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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 07:11
In Argentina, Mexico and Brazil, major scandals have highlighted the murky links between serious crime and the political arena. Why have hopes of reform been dashed?
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 06:58
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced a deal for unspecified military and technical cooperation with the UAE on Tuesday, and said negotiations are ongoing with the United States and unspecified European nations.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 06:56
Askhat Daulbayev, Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan, and Bruce C. Swartz, U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General, signed the Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (MLAT) on Feb. 20 at the U.S. Department of Justice. The treaty, after it is ratified by both countries’ legislatures, will significantly boost cooperation between the nations and aid them in tackling crime more effectively.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 06:50
In the future, the size of U.S. aid to Afghanistan should be comparable to the money being received by Israel, i.e. $ 11.5 billion a year. The IMF estimates, however, that Afghanistan will require $ 68 billion just to train its army and police forces. The country’s own GDP is $ 18 billion, so international assistance will be indispensable. In 2011, only three percent of the cost of maintaining the Afghan police force was contributed by the Afghan government itself. In 2012, the figure reached seven percent while, in 2013, six percent had been spent by the government itself on maintaining the Afghan police — in 2014, the figure dropped to 5.2 percent.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 06:45
Johnny Carson said President Goodluck Jonathan's request for US support is not likely to be met with the supply of lethal equipment over concerns about human rights abuses.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 06:40
U.S. and coalition troops have a new mission in Afghanistan but the same strong commitment to sustaining an enduring partnership, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said today during a joint press conference with Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in Kabul.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 06:34
Despite the controversy that has surrounded them, U.S. drone strikes in Afghanistan and across the border in the Pakistani tribal belt have been crucial in weakening militant groups and reducing their safe havens in the more inaccessible parts of the region, Afghan security officials have said.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 06:31
Kenya's High Court has thrown out key aspects of a tough new anti-terrorism law after a legal challenge by the opposition. The government said the law was needed to counter the growing threat posed by militant Islamists.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 06:24
Kenya’s coastal tourism is collapsing, and part of the reason — a big part of the reason, Kenyan officials say — is Western travel warnings issued after a round of violence last summer in a remote coastal area. The American warning is perhaps the strictest, barring embassy personnel from setting foot anywhere on the coast, unless special permission is granted.
Monday, February 23, 2015 - 21:34
According to a 2012 report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, transnational organized crime in Guatemala comes at a price and is usually in the form of violence.