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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 07:17
Boko Haram says it is building an Islamic state that will revive the glory days of northern Nigeria's medieval Muslim empires, but for those in its territory life is a litany of killings, kidnappings, hunger and economic collapse.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 07:10
Special Operations liaison officers, or SOLOs, are now embedded in 14 key U.S. embassies to assist in advising the special forces of various allied nations. Already operating in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, El Salvador, France, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Poland, Peru, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, the SOLO program is poised, according to Votel, to expand to 40 countries by 2019.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 07:09
Cameroon's military will take delivery of "the most sophisticated military equipment from Russia" before the end of 2015, a statement released by President Paul Biya's office announced on 16 January.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 07:02
Mexico has begun testing unmanned drones that could help it save the critically endangered vaquita marina, the world's smallest porpoise, which is threatened by illegal fishing in the upper Sea of Cortez.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 07:01
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Tuesday people in Egypt have the right to demonstrate but cautioned that protesting now could cause more harm to the country's battered economy.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 06:59
Growing up in Colombia, I imagined being kidnapped as the only way to end up face-to-face with militants from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a Marxist-inspired guerrilla group that has battled the government for over half a century.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 06:56
Opening talks with the ELN remains essential if Colombia is to seize its unprecedented opportunity to end the Western Hemisphere’s longest-running conflict. But this window will not stay open indefinitely.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 06:53
Morocco is toughening up its laws to prevent citizens from leaving the country to join foreign terrorist groups.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 06:52
Egypt is interested in procuring 20 Rafale fighter jets as well as two FREMM frigates from France in a potential deal worth nearly six billion euros.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 06:50
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) slammed President Obama's counterterrorism strategy in Yemen on Monday, as Shiite rebels took over state media.