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Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - 06:38
Kazakhstan has acquired four state-of-the-art fighter jets from Russia, part of a deal that could include up to 36 of the aircraft by 2020 in what Kazakhstan media called "one of the biggest deals on the defense market in the last decade."
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - 06:35
PM Nawaz chaired a high-level consultative meeting on the latest situation in Yemen on Wednesday, during which it was decided that the premier will visit Saudi Arabia on a day-long visit along with Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - 06:33
The U.S. and Iran have both welcomed Saudi Arabia’s decision to end its bombing campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen, but the fragility of the situation was underlined when a new air strike hit the southern port city of Aden just hours after the announcement.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 08:01
Latin America remained the most dangerous place for environmental and land rights activists last year — accounting for three-quarters of killings related to opposition to hydropower projects, mining, agribusiness and logging — according to a report released Monday by U.K.-based rights group Global Witness.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 07:58
In a globalized society, Latin America cannot continue to be a blind spot for Americans. A shocking news story about American soldiers and contractors based in Colombia having sexually assaulted dozens of young girls was not covered in any of the major newspapers.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 07:48
Exercise Joint Warrior hit its halfway point over the weekend, and shows no sign of letting up.Plenty of challenges, from mine countermeasures to subhunting and amphibious assault, still lay ahead for the NATO and allied ships in one of Europe’s largest military exercises, led by the United Kingdom.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 07:45
The Obama administration’s decision this month to sell almost $1 billion in U.S.-made attack helicopters, missiles and other equipment to Pakistan will fuel conflict in South Asia without fulfilling the objective of helping the country fight Islamist extremists.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 07:43
"The Georgian people stand by the Ukrainian people” – this was the main message from Georgia’s Parliament Speaker to his Ukrainian counterpart during their meeting in Kiev on Monday. Georgia’s David Usupashvili, who is leading the Georgian Parliamentary delegation to Kiev, met Ukraine’s Volodymyr Groysman yesterday before the two officials spoke for media.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 07:39
Hundreds of Eritrean asylum seekers are landing on the shores of Italy. Eritreans are second only to Syrians in the number of boat arrivals, though the country is a fraction of Syria’s size and there’s no live civil war there.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 07:29
Burundi's government warned Monday it could call out the army if protests escalate over controversial plans by President Pierre Nkurunziza to defy a two-term limit and seek re-election.