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Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 07:07
The conventional wisdom among public health authorities is that the Ebola virus, which killed at least 10,000 people in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, was a new phenomenon, not seen in West Africa before 2013. An article by European researchers in Annals of Virology states otherwise.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 06:56
The number of troops deployed at Russia’s 201st military base in Tajikistan will be increased 1.5-fold during the next five years. The 201st military base is considered Russia’s largest military contingent in Central Asia and one of the strongest military units in the region.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 06:50
The joint Armenian-U.S. exercise is underwritten by a Memorandum of Understanding between the Armenian Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Army in Europe.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 06:49
Terrorism does not happen in a vacuum, and Kenya urgently needs to review its counter-terrorism strategy. Not to prevent the next attack, but to start dealing with the roots of the problem rather than its manifestations.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 06:45
A trade route through Iran, westward toward Europe or south to the Persian Gulf States, changes the dynamics of trade for Central Asia and would also give the five countries a bit more leverage at the bargaining table with their "giant" neighbors.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 06:25
The Shabab militants, based in Somalia, operate on a shoestring budget. But as the attack on a Kenyan university last week showed, they have become proficient in something terrible: mass murder on the cheap.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 05:02
Officials from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and the United States are cooperating on a broad strategy, the "Plan of the Alliance for Prosperity in the Northern Triangle," to improve economic conditions -- and by extension, security.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 04:57
According to State sources, 15 people died in a confrontation, between elements of Attorney General of the State (FGE) of Jalisco (occident de Mexico) with a cell of presumed criminals.
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 07:07
From an irrational massacre of students in a Kenyan University to a brutal murder of a prosecutor in Kampala and a brewing political crisis in Burundi, this is a tough test for East Africa's security and one that calls for urgent solutions.
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 07:06
Turkmenistan has approached the United States asking for military aid to help the country address instability on its border with Afghanistan, and Washington is trying to support the requests, a senior American military official has said.