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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 07:14
Kazakhstan is ready to step up its co-operation with the global community in fighting terrorism, President Nursultan Nazarbayev told members of the diplomatic corps posted in Astana February 17, Novosti-Kazakhstan reported
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 07:06
State Department spokesperson Marie Harf said Monday night that the battle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant will be a “longer fight.” “We cannot win this war by killing them; we cannot kill our way out of this war.”
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 07:04
The closure of one of the few remaining independent voices in Azeri media was criticized by the US State Department, the EU and several human rights organizations.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 06:59
The State Department on Tuesday announced that the United States would be expanding the sale of armed unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, to carefully selected allied countries. The announcement suggests that strategic partners – especially in the Middle East — could acquire American-made armed drones before the year is out.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 06:55
A report published last month by the Brussels-based International Crisis Group claimed that up to 4,000 recruits from Central Asia had joined ISIL in Syria and Iraq. The ICG report also claimed that the region’s enduring problems of poor governance and repression could create the conditions for a resurgence of radical groups such as the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, an organization that claimed allegiance to ISIL last October.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 06:45
After a U.S. Congressional committee held a hearing critically examining U.S.-Azerbaijan relations, Azerbaijan's parliament responded with a retaliatory event of its own, accusing the U.S. of ignoring Baku's strategic cooperation with Washington.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 06:43
Russia may soon be exporting its model of counterinsurgency across the globe, as Chechnya's president is building an international special operations training center with the aim of training elite troops both from Russia and abroad.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 06:42
The United States military will share communications equipment and intelligence with African allies to assist them in the fight against Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, the commander of U.S. Special Forces operations in Africa said.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 06:31
Kazakhstan and France are to work together on unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), Kazakh national defense company Kazakhstan Engineering revealed on its website on 16 February.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 06:31
The Ghana Air Force (GAF) will acquire four new Harbin Z-9 helicopters from China and five new Embraer Super Tucano trainer and light attack aircraft from Brazil, President John Dramani Mahama has announced.