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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 06:10
Two male Afghans being trained at an air force base in the U.S. state of Georgia have gone missing, the military said in a statement on December 8.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 06:06
The expected decision by the U.S. to boost funding for the European Reassurance Initiative (ERI) in fiscal 2017 is welcome news, but Georgia would like to have US gear prepositioned inside its border, said Georgian Minister of Defense Tinatin Khidasheli.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 06:02
Six members of the U.S. House of Representatives have sent a letter to legislators in El Salvador urging them to elect a new Attorney General, highlighting the issue of U.S. influence over local efforts to tackle corruption and impunity in Central America.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 05:57
One hundred seventy-six Honduran Armed Forces members recently completed the Cadet Leadership Development Course conducted by the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), marking the first time Cadets from the General Francisco Morazán Armed Forces Military Academy of Honduras (AMHGFM) received training in the U.S.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 07:25
Guatemalans who have been the victim of alleged human rights abuses at the hands of mining companies are taking lawsuits to Canada.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 07:09
Several people who were wrongly detained and allegedly tortured by Mexican police have been released after spending years in custody, human rights groups said Thursday.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 07:01
A former national judge from Honduras' special court system designed to handle high profile cases against gangs and members of organized crime has been found guilty for accepting a bribe, a positive sign that the country's Attorney General's Office is starting to purge the judicial system.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 06:51
In December, 2009, Harouna Touré and Idriss Abdelrahman, smugglers from northern Mali, walked through the doors of the Golden Tulip, a hotel in Accra, Ghana. They were there to meet with two men who had offered them an opportunity to make millions of dollars, transporting cocaine across the Sahara.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 06:45
Decades of reckless arms trading and the poorly regulated flow of weapons into Iraq have contributed to the accumulation by the Islamic State in Iran and the Levant (ISIL) of a "vast and varied" arsenal which is being used to commit war crimes on a massive scale in Iraq and Syria, an international rights group said Tuesday.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 06:44
Regional and international action in Burundi at the moment isn't sufficient to address the threat of escalating human rights violations and potential mass atrocities, a United Nations official said Monday.