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Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 06:01
The nine year period from 2005 to 2014 saw peacekeepers, including those from South Africa, in Sudan and South Sudan attacked more than 100 times and suffer the loss of hundreds of weapons and ammunition.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 05:52
Moscow has escalated its brinksmanship with the West, reopening a monumental 1990s clash over an oil pipeline that it fought and lost with the United States.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 05:49
Compared with strategic weapons, 1,240 Javelin missiles are small beer. Yet the Obama administration has thus far refused to transfer to Kiev the antitank system—or any other form of lethal aid.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 05:48
Activists gathering in the central square of the Armenian capital, Yerevan, this week pledged to keep up the pressure on authorities to reverse their decision to raise electricity prices next month.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 05:47
Authorities in Central Asia's former Soviet "stans" are taking draconian measures to stamp out militant Islam, but their harsh methods and the absence of democratic politics risk provoking a backlash that could bring even greater instability.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 05:45
A senior American military official has visited Uzbekistan to discuss unspecified military cooperation issues.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 - 11:52
We issued a report on our human rights observations around the world, the purpose of this document is not to scold and it’s not to name and shame. It is to enlighten and to energize, and most importantly, to empower people.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 - 11:50
We are convinced that the plan that we have developed with five other nations accomplishes the task that President Obama set out, which is to close off the four pathways to a bomb.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 - 08:49
The workshop, held at the Interregional Coordination Center (ICC), included 11 senior-level African Navy/Coast Guard attendees, representing 7 Gulf of Guinea partner nations, the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and ICC.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 - 08:37
We’re proud that this marks the 15th year of producing a Trafficking in Persons Report, and it’s also the 15th anniversary of the landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act, or TVPA.