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Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 07:08
The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Paul Clark (WPC 1106) hosted search and rescue (SAR) training to representatives from six countries here today. The Jamaican Defense Force – Coast Guard, Belize Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Navy, British Royal Navy, Mexican Navy and U.S. Navy were all on hand for the extensive, day-long training.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 07:03
Adenike Stephenson, regional coordinator for Jamaica's Citizen Security and Justice Program names her two biggest challenges: marijuana and scamming.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 06:50
A United Nations Commission of Inquiry on last summer’s war in the Gaza Strip — taking pains to be evenhanded — found that both Israel and Palestinian militants were responsible for violations of international law that could amount to war crimes. But each side interpreted the commission’s long-awaited report according to its own version of the Middle East conflict.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 06:50
Venezuela’s opposition is set to gain control of congress for the first time in 16 years in a Dec. 6 vote seen as the biggest test yet for the Socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 06:45
Nigeria's treasury is "virtually empty", President Muhammadu Buhari has said.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 06:42
President Buhari has ordered the removal of all military checkpoints nationwide, with the intent of having the internal police contribute further to security.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 06:39
An American drone strike last week killed a midlevel operative with the Islamic State who had been a conduit for the militant group’s outreach to extremists in North Africa, Defense Department officials said on Monday.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 06:38
Mexican authorities have captured nearly 58,000 migrants -- most from Central America -- in the first four months of this year, an 83 percent increase from the same period last year, according to government figures.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 06:34
The Rwandan government has branded the arrest of its intelligence chief Karenzi Karake as "an outrage".
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 06:34
Russia saw its biggest loss of democracy in a decade last year, while it and other authoritarian states took aggressive action to block efforts to form new democracies elsewhere in Europe and Eurasia, a new report by Freedom House finds.