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Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 07:24
Fighting breaks out between demonstrators and police in the capital Conakry over demands of fresh local elections. Demonstrators burnt tyres and barricaded roads across Conakry on Monday as police responded with tear gas, leading to a number of violent confrontations.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 07:21
The United States has dramatically increased arms transfers to Mexico in support of the Mexican government’s ill-fated and counterproductive war on the drug cartels.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 07:16
Buried off the coast of Brazil, beneath miles of seawater, rock and salt, lie vast oil reserves -- at least 50 billion barrels -- that were supposed to yield untold riches for this nation. But, as so often happens in Brazil, the early promise of this sprawling prehistoric geological formation known as the pre-salt is giving way to gloom.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 07:12
The USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier and guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy are arriving just as two Iranian warships have taken up position in the Gulf of Aden, heightening tensions between the two rivals just as fighting between Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and Yemeni forces supported by Saudi Arabia and other American allies intensifies.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 07:07
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) announced today it has been awarded a contract worth over $2.0 billion to deliver the combat-proven Patriot Air and Missile Defense System to an undisclosed international customer.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 07:03
The European Union is to launch military operations against the networks of smugglers in Libya deemed culpable of sending thousands of people to their deaths in the Mediterranean.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 07:01
About 200 Syrian opposition fighters will begin military training next month in Turkey, despite ongoing Turkish disagreement with the Obama administration over the enemy they will combat when they finish the six-week course.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 06:51
The aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt and a guided missile cruiser were headed to the waters off Yemen on Monday to join 10 other American warships as a warning to Iran about its shipments of weapons to rebels there, American officials said.
Monday, April 20, 2015 - 07:45
After years of little progress against Boko Haram, Nigeria's military – with the help of regional allies – has launched its most important offensive ahead of polls.
Monday, April 20, 2015 - 07:34
Burundian police fired tear gas and water cannons on Friday at hundreds of protesters opposed to the president running for a third term, as the UN Security Council warned that violence threatened to disrupt June elections.