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Monday, June 1, 2015 - 08:15
In Colombia a violent conflict has been raging for more than 50 years. With the struggle surpassing the half-century mark, both sides have been willing to return to the negotiating table to give peace yet another chance. However, the process is once again under the threat of unraveling due to a familiar cycle of FARC ambushes and government reprisals.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 08:13
A centerpiece of the U.S. war plan against ISIS is in danger of collapsing. A key rebel commander and his men are ready to ready to pull out in frustration of the U.S. program to train a rebel army to beat back the terror group in Syria, The Daily Beast has learned. The issue: the American government's demand that the rebels can't use any of their newfound battlefield prowess or U.S.-provided weaponry against the army of Bashar al-Assad.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 08:05
Nine member states of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) have resolved to intensify the training of regional special forces counterterrorism units.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 07:51
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter infuriated his Iraqi allies last Sunday when he blamed the loss of Ramadi on the Iraqi Army’s unwillingness to fight. Sec. Carter was correct in claiming that most Iraqi army units lack a will to fight, but in light of the horrible mismanagement, leadership and logistical support offered to an Iraqi army unit in combat compared to the professional and disciplined approaches of their opponents in the Islamic State, it’s almost unfair to point it out.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 07:51
A bomb wounded four people Sunday in a market in Maiduguri, a day after 30 people were killed in the northeastern Nigerian city.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 07:30
President Evo Morales says the United States should stop harboring former Bolivian officials accused of human rights abuses.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 07:26
Mexico holds midterm elections Sunday for nine state governors, 300 mayors, 500 members of Congress and 17 state legislatures. For the first time, candidates can run without being affiliated with a political party, following election reforms enacted last year, opening the way for nontraditional candidates like Mora. But intense violence in many regions has cast a cloud over the election.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 07:13
With more than 600 murders per month, El Salvador is now more dangerous than it was during its civil war.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 07:11
U.S. taxpayer cash pours into El Salvador, even as the FMLN government dismantles democracy.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 07:05
Since 2009 Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has helped depose a democratically elected president in a military coup, ousted part of the country’s Supreme Court and facilitated the illegal appointment of Honduras’ sitting attorney general. Yet the Barack Obama administration continues to champion Hernández as a key regional partner and wants to send even more money to shore up his regime.