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Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 06:17
The terrorist militant group Boko Haram has multiplied suicide bombings across the Lake Chad Basin countries with Nigeria, its birthplace being the hardest hit.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 06:15
Troops loyal to Burkina Faso’s deposed government said they were preparing to attack the Camp Naaba military base near the capital’s presidential palace, which is held by troops who staged a coup last week.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 06:14
In Yemen's Marib province, a key battleground in the fighting against Shiite rebels, frustration is growing in the ranks of troops backing the country's president-in-exile after more than a week without gains on the ground.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 06:14
In El Salvador, torn by social discord and a surge of criminal violence, hope seems dim for the nation’s youth. But Rodrigo Bolaños, the general manager of the League factory here, believes in small triumphs.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 06:12
The terrorist threat, previously confined to the north, has spread to the rest of the country, despite the presence of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and the French military under Operation Barkhane.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 06:07
Violence is decreasing in Honduras, which once had the world’s highest homicide rate: last year it dropped to 68 per 100,000 residents after peaking at 86.5 in 2011.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 06:07
The Egyptian military’s mass home demolitions and forced eviction of about 3,200 families in the Sinai Peninsula over the past two years violated international law, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 06:04
The sight of Guatemalans protesting corruption and pushing President Otto Pérez Molina out of power and into a prison cell has provoked envy in Mexico, where impunity is rife and top politicians are seen as untouchable.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 05:59
Talk is heating up in Congress and the Pentagon about whether to share America’s massive new bunker-busting bomb as a warning to Iran, but Israel remains cool to the idea.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 05:56
With the offensive to reclaim territory from the Islamic State largely stalled in Iraq, the Obama administration is laying plans for a more aggressive military campaign in Syria, where U.S.-backed Kurdish forces have made surprising gains in recent months.