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Monday, March 9, 2015 - 07:06
President Ghani and his team have a major task ahead of them reversing the damaged relationship between the two countries and rebuilding goodwill in the United States. Besides repairing the damaged relationship, the Afghan delegation should try to secure long-term economic assistance and security guarantees from the United States.
Monday, March 9, 2015 - 07:03
U.N. sanctions monitors said on Friday they are concerned that if a United Nations Security Council committee approves a request by Libya's government for weapons, tanks and jets, some of the equipment could be diverted to militias supporting them.
Monday, March 9, 2015 - 07:00
The foreign ministers of the Arab League will be meeting on Monday in Cairo to go over ways to help Yemen avert political chaos. The conflict on the Arab Peninsula has reached international dimensions.
Monday, March 9, 2015 - 06:59
Conservative opposition party Democratic Center, under the leadership of former President Alvaro Uribe, boycotted the event, claiming the march was “forced and payed for by the government” of President Juan Manuel Santos. The march was also ignored by the Conservative Party.
Monday, March 9, 2015 - 06:56
The Italian government has donated 54 vehicles to the Somali National Army as part of efforts to strengthen its ability to combat al Shabaab militants and other security challenges.
Monday, March 9, 2015 - 06:45
An oath of allegiance from Boko Haram to the Islamic State reinforces Western fears that the terrorist group is growing beyond its base in Iraq and Syria. These worries have prompted American and allied commandos to rush to train African counterterrorism troops to fight extremists on the continent.
Monday, March 9, 2015 - 06:45
The chairman of Georgia’s parliament says Tbilisi's relations with Russia have deteriorated since start of the war in eastern Ukraine between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists.
Monday, March 9, 2015 - 06:40
The United States government expanded its list of sanctions against Venezuelan officials, accusing them of having violated human rights, during violent street protests, in Caracas last year. Due to the severity of these sanctions, relations between the United States and Venezuela have deteriorated further to a new level of hostility. However, at the same time, China has been generously co-signing financial transactions with the Venezuelan government including the borrowing of billions of dollars in exchange for future trade advantages
Monday, March 9, 2015 - 06:26
Azerbaijan is a key American partner that “can play an important role in assisting our allies like Ukraine with energy security by allowing them to depend less on Vladimir Putin and Russia for their energy supply,” said U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Hollidaysburg, co-chair of the Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus.
Monday, March 9, 2015 - 06:24
But the new alliance, unilaterally proclaimed at the weekend by Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, is unlikely to amount to much in terms of immediate collaboration on joint operations. It may, in fact, be more of a cry for help, given a recent string of defeats sustained by Boko Haram.