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Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 06:10
The opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, who was once a personal physician to President Yoweri Museveni but is now challenging him for the presidency, was arrested around noon as he was holding a rally in Kampala.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 06:07
Trying to stay a step ahead of terrorist and illicit smuggling networks that are pushing deeper into West Africa, Senegal created a new riverine commando squad last year to help patrol the Senegal River that delineates a 500-mile border with Mauritania to the north.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 06:04
Soldiers angle to wear the blue helmet — and to pull an international salary and other benefits, covered by the United Nations.
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 06:48
Azerbaijan says at least five Armenian soldiers have been killed in a clash with Azerbaijani forces near the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 06:47
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Georgia is moving closer to the military alliance by making reforms and major contributions to "our shared security."
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 06:44
In a new report, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon predicts the ranks of the Islamic State will swell in 2016.
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 06:44
The U.S. has increased airstrikes against the Islamic State in eastern Afghanistan while preparing to send hundreds of 10th Mountain Division troops into southwestern Helmand province on a "force protection" mission to shore up an Afghan Army Corps battered by the Taliban, a U.S. military spokesman said Thursday.
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 06:41
American commanders in Afghanistan are sending more U.S. troops to Helmand province in response to a surge in violence as Taliban insurgents seize new ground at the center of the region's lucrative opium industry, defense officials said.
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 06:33
State Department of the United States announced that Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa Thomas Perriello departs on Monday (January 11) for an extended trip that will include stops in Brussels, Rome, Dar es Salaam, Kigali, Bukavu, Goma, Kinshasa, Bujumbura, and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 06:32
Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergey V. Lavrov, announced that they had agreed on the delivery over the next few days of desperately needed aid to besieged Syrian cities, to be followed by a “cessation of hostilities” within a week on the way to a more formal cease-fire.