Conflict
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 06:33
Airmen at Hurlburt Field, Florida, used social media posts by the insurgent group to track the location of an Islamic State group headquarters building. Twenty-two hours later, three joint direct attack munitions destroyed the target, said Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, at a June 1 speech in Arlington, Virginia.
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 06:27
President Juan Manuel Santos’s government and Marxist guerrillas said Thursday they will form a truth commission to investigate and establish responsibility for atrocities that took place in a half century of conflict, a development that signals that slow-moving peace negotiations are advancing.
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 06:24
Five men have been charged in a Kenyan court with 162 counts of terrorism following the deadly assault by militant Islamists on Garissa University College in April.
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 06:20
France will more than halve its troop deployment in the Central African Republic this month, as part of its handover of the peacekeeping mission to the UN.
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 06:05
The Obama administration is weighing a range of aggressive responses to Russia's alleged violation of a Cold War-era nuclear treaty, including deploying land-based missiles in Europe that could pre-emptively destroy the Russian weapons.
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 06:01
Taliban representatives have concluded two days of meetings with a group of Afghan lawmakers and peace negotiators in the Norwegian capital Oslo, a Taliban spokesman and the Afghan president's office said on Friday.
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 09:34
The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, the region and the wider international community. The destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq further limits the terrorist group's ability to project terror and conduct operations.
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 07:25
A U.S. airstrike killed the Emir of Ramadi, a mid-level Islamic State of Iraq and Syria leader who commanded fighters during the battle for Ramadi, reports CBS News correspondent David Martin.
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 07:18
Instructors from the US are teaching the latest western methods to a group of recruits in Kiev, the capital, which is serving as a test case.
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 07:11
A U.S. official said Wednesday that more than 10,000 Islamic State fighters have been killed by American-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria in nine months, offering a first body count for a campaign that has yet to blunt their advance.