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Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 06:32
On Sept. 15, police in Paraguay seized 650 kilograms of marijuana in Curuguaty, in the country’s southeast region near the border with Brazil. Substantial as this seizure was, it was not in itself a big story in a country where authorities claimed they seized 462 tons of marijuana in 2013.
Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 06:27
The U.S. and the International Monetary Fund are discussing a rescue package for South Sudan to help rebuild the economy after almost two years of war, a U.S. envoy said.
Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 06:24
Lawmakers advocated Wednesday for the Obama administration to keep the U.S. military involved in the hunt for African warlord Joseph Kony.
Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 06:24
The formal trial against the congressional vice president opened Wednesday in a medical sales scandal that has rocked Honduras and led to mass protests against corruption and impunity.
Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 06:23
Sagem and Egyptian company AOI-Aircraft Factory have signed a collaboration agreement indicating the Egyptian Ministry of Defence is acquiring Patroller unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 06:19
Mexico extradited two drug kingpins and 11 other men to the U.S. Wednesday, fulfilling yearslong U.S. requests that had apparently stalled.
Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 06:18
Counterterrorism measures have led to measures that curtail citizens’ freedoms, such as imposition of curfews and roadblocks. Furthermore, people trained in new techniques for fighting terrorism could become security risks to the state.
Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 06:13
Kurdish forces said they drove Islamic State militants out of villages near the oil city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Wednesday, in an offensive backed by airstrikes from the U.S.-led coalition.
Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 06:10
In a U-turn at the United Nations Human Rights Council, Western governments dropped plans Wednesday for an international inquiry into human rights violations by all parties in the war in Yemen that has killed thousands of civilians in the last six months.
Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 06:06
President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced new partners in the anti-Daesh coalition.