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Friday, December 18, 2015 - 06:32
A chronic problem with desertions among airmen sent to the United States for training is adding to the woes of the Afghan Air Force, which has been stretched thin during a difficult fighting season and is struggling to build itself up to strength.
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 06:32
The Pentagon will send more weapons, armored Humvees and other military equipment to Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq in coming weeks to help them battle Islamic State, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said here Thursday.
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 06:29
Negotiators from Yemen's warring sides have agreed to allow the resumption of aid deliveries to the besieged city of Taiz, the UN special envoy has said.
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 06:27
From an escaped kingpin to the resignation of a popular president, 16 moments to remember from 2015.
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 06:26
A group of U.S. commandos who landed in Libya on Monday were ordered to leave almost immediately because of a possible mix-up between the Libyan air force and army, U.S. and Libyan officials said Thursday.
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 06:22
This has been a pivotal year for Colombia’s negotiations with the narcoguerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).In the past year, the talks went from what the government’s chief negotiator Humberto de la Calle described in July as its “worst moment,” to President Juan Manuel Santos saying just this week that “we have never been so close to peace,” alluding to a breakthrough on the issue of reparations for the conflict’s victims.
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 06:12
In November, the U.S. Navy’s CVN-73-class, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington visited Brazil for the 56th edition of the multi-national Naval exercise UNITAS.
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 07:20
El Salvador's foreign minister expressed concern Wednesday over a recent spike in the number of unaccompanied minors crossing into the U.S. through Mexico. Hugo Martinez warned that if the root causes of migration don't change, there could be a repeat of the 2014 crisis when tens of thousands of children and families streamed over the border.
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 07:09
How has Mexico moved from 2 cartels in the 1970s to 9 cartels today? That is the question the Mexican website Animal Político wanted to answer when in January 2015 they started to work on NarcoData, a data journalism project that shows the evolution of 40 years of drug dealing in Mexico, home to the most violent cartels in the world.
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 06:53
NATO leadership signed an agreement with the Ukrainian government outlining a roadmap to modernize the country's defense industry and capabilities.