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Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 06:52
Planners from U.S. Army Africa and the Tanzanian People’s Defense Force met Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2015, to conduct the main planning event for the African Land Forces Summit 2016.
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 06:51
Authorities in Tajikistan are now targeting family members of the crushed opposition Islamic Renaissance Party (IRPT) in their determination to stamp out all dissent.
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 06:46
The U.S. quietly sent hundreds of troops to West Africa, where Islamic militants linked to ISIS are terrorizing villages in a campaign of murder and kidnapping. The Americans are there to help Cameroon's army hunt the terrorists along the Nigerian border. Balaclavas provide scant relief against the choking dust.
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 06:46
There is a chance now to end the civil war in Yemen as the government of President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the Houthi rebels begin peace talks in Switzerland amid a cease-fire.
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 06:44
For those of us in Kurdistan, the Islamic State is a daily reality we must confront. The pesh merga forces numbering more than 20,000 whom I have the honor of commanding look out from their trenches at an army of extremists bent on killing or enslaving all who oppose them.
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 06:43
The U.S. Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa trained the UPDF in combat medicine, heavy equipment operations, mine-resistant, ambushed-protected vehicle maintenance and driving, utilities, communications, engineering and explosive ordnance training during the past two months.
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 06:40
In the runup to the vote on airstrikes in Syria, controversy revolved around David Cameron’s claim to parliament that “about 70,000” Syrian opposition fighters on the ground who do not belong to extremist groups could help fight Islamic State.
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 06:40
An international jury of independent human rights experts and advocates has found Mexico, the U.S. and key countries of origin of migrants in transit jointly responsible for widespread human rights violations in Mexico, based on hearings held at New York University (NYU) in September 2015. The jury has called for the suspension of U.S. military and police aid to Mexico.
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 06:39
Some of Azerbaijan’s international partners are finally taking exceptional steps to signal their alarm over the government’s serious crackdown on human rights.
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 06:37
The omnibus provides no funding for the Obama administration’s troubled Syria train-and-equip program, but would clear a path for the Pentagon to use other funds to train moderate Syrian rebels. The administration requested $600 million for the train-and-equip program this fiscal year, shifting its focus after the Pentagon acknowledged its plan to recruit a new force of Syrian rebels was a failure.