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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 06:38
The chairman of the U.S. House of Representative’s Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee, Representative Randy Forbes (R-Virginia), is worried that the ongoing fight against the terror group Islamic State, as well as the current fighting in Ukraine, could divert resources from the U.S. military’s pivot to Asia.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 06:34
The Ghana Armed Forces has received 1.5 million euros worth of equipment from Germany and will use the hardware in support of its contribution to the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) Standby Force.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 06:31
A U.S. Navy warship entered the Black Sea this week "to promote peace and stability in the region," according to a Navy statement, but Russia doesn't see it that way.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 06:20
President Obama will announce Wednesday that he is withdrawing almost all the American troops who were sent to West Africa to help contain the spread of the Ebola virus, administration officials said Tuesday.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 07:19
If the administration succeeds in significantly ramping up aid to Central America, it stands a much better chance of meaningfully tackling the root causes of instability that over the decades have led thousands of people to embark on dangerous journeys to the United States searching for a better life.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 07:17
U.S. military aid programs perform poorly far too often, and they are growing rapidly without adequate congressional or public scrutiny. There is no publicly accessible, comprehensive government reporting on how many programs the United States has that are designed to train and equip foreign militaries, how much they cost, or how many countries and organizations receive this assistance.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 07:16
Mexican gangs also have a range of other businesses. Not only do they traffic crystal meth, heroin and cocaine, they have also diversified into crimes from sex trafficking to illegal iron mining.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 07:10
Three weeks after the death of an Argentine prosecutor investigating the bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, details surrounding his demise are as murky as the labyrinthine case he was examining, which is still unsolved after more than 20 years.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 07:03
Co-protagonists in the illegal repression carried out by all of Argentina’s dictatorships, especially the last one [1976-83], the intelligence services entered the democratic period as powerful as they were untouched — just like the police forces, which cleverly managed to avoid the difficult democratization and renovation of the armed forces.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 06:58
Rights activists have demanded the release of a former government minister and a top army officer they say are being held without charge by Gambian secret police. Supporters say the detention of ex-finance minister Mamboury Njie and presidential guard commander Solo Bojang is part of a wider pattern of dissidents being arbitrarily re-arrested after being acquitted by the courts.