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Monday, April 20, 2015 - 07:18
The first instalment of French-made weapons in a $3 billion Saudi-funded programme is due to arrive in Lebanon on Monday.The weapons are part of a deal to bolster the country's defences against the Islamic State (IS) group and other jihadist groups pressing along Lebanon's Syrian border.
Monday, April 20, 2015 - 07:14
A group of 23 lawmakers is urging President Obama to allow the U.S. Air Force to lend drones to Jordan. “The request, if approved, would ensure Jordan is able to quickly acquire this much-needed advanced capability as it confronts” ISIS.
Monday, April 20, 2015 - 07:08
Australia and Iran have agreed to share intelligence about Australians fighting with militant groups in Iraq. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said the deal will help both countries in their efforts to tackle Islamic State (IS).
Monday, April 20, 2015 - 07:01
A federal judge in Washington called for the publication of classified documents pertaining to the extradition and subsequent prosecution and sentencing of three former AUC leaders, according to weekly Semana. Federal Judge Ellen Huvelle called for the case to be reopened after former AUC leader Salvatore Mancuso’s lawyer, Joaquin Perez, requested that his client’s sentence be lowered.
Monday, April 20, 2015 - 06:58
Venezuela has received $5bn (£3.4bn) in financing from China, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says.
Monday, April 20, 2015 - 06:57
As the Middle East descends into proxy wars, sectarian conflicts and battles against terrorist networks, countries in the region that have stockpiled American military hardware are now actually using it and wanting more. The result is a boom for American defense contractorsbut also the prospect of a dangerous new arms race in a region where the map of alliances has been sharply redrawn.
Monday, April 20, 2015 - 06:56
March was the deadliest month in a decade, according to tallies by the Prensa Grafica newspaper: 16 killings a day in a country with far fewer people than Los Angeles County. Some in El Salvador believe gangs used the truce, which broke down after little more than a year, as cover to consolidate and grow. And they question whether violence truly ebbed as much as suggested, noting that homicides may have declined but disappearances increased.
Monday, April 20, 2015 - 06:53
Mexican officials said Sunday that they had captured a leader of the Juárez Cartel, Jesús Salas Aguayo, the man in charge of the gang’s operations in Ciudad Juárez during a convulsion of violence that made the city one of the world’s most murderous
Monday, April 20, 2015 - 06:50
Paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Support Battalion arrived in Yavoriv, Ukraine April 10 via a ground convoy from here to deliver the brigade's training equipment for Operation Fearless Guardian. Fearless Guardian is the name for the training of Ukraine's newly-formed National Guard under the Congress-approved Global Contingency Security Fund. Under the program, the United States will begin training three battalions of Ukrainian troops over a six-month period beginning later this month.
Monday, April 20, 2015 - 06:49
The coalition of countries involved in Operation Decisive Storm, which is attacking the Yemeni insurgent group known as the Houthis, includes some of the largest U.S. recipients of military assistance and arms sales. The U.S. government support for these coalition members follows a long-standing policy that promotes security assistance as a way to build the capacity of its partners to combat terrorism and promote regional security.