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Monday, November 23, 2015 - 06:53
Top U.S. military officials believe that a group linked to al-Qaida is responsible for Friday’s terrorist attack on a Western hotel in Mali, located in a region of West Africa where the Islamic State group has little to no influence.
Monday, November 23, 2015 - 06:53
Weak leadership, misuse of resources and lack of coordination between Afghan security services were the main reasons a strategic northern city briefly fell to the Taliban, the head of an investigative team said Saturday.
Monday, November 23, 2015 - 06:52
The Colombian government says it is granting pardons to 30 jailed members of the Marxist rebel group known as FARC - a confidence building gesture as it negotiates a treaty with rebels to end more than five decades of war.
Monday, November 23, 2015 - 06:48
In the wake of Haiti's presidential elections on October 25, 2015 — the second such election since the devastating earthquake in 2010 — the country is mired in violent protests over the election results, which demonstrators say are fraudulent.
Monday, November 23, 2015 - 06:43
Four civilians were killed on Saturday in a suicide bomb assault by suspected Boko Haram militants, security sources said.The United States is sending military supplies and troops to the central African country to aid the fight against the terrorist group.
Monday, November 23, 2015 - 06:42
A Houthi delegation is to travel to Oman on Saturday for preliminary consultations on U.N.-sponsored Geneva peace talks aimed at resolving Yemen's complex civil war, a spokesman for the Iran-allied militia said.
Monday, November 23, 2015 - 06:39
Guatemala's Congress has voted to impose harsher sentences for anyone helping migrants skirt the law, as it faces pressure from the United States to stop human trafficking and slow the flood of people passing through its borders.
Monday, November 23, 2015 - 06:39
Bahrain’s security forces torture detainees using electric shocks, beatings and sexual abuse, despite a public pledge by the king of Bahrain four years ago to end such practices, according to a report released on Monday by the New York-based Human Rights Watch.
Monday, November 23, 2015 - 06:38
A suspected drone targeted a base belonging to al Qaeda-affiliated al Shabaab insurgents in southern Somalia, killing at least five fighters, police and residents said on Sunday. It was not known who was behind the aerial strike but the United States has in the past targeted al Shabaab fighters.
Monday, November 23, 2015 - 06:35
The recent surge in U.S. arms transfers to the Middle East is part of an unprecedented boom in major U.S. arms sales that has been presided over by the Obama administration.