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Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 09:19
Police have retaken control of the Topo Chico jail following last week's riot in which 49 inmates were killed, Mexican officials say. Officials said officers had "put an end to the self-government imposed by criminal leaders in collusion with some prison authorities". They also dismantled "luxury cells" containing mini-bars, aquariums and saunas in the prison in Monterrey.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 09:09
Saudi Arabia launched a massive military exercise that will include troops from 20 nations, state media reported Monday.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 09:06
In the crowded waiting room of the Vargas de Caracas hospital, the walls are decorated with peppy pro-government slogans: “It’s only possible with socialism.”
But the Zika epidemic has struck as the socialist-ruled country is spiraling into economic chaos and the public health system has been stripped of many basic tools of modern medicine. Hospital patients get wheeled past closets overflowing with trash. Stray dogs wander the hospital grounds. Doctors perform surgery without sutures and gauze.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 09:04
The United States spent more than $7 billion in the past 14 years to fight the runaway poppy production that has made Afghan opium the world’s biggest brand. Tens of billions more went to governance programs to stem corruption and train a credible police force.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 08:59
Turkey's foreign minister says his country and Saudi Arabia may launch ground operations against the Islamic State group in Syria, Turkish media reported Saturday.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 08:57
The Pentagon says new warplanes will help Islamabad fight al Qaeda, but U.S. lawmakers don’t want taxpayers footing the bill.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 08:48
Canada’s new plan to significantly boost the size of its special forces commitment in Iraq, give arms to the Kurds as well as provide more than $700 million in humanitarian aid has taken the sting out of the country’s decision to withdraw its fighter jets from coalition efforts against the Islamic State.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 08:47
The Obama administration and the Iraqi government are eager to retake Iraq’s second-largest city from the Islamic State, but the top U.S. military brass says not so fast.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 06:14
The United States is training the Cameroon military in techniques of detecting and counteracting landmines and explosive devices. The training comes due to the increasing use of landmines and suicide bombings by Boko Haram militants.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 06:12
The U.S. military denies reports from residents and rebels in southwestern Somalia that a suspected U.S. drone with six missiles crashed Monday in a rebel-held village in the Gedo region.