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Mexico Military Spending: Peña Nieto Spent $1 Billion On US Military Equipment To Fight Drug Cartels
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 07:09
Mexico has been buying American military equipment at breakneck speed to aid its ongoing fight with drug cartels. Over the past two years, the United States has sold more than $1 billion in military supplies to the country, reported the Washington Post.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 06:53
The news lately about ISIS has been pretty disappointing, in fact, discouraging, but there was some good news yesterday out of Syria in a battle right on the Turkish border.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 06:47
The President’s FY16 budget request for Europe and Eurasia.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 06:37
In a hopeful sign, FARC negotiators announced that they expect to reach an agreement for the “handover” of children under the age of 15 who are within their ranks. According to a statement, the guerrilla’s negotiators hope to “finalize, together with the government delegation, the protocols needed to make good on this promise during the course of” the next round of peace talks.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 06:34
The International Criminal Court says the trial of former Congo militia leader Bosco Ntaganda will start in July, weighing charges including murder, rape and using child soldiers.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 06:30
After Tajik colonel Gulmuro Halimov joined ISIS and called on his fellow citizens to follow him, Kazakhstan has been worried that something similar might happen in their country as well.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 06:29
To tackle the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan, the EU and the UN today announced that more than $275 million has been pledged in support of the victims in the country and the wider region.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 06:27
The new Republican governor, Greg Abbott, this month approved $800 million for border security over the next two years — more than double any similar period during Perry's 14 years in office.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 06:26
A series of explosions in the northern-eastern Nigerian town of Monguno has killed an estimated 20 people.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 06:24
UN and Sudan have denied that South African peacekeepers in Darfur were threatened to stop Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir's arrest in South Africa.