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Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 07:02
The Obama administration wants $534 billion for DoD's base budget in 2016 — $36 billion more than spending caps allow, plus another $51 billion for the overseas contingency operations account.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 07:00
President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan is expected to urge President Obama in a White House meeting on Tuesday not to pull American military forces out of his country as quickly as planned, requesting an extension of assistance in combating a tenacious Taliban insurgency.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 06:58
Nigeria and its allies appear to be making headway in the fight against Boko Haram. However, these initial victories may not mean that the region is closer to ending its fight against violent radical Islam.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 06:46
A year after the World Health Organization declared an Ebola outbreak in West Africa, it is fading. But the disease has cut a deep gash through neighborhoods such as this one in Monrovia. More than 4,200 Liberians are dead. The economy is barely sputtering back to life following months in which panicked investors fled and residents deserted fields and factories.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 06:41
According to Ugandan officials five madrassas across Uganda have been shut down over allegations they are training students to become extremists. Police link the madrassas to the Allied Democratic Forces, a Congo-based armed group whose fugitive Ugandan leader is wanted by Interpol.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 05:25
New labeling on the world's most popular weed killer as a likely cause of cancer is raising more questions for an aerial spraying program in Colombia that underpins U.S.-financed efforts to wipe out cocaine crops.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 05:16
Some reports are calling today’s arrest of Comandante Ramas, as “the man who was the replacement for Z42”, “Z40’s closest compadre”, And “the greatest target subsequent to Z42”.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 05:12
Colombian newspaper El Espectador reported that although the FARC has systematically denied claims regarding child recruitment, it has agreed to raise its minimum recruitment age from 15 to 17 as part of peace agreement talks with the Colombian government.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 05:06
The new Uruguayan government says it will no longer grant asylum to prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention centre.
Monday, March 23, 2015 - 08:21
Boko Haram’s black flag is everywhere in the town of Damasak, deep in Islamist-held territory in northern Nigeria: It is painted on former administrative buildings and schools, and on the side of abandoned gas stations.