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Friday, January 30, 2015 - 06:33
Some of the men were shot on their doorsteps, their bodies left crumpled in the streets. Others were lined up, led to a field and killed there. Their relatives, ordered to stay in their homes, heard the gunfire.
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 06:33
The number of piracy incidents in the Gulf of Guinea in 2014 dropped by 18% compared to the year before but 2014 saw a major increase in the number of attacks that resulted in crew kidnapping, according to a new report.
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 06:25
This January 25, 2015 photo appears to show a Chinese made CH-3 drone, owned by Nigeria, which has crash landed upside down. The two AR-1 ATGMs attached to its wing pylons suggest that Nigeria is turning to drone strikes as the bloody war against Boko Haram continues.
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 07:46
Social organizations across the region expressed their support for the progressive governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela against destabilization.
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 07:43
A former scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US has been sentenced to five years in jail for attempting to pass nuclear bomb-making secrets to Venezuela.
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 07:35
Cuban President Raúl Castro demanded Wednesday that the U.S. return the base at Guantanamo Bay, lift the half-century trade embargo on Cuba and compensate his country for damages before the two nations re-establish normal relations.
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 07:33
Argentina needs more transparency, more oversight of intelligence services and the severing of inappropriate ties between spies, judges and prosecutors.
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 07:25
The governments of Egypt, Syria and Iraq used real and perceived security threats in 2014 as an excuse to downplay or abandon the rights of their citizens, which ultimately fuelled crises, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday.
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 07:09
Under the new classification guidelines, the military is not publicly reporting how many Afghan policemen and soldiers are employed, how much Washington is spending on their salaries, the state of corruption in Afghan ministries or the results of an effort to recruit more women in the army. More than 10,000 American troops are there training and supporting the Afghans.
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 07:07
U.S. officials are holding discussions with representatives of the Shiite militia in Yemen who have forced the resignation of the country's president, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday.