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Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 06:25
The arrest of a mayor in Honduras on charges of multiple homicide draws attention to the larger regional problem of corruption among local officials, one boosted by the increase in power of these municipal governments.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 06:24
The U.S.-supported Kurdish group in northern Syria has accused the Turkish army of attacking its forces in the Syrian town of Tal Abyad.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 06:12
A health center in northern Yemen run by Doctors Without Borders was bombed at least twice overnight by warplanes belonging to the military coalition led by Saudi Arabia, forcing the evacuation of staff members and critically wounded patients, the group said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 06:06
President Obama’s most senior national security advisers have recommended measures that would move U.S. troops closer to the front lines in Iraq and Syria, officials said, a sign of mounting White House dissatisfaction with progress against the Islamic State and a renewed Pentagon push to expand military involvement in long-running conflicts overseas.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 06:03
Saudi Arabia’s airstrikes in Yemen, conducted with U.S. assistance, are alleged to have killed at least 1,500 civilians, dividing members of the Obama administration over whether the U.S. risks being accused of abetting war crimes in a bombing campaign that could ultimately strengthen Islamist militants.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 05:33
Local Afghan police are poorly supplied and often asked to perform duties outside their mission, undercutting the effectiveness of the units created in 2010 to help bring security to rural people, U.S. investigators reported on Monday.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 05:30
In a clear signal of the worsening security situation in the war-torn country, President Ashraf Ghani has appealed for help from the Kremlin. He asked Moscow for artillery, small arms and Mi-35 helicopter gunships for his country's stuggling military, according to officials.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 05:28
Washington has reportedly nixed a fighter jet deal worth $400 million, over concerns about technology leakage.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 05:27
Hundreds of protesters have rallied in Tbilisi against the Georgian government's alleged attempts to silence the country's biggest and most popular television channel, raising fears of a political crisis.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 05:25
Tajikistan's government provided the Taliban in Afghanistan with weapons in exchange for the release of four soldiers who had been captured by the Taliban on the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border, a Taliban official has said.