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Friday, May 15, 2015 - 06:49
The U.S. State Department has said that U.S. and Cuban negotiators will meet next Thursday to discuss re-establishing embassies in each other's capitals.
Friday, May 15, 2015 - 06:46
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Anthony Wayne used the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on May 3 to urge attention to what he called “alarming levels of impunity” in crimes against reporters in Mexico where, “We have yet to see a successful conviction at the federal level for crimes against journalists.”
Friday, May 15, 2015 - 06:38
The government of Colombia on Thursday night rejected a major tool in the American-backed antidrug campaign — ordering a halt to the aerial spraying of the country’s vast illegal plantings of coca, the crop used to make cocaine, citing concerns that the spray causes cancer.
Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 07:31
The African Union needs about $1 billion to finance a unified continental standby force to be used in times of conflict in any of the member states. A.U. defence, safety and security experts are meeting in Victoria Falls to review the progress made so far in the operationalization of the force.
Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 07:25
The country’s future — and the $62 billion American investment — is threatened by the military’s chronically poor intelligence on Afghan security forces and an anemic central government in Kabul that is unable to operate on its own, said John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, during a speech at a Washington think tank.
Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 07:22
NATO will keep some troops in Afghanistan even after its current training mission ends around the end of next year, the alliance said on Wednesday, in a signal of support for Afghan security forces struggling to repel a Taliban offensive.
Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 07:19
Russian says the country's land forces will join troops from Belarus, China, India, and Mongolia in a series of joint military training exercises during the second half of this year. The statement said the drills will focus on peacekeeping and antiterrorist activities.
Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 07:14
On April 20, about 300 U.S. Army paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade based in Vicenza, Italy, began training the Ukrainian National Guard as part of a six-month exercise called Fearless Guardian. Fearless Guardian reflects an evolution of the U.S. military’s role in Europe as it reverts to a Cold War-era mindset.
Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 07:09
The document, written by a human rights working group under the U.S. Northern Command (Northcom), was circulated internally in October after its investigation into the disappearance of 43 students in the city of Iguala on Sept. 26. It was made public this week.
Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 07:05
Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre's trial in Dakar for torture, war crimes and crimes against humanity will begin on July 20, the special tribunal set up to judge him said Wednesday.