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Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation gave Brazil the tip that led to arrests this week of 11 suspected militants who had discussed a possible attack on the upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, a Brazilian prosecutor said, according to Reuters.
'I Have Never Faced a Crisis Like This': Rio's Problems Are Growing Worse As the Olympics Get Closer
Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 06:31
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.
Thursday, May 19, 2016 - 07:11
For aid agencies working in slum neighborhoods in parts of Latin America, gang warfare, including shoot-outs, and the violence it brings have become the main challenge.
Monday, May 9, 2016 - 07:28
Mexico's prison system has been called a "disaster," and drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán just got sent to the worst lockup in the country.
Thursday, February 4, 2016 - 06:53
A suspected U.S. dronestrike overnight killed a top Islamist militant commander in southern Yemen who had run al Qaeda's combat operations and had a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head, residents said.
Friday, September 18, 2015 - 06:40
A small team of fewer than 20 U.S. Special Operations Forces is conducting an experiment that is part of President Barack Obama's new counter-terrorism strategy. The soldiers, who encouraged the meeting and helped provide a ring of security, do not go into combat, or even wear uniforms.
Monday, August 3, 2015 - 06:48
China and Russia have been front and center in the Central Asia conversation. But there's another notable player getting into Central Asia: Japan.
Monday, July 20, 2015 - 05:52
Egypt on Monday took delivery of three Rafale fighter jets from France, the first of 24 warplanes sold in a 5.2 billion euro ($5.6 billion) deal earlier this year.
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 06:20
Under pressure from the international community to resolve the issue, President Danilo Medina launched the "National Plan for the Regularization of Foreigners (PNRE)."
Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 06:29
After more than eight years of widespread violence spanning two Mexican presidential administrations, the country's drug war has led to the consolidation of just two remaining major cartels and the splintering and degradation of the country's other drug trafficking organizations.