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Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 06:09
Syrian rebels trained by U.S. military said they turned over equipment and vehicles to militants linked with al-Qaeda to ensure safe passage through a dangerous area and were threatened with an ambush if they did not do so, according to the U.S. military.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 06:09
The Organization of American States (OAS) said on Monday it will create a mission to tackle graft in Honduras, where protestors have been pushing for an anti-corruption body like one that helped bring down the president of neighboring Guatemala.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 06:05
A summer of stalemate in the effort to reclaim the Iraqi provincial capital of Ramadi, despite U.S.-backed Iraqi troops vastly outnumbering Islamic State fighters, calls into question not only Iraq's ability to win a test of wills over key territory but also the future direction of Washington's approach to defeating the extremist group.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 06:03
The demand for illicit weapons in El Salvador has surged to such an extent that it has impacted the black market in neighboring Guatemala. Raul Mijango, perhaps the last supporter of a dialogue between the government and gangs as a tool for stopping the rising violence in El Salvador, has stepped aside.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 06:00
A Democratic senator is calling for the administration to suspend its program to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, after news that one of the rebels handed over equipment to al Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 05:52
The office of the U.N. human rights chief says 151 civilians have been killed in fighting in Yemen over two weeks in September, taking the civilian death toll to 2,355 over the last six months.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 05:51
Marine leaders are considering expanding the Corps' mission in Ukraine by training local troops who could be tasked with taking on Russian-backed separatists.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 05:48
Kiev expects delivery from the United States of two border control systems by the end of this year and another six in 2016, according to the first deputy secretary to Ukraine’s Security and Defense Council, Oleh Hladkovskiy.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 05:46
Defense Minister said that Russian Armed Forces practiced forming and employing a powerful 150-aircraft-strong air assault force during the Center-2015 military exercises.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 05:44
"Joint border operations are serious prevention of terrorist and extremist activities," the head of the group of the Council of Border Troops Commanders on monitoring and analyzing the situation at the external borders of the CIS Sergey Mukhin said to reporters.