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Monday, February 2, 2015 - 13:20
The United States pursues security cooperation in 148 countries around the world to develop partner nations’ capabilities, build relationships and interoperability and secure peacetime and contingency access to critical air, land and sea nodes to protect U.S. national-security interests. With its questionable record in Iraq and Afghanistan, the author asks why should the United States continue to invest in security cooperation with foreign militaries?
Monday, February 2, 2015 - 13:16
The President's 2016 Budget is designed to bring middle class economics into the 21st century. This Budget shows what we can do if we invest in America's future and commit to an economy that rewards hard work, generates rising incomes, and allows everyone to share in the prosperity of a growing America. It lays out a strategy to strengthen our middle class and help America's hard-working families get ahead in a time of relentless economic and technological change. And it makes the critical investments needed to accelerate and sustain economic growth in the long run, including in research, education, training, and infrastructure.
Monday, February 2, 2015 - 08:08
The first large-scale trials of two experimental vaccines against Ebola have begun in Liberia. The potentially preventative medicines were taken under strict security to a secret location in the West African country.
Monday, February 2, 2015 - 07:48
The Somali government made limited progress in 2014 in protecting civilians from abusive armed forces in the country's long conflict, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2015.
Monday, February 2, 2015 - 07:19
Ms. Hurtado is facing charges of illegally spying on political opponents of the former Colombian President, Alvaro Uribe. She fled Colombia in 2010 after the allegations were made public and was granted asylum in neighboring Panama.
Monday, February 2, 2015 - 07:13
It has been an auspicious start to the year in Colombia. Fewer people have died in the country’s armed conflict than in any other month in the past 30 years. That is a result of the declaration of an indefinite ceasefire by the FARC guerrillas. After more than two years of talks in Havana between the government and the FARC, officials are optimistic about reaching an agreement in the coming months. “I hope this is the year of peace,” said Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia’s president.
Monday, February 2, 2015 - 07:10
According to the latest official figures, there are 23,271 people missing or not located in Mexico, of which 621 are being sought by the federal Attorney General's Office's Search Unit. The numbers were provided by the office's general prosecutor for human rights, Eliana Garcia, on Jan. 19 to a forum in the Chamber of Deputies.
Monday, February 2, 2015 - 07:05
The Venezuelan defense minister, Vladimir Padrino, said that the plane had taken off from the southern state of Apure, which is a regular loading point for drug flights. “Our aircraft intercepted and it did not follow orders and, well, it was disabled,” he said, adding that the encounter took place over Venezuela’s territorial waters.
Monday, February 2, 2015 - 07:00
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said he has asked France for modern military equipment, noting that he had set three conditions on any deal, according to Al masry al youm.
Monday, February 2, 2015 - 07:00
Following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the rise of the Islamic State in the Middle East, concerns are growing about a rise in Islamist militant attacks in Central Asia this year.