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Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 07:01
In clear sign of troubled times, the U.S. announced it is withholding $5 million in drug war aid to Mexico over human rights concerns. The aid is part of a 2008 deal known as the Merida Initiative, hailed at the time as a historic drug-war partnership between the two countries.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 06:59
“In the last decade, Green Berets have deployed into 135 of the 195 recognized countries in the world,” reads a statement on the website of U.S. Army Special Forces Command.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 06:57
Thus far, the Islamic State’s anti-al Qaeda push in East Africa has had little success. While additional defections are possible, or even likely, the “caliphate” has not yet won over a substantial number of Shabaab members.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 06:56
The surge of children and families crossing the southwest border illegally accelerated again in September, leaving fiscal year 2015 the second-worst on record, according to numbers released Wednesday by the Border Patrol.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 06:45
This Sunday, Guatemala held the final round of its presidential election. Jimmy Morales, a television comedian with no political experience and no real policy platform, won with 70 percent. Just six months ago, Morales was commanding less than 1 percent in polls.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 06:41
President Obama has re-authorized U.S. support for the African Union-led counter-LRA mission, Operation Observant Compass, for one additional year starting now.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 06:35
Saudi Arabia would like to see a ceasefire in Yemen to allow for the delivery of humanitarian aid, but it does not trust the Houthi rebels to abide by such a truce, the head of a Saudi center that coordinates humanitarian assistance for Yemen said on Monday.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 06:34
There are fears that the December deadline for crushing Boko Haram may not be attained. France, the U.S., and China have promised to give training to to the troops.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 06:27
Colombian left-wing guerrillas killed 12 state security personnel who were transporting election ballots to the capital, Bogotá, on Sunday, disrupting what was otherwise one of the least violent regional elections in Colombia’s recent history.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 06:25
After more than 20 years of limited U.S. diplomatic interaction with Somalia, one man is now beginning the task of building new relationships and increasing coordination between the two nations.