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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 06:40
A U.S. citizen who fought for the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab surrendered to authorities in the Horn of Africa country after he defected from the militants, a Somali official said on Monday.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 06:40
In 2013 and 2014, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) counted 114 deaths in police detention, and said the true numbers are likely to be higher. It is still compiling statistics for this year.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 06:36
Top U.S. arms makers are straining to meet surging demand for precision missiles and other weapons being used in the U.S.-led fight against Islamic State and other conflicts in the Middle East, according to senior U.S. officials and industry executives.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 06:29
At least 26 Syrian civilians have been killed in an airstrike suspected to have been launched by the US-led coalition against the so-called Islamic State, piling pressure on the alliance after allegations another bombing raid left regime soldiers dead.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 06:23
Police and security forces are responsible for nearly 300 gun-related killings and dozens more injuries in the past two years, including cases of summary execution and stray bullets striking bystanders, a Kenyan rights group says.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 06:18
Shallow graves with 12 corpses including a woman's have been discovered in Lethe area of Arabia Ward in Mandera East constituency sparking fear of a return of extra-judicial killings in an area where police and military forces have been battling Al Shabaab militants.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 06:12
The Pentagon said on Monday the U.S. killed a senior leader of the al-Shabaab extremist group last week, in an airstrike in Somalia. The spokesman also said the U.S. had confirmed that a 13 November airstrike killed a senior Islamic State leader in Libya known as Abu Nabil.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 05:11
A controversial referendum in Armenia on December 6 endorsed constitutional changes that will transform the country into a parliamentary republic. But allegations of rampant fraud are clouding the legitimacy of the result.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 05:09
After almost a quarter of century, Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov has decided it is time to shake up the police force.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 05:07
Vital as they may be worldwide, peacekeeping operations, with their lack of glamour and faraway posts, are unloved by most ministries of defense and are typically among the first to suffer cuts in times of economic downturn, except, apparently, in Kazakhstan.