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Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - 06:32
The swift, humiliating defeat last Wednesday marked the end of a widely advertised offensive launched less than 24 hours earlier with intense U.S.-led air cover. The fighters had hoped to capture Boukamal, a prize possession of ISIS and the extremist group's last border crossing between Iraq and Syria.
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 06:02
A dozen people who were transporting banners proclaiming that a new crime gang was taking control in the western state of Michoacan have been detained, officials in western Mexico said Monday.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 06:18
The U.S. and Lithuanian soldiers training a platoon of Ukrainian army soldiers on a cold, blustery day near the border with Poland were preparing the Ukrainians for their first "live fire" exercise.
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 06:46
The U.S. quietly sent hundreds of troops to West Africa, where Islamic militants linked to ISIS are terrorizing villages in a campaign of murder and kidnapping. The Americans are there to help Cameroon's army hunt the terrorists along the Nigerian border. Balaclavas provide scant relief against the choking dust.
Monday, November 9, 2015 - 06:06
An ex-Jordanian police officer opened fire on contractors at a police training center Monday, killing two Americans and a third man and leaving many others wounded.
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.
Friday, May 29, 2015 - 07:52
U.S. military leaders are looking for ways to improve and speed up the program to train and equip Iraqi forces, including options to better prepare Sunni tribes to join the fight, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Thursday.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 07:59
Five members of a vigilante-style community police force have been killed in an ambush in western Mexico, authorities and members of the group said.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 - 11:06
United Nations officials are pushing for many of the Central Americans fleeing to the U.S. to be treated as refugees displaced by armed conflict.
Friday, February 28, 2014 - 00:00
Authorities released security camera footage showing the moments leading up to a deadly explosion at a supermarket in Colombia earlier this week.