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Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 10:22
Background Briefing to Preview Secretary Kerry's Travel to Russia and Turkey
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 10:18
Fact Sheet: The White House Summit on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 10:10
Policy Statement from the Department of State on the Resignation of Guatemalan Vice President
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 07:29
The Tajik security services are well known for employing heavy-handed tactics as they attempt to stamp out extremism. In recent months, some have reportedly forced men with beards under the razor, tried to ban sales of hijab, and carried on with the usual mass arrests of suspected Islamists.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 07:28
U.S. and Georgian forces began two weeks of military exercises in the South Caucasian republic on Monday, a move that is likely to irritate Georgia's former Soviet master Russia.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 07:26
At a former Soviet military base outside of the western Ukrainian town of Lviv, about 300 U.S. Army paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, which is based in Vicenza, Italy, are training the Ukrainian National Guard.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 07:24
Thousands have fled the depredations of the Salafi adherents of Ansar al-Dine, the self-proclaimed “defenders of the faith”, leading to a large refugee outflow into neighbouring countries.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 07:22
Malawi authorities on Monday said they had arrested former army chief Henry Odillo and another senior officer over corruption charges, after they allegedly authorised payments to a firm that did not supply services to the military.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 07:19
Mercenaries from South Africa have proved quietly decisive in helping the Nigerian military turn around its campaign against Boko Haram.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 07:16
We recently passed the nine-month anniversary since the start of the U.S.-led air campaign, later named Operation Inherent Resolve, against the self-declared Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria. The air war, which Secretary of State John Kerry then described as definitively not a war, but rather “a heightened level of counterterrorism operation,” shows no sign of ending. In an unnoticed indicator found in the prepared testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, two U.S. Air Force lieutenant generals acknowledged: “These combat operations are expected to continue long-term (3+ years).”