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Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 07:23
A new Marine task force set to become active in Central America in time for hurricane season will use a new seabasing platform — the joint high-speed vessel (JHSV) — to transport troops around the region.
Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 07:14
The mass disappearance of 43 students that rocked Mexico last fall has triggered a call for action in the U.S. with a national tour including San Antonio.
Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 07:11
Rafael Marques de Morais is facing libel for exposing the horrors of the country’s diamond trade. A veteran investigator, he explains why the situation for journalists is getting worse in the country
Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 07:07
Central Asian governments have faced some difficult choices in responding to Russian revanchism.
Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 07:03
The Organization of American States on Wednesday elected former Uruguayan foreign minister Luis Almagro as the new secretary general of the hemispheric organization
Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 07:01
Russia is working with South Africa and Uganda on a number of projects — a clear indication of its return to Africa. RT Global Resources, a subsidiary of Russia’s largest state-backed corporation Rostec, recently won bid to build Uganda oil refinery. Moscow’s interest in Africa is also about “soft power,” says Keir Giles, director of the UK’s Conflict Studies Research Centre.
Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 07:00
The policy of strenuous inaction of helping Ukraine to prevent collapse but insufficiently strongly to avoid challenging Russia runs the risk of allowing events on the ground to run away from the United States and opens up Obama to considerable domestic and international criticism, but it may leave the United States in a much stronger position vis-à-vis Russia later on – even at the cost of death and destruction in Ukraine and the precipitous decline of bilateral relations.
Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 06:56
The Maritime Task Force of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which has been under Brazilian leadership since 2011, has a new commander since February 26. Admiral Flávio Macedo Brasil is in charge of the mission and has about 1,000 military personnel originating from six countries under his command: Greece, Turkey, Germany, Bangladesh, and Indonesia, in addition to the Brazilians.
Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 06:42
Georgia is gearing up to host joint military drills with the NATO Rapid Reaction Force for the first time. The United States-Georgia joint exercise, named Noble Partner, will be carried out on the territory of Vaziani military air field and military firing-ground near Tbilisi on May 11-25.
Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 06:41
Since Europe closed its borders in 2006, thousands of Eritreans try to flee their repressive country to Israel by crossing the Sinai desert. But there, many are kidnapped by Bedouins and taken to one of the hidden camps where their families are then extorted for ransom.