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Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 07:14
The legislation, introduced by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in June, would require the heads of the State Department and Pentagon to create a five-year strategy to help countries in Africa, including Nigeria, respond to the threat of Boko Haram.
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 07:13
Morocco is expected to conclude negotiations to obtain the country’s first submarine from Russia during King Mohammed VI’s upcoming visit to Moscow.
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 07:12
Nigerian soldiers fighting Boko Haram say the government is punishing them for unknown sins and sentencing them to death.
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 07:11
The U.S. Army’s outgoing chief of staff warned Wednesday that reconciliation between Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq is becoming harder and that partitioning the country “might be the only solution.”
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 07:10
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says the prosecution of former public officials who stole public funds and stashed them in overseas accounts will begin in a few weeks.
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 07:08
US warplanes have carried out their first air strikes on Islamic State (ISIS) targets in Syria after taking off from a Turkish base, kicking off a key new phase in the campaign against the jihadists.
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 07:04
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, one of the country's more prominent Jewish Democrats, said Wednesday that he supports President Barack Obama’s deal on Iran’s nuclear program.
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 06:49
A sweeping anticorruption crusade in Brazil is ensnaring one major political figure after another, throwing the country into upheaval at a time when the national mood is souring and the economy is reeling from a painful downturn.
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 06:46
Tougher U.S. border policies are a wrong-headed approach, since research shows that the border fence has the unintended effect of keeping migrants in the United States. U.S. policymakers should perhaps declare victory and move past security issues to fix a broken immigration law.
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 06:42
El Salvador has invoked its anti-terrorism laws to prosecute alleged gang members -- raising the debate over definitions of crime and terrorism, where the two intersect, and the government's motives in framing the gangs as terrorist organizations.