Monday, January 12, 2015 - 07:25
Heroin and meth are far easier to transport and conceal than marijuana. Especially worrisome to U.S. officials is a growing trend of more border-crossing pedestrians carrying the drugs strapped under their clothing or hidden in body cavities.
Friday, January 9, 2015 - 13:58
For the United States, the continued Houthi expansion also raises concerns about the stability of a partnership with Yemen in the fight against AQAP. According to a recent Security Assistance Monitor country profile on U.S. Security Assistance to Yemen, the United States has allocated $343 million in military equipment and training to Yemen aimed primarily at countering AQAP from FY 2011 to FY 2014.
Friday, January 9, 2015 - 12:57
A senior commander of the LRA turned himself in to U.S. forces; President Obama has pledged to continue supporting the government of Mexico despite calls to suspend military aid; Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan announced they will hold their first ever joint naval exercises on the Caspian Sea; and the United States has begun training and providing equipment to the the Iraqi military.
Friday, January 9, 2015 - 07:09
U.S.-Cuba talks on normalizing ties will take place in Havana on Jan. 21 and 22, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday, as Cuba freed six more detainees as part of the two countries' rapprochement.
Friday, January 9, 2015 - 07:02
According to Amy Gottlieb, an immigration attorney, while immigrant detention costs approximately $122 a day, supervision by the electronic ankle monitor costs the government about $20 a day.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 10:45
In January 2013, the Latin America Working Group called for 10 New Year's Resolutions for U.S. policy towards the region. Two years later, President Obama has made progress on several fronts -- despite resistance from Congress.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 08:08
Barack Obama has pledged support for the Mexican government despite calls for him to withhold aid to the country’s security forces following a string of incidents in which military troops and police have been implicated in torture, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 06:52
The United States has answered Iraqi pleas for more heavy equipment, donating 250 mine-resistant armored vehicles to Baghdad. The mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles, or MRAPs, are intended to withstand roadside bombs.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 05:48
Depending on the military’s findings, Barack Obama’s administration could face more pressure to move U.S. troops closer to the front lines to better coordinate targeting against the Islamic State, thereby potentially putting more U.S. soldiers in harm’s way. But experts warn that given the enemy and the nature of this war, civilian deaths will be difficult to avoid entirely in any event.
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 12:24
Three Yemenis and two Tunisians held for more than a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo have been flown to Kazakhstan for resettlement, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of prisoner transfers aimed at closing the facility.
