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Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 07:10
The Obama administration is banking on Abadi to cut through the sectarian-tinged political miasma that for years has surrounded Baghdad, as the only way to defeat the Islamic State. But in his candid remarks Wednesday — perhaps underscoring the urgency of the threat — Abadi sounded far more focused on the battlegrounds in the hinterlands.
Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 07:02
Amidst a tentative political transition, the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) remains tenuous as sectarian tensions continue to simmer and the severity of the country's humanitarian crisis increases, the top United Nations official in the African country warned on Wednesday.
Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 06:57
Malawi says it will repatriate its nationals from South Africa, following an upsurge in xenophobic violence.
Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 06:55
Tajikistan's new aid package would go toward communications equipment, small arms and ammunition, artillery and anti-aircraft missile systems, Kommersant reported, noting that: "The type of equipment has already been agreed upon, but deliveries have, in fact, not begun." In Tajikistan, no doubt, they're not going to believe it until they see it.
Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 06:55
Somalia's Islamist al-Shabab militants are recruiting heavily in north-eastern Kenya, according to evidence gathered by the BBC.
Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 06:46
Pakistan and Russia have agreed to enhance defense cooperation, which includes conducting joint military exercises, in yet another show of improvement of ties between the former Cold War rivals.
Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 05:49
The federal police on Wednesday detained the treasurer of the governing Workers’ Party, João Vaccari Neto, in connection with an investigation into corruption at the state-run oil giant Petrobras.
Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 05:47
The discovery of a gun in a storage area raised new questions Wednesday about the death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman, a mystery that has rocked Argentina.
Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 05:44
Ten soldiers killed by rebels in early morning ambush described by President Santos as a "rupture" of FARC's ceasefire.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - 08:12
Ambassador Frederic C. Hof states in the report that train and equip program for Syria needs to be put on steroids. To do so efficiently will require secure areas in Syria protected from regime air attacks and from ground attacks mounted by the regime, ISIL, and other extremists. This will require American leadership; not American boots on the ground.