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Monday, April 6, 2015 - 06:57
Azerbaijani Air Force carried out night flights under a particular preparation plan as part of the armed forces' regular military drills. Azerbaijan, which increased its arms imports by 249 percent over the past ten years, is the second arms importer in Europe following the United Kingdom, according to SIPRI, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 06:55
Faced with mounting international pressure over the Falkland Islands territorial dispute, the British government enlisted its spy service, including a highly secretive unit known for using “dirty tricks,” to covertly launch offensive cyberoperations to prevent Argentina from taking the islands.
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 06:52
The electoral commission reported a whopping 91.08% turnout. To no one’s surprise, the incumbent president won another five-year term, with 90.39% of the vote. Criticism by observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe passed largely unnoticed.
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 06:49
Army criminal investigators plan to probe allegations with officials in Colombia that American soldiers and contractors sexually assaulted civilians there, an Army spokesman said on Friday.
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 06:33
The Termez base provides support to German soldiers in Afghanistan, and while the formal combat mission there is over, Germany has 850 troops (as of February 2015) in the NATO follow-on mission to support the Afghanistan security forces.
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 06:30
President Obama has cited the battle against al-Shabab militants in Somalia as a model of success for his relatively low-investment, light-footprint approach to counterterrorism. But this week’s massacre of 148 people at Garissa University College demonstrates the limits of the administration’s approach and the difficulty of producing lasting victories over resilient enemies.
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 06:21
Kenyan fighter jets have bombed positions of militant Islamist group al-Shabab in neighbouring Somalia, a military spokesman has told the BBC.
The warplanes had targeted two camps in the Gedo region, used by al-Shabab to cross into Kenya, the spokesman added.
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 05:01
The United States should take responsibility for its role in Colombia’s armed conflict, said local rebel group ELN on Sunda
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 04:56
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro, 88, appeared in public "full of vitality" for the first time in more than a year on Monday, greeting a delegation of Venezuelans, official media reported on Saturday.
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 04:54
Panama's government said Friday that it is banning drones from national airspace immediately before, during and after next week's Summit of the Americas.