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Monday, November 30, 2015 - 05:38
With Washington set to send billions of dollars in fresh aid to Afghanistan despite the military drawdown, the U.S. official in charge of auditing assistance programs says “it’s not too late” to address the fraud and mismanagement that has bedeviled the 14-year effort to rebuild the country.
Monday, November 30, 2015 - 05:35
The U.S. defense budget law authorizes USD 300 million assistance for Ukraine to fight Russian-backed militants. USD 50 million of that could fund lethal aid and counter-artillery radars.
Monday, November 30, 2015 - 05:32
This meeting constitutes a new format for dialogue between the U.S. and Central Asia known as the C5+1, and it is expected to allow the U.S. Secretary of State and the foreign ministers of the five countries to gather with the aim of discussing regional and global opportunities and challenges.
Monday, November 30, 2015 - 05:28
The United States-led NATO coalition on Sunday reaffirmed its commitment to Afghanistan's security forces and said it would not leave the Afghan forces alone on the battlefield.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 06:58
A month-long Pentagon investigation has blamed a series of human errors and technical malfunctions for the deadly U.S. gunship attack on an international aid hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz, a senior military official briefed on the investigation said Tuesday.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 06:56
U.S. support both bolsters an emerging Ukrainian democracy and demonstrates a willingness to assist vulnerable allies. This is an opportunity for the U.S. to exercise leadership in a region of strategic and historic importance.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 06:53
Moscow will continue supplying free weapons to the Afghan military to help fight the Islamic State (ISIL) jihadist group, Russia's upper house speaker Valentina Matvienko said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 06:51
New revelations about the jailbreak of Mexico's most notorious drug lord, "El Chapo" Guzman suggest that his escape was facilitated by failings on the part of authorities that can only be explained by either incompetence or corruption at the highest levels.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 06:51
The European Union and Uzbekistan held the ninth round of their annual Human Rights Dialogue in Tashkent on November 24, as part of the meeting of the Subcommittee on justice and home affairs, human rights and related issues, reported the press release of the European External Action Service.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 06:48
U.S. and EU officials have raised concerns both over overall blockage of the Internet and over blockage of access to individual sites.