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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:49
Nigeria has recorded more deaths from insurgency and violent crimes in the last four years than before, despite spending an unprecedented N1.488 trillion on armaments between 2011 and 2014, a PREMIUM TIMES analysis has shown.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:47
Following allegations that Sinaloa Cartel head Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman flew his way to safety in Venezuela, InSight Crime created a pair of interactive maps showing the reported whereabouts over the past several months of one of the world's most wanted criminals.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:43
The US State Department has been criticised by Amnesty International after it approved the sale of $1.3bn (£860m; €1.2bn) worth of bombs and other equipment to Saudi Arabia.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:42
When Mexican authorities violently intercepted a convoy of buses carrying students from the Ayotzinapa teacher training college in Guerrero state last week it inevitably evoked memories of that infamous night last year when 43 of their classmates disappeared at the hands of local police officers.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:40
The recent €950 million purchase of the two Mistral-class amphibious ships (LHDs) that France had originally built for Russia illustrates the close defence relationship between Egypt and France.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:38
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received today Bridget A. Brink, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of European & Eurasian Affairs.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:38
Nigeria's leader has ordered the arrest of the former president's national security adviser for allegedly stealing billions of dollars meant to buy weapons to fight Boko Haram Islamic extremists rampaging across northeast Nigeria.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:37
U.S. military leaders are skeptical about calls for escalating the war against the Islamic State, saying they have watched too many of their troops’ hard-won victories slip away amid civilian inattention in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:35
Despite rhetoric from regional leaders, statistically Central Asia doesn’t experience much terrorism.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:34
U.S.-backed Arab militias began a new offensive against the Islamic State in eastern Syria this week, a bid to flush the extremists out of a key transit zone for fighters, weapons and oil, according to defected military officers leading the Arab group.