful opposition leader Shiekh Ali Salman from four to nine years.English
Country(s): 
Bahrain
Author(s): 
Brian Dooley
Publisher / Source: 
The World Post
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

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