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Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 08:02
The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been enforced to this day.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 07:58
Tunisia urged to abolish controversial law after blogger imprisoned for three years for criticising military.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 07:53
A senior Kremlin official has warned that the Islamist group ISIS is gathering its forces in northern Afghanistan in preparation for an attack against Central Asia and Russia, and that a wide array of military measures are required to prevent that. But in spite of the alarmist rhetoric, he suggested that the Russian military would not be heavily involved in Central Asia's fight against ISIS.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 07:43
The 320 U.S. troops at Al Asad air base in Iraq are now coming under "regular" mortar and rocket fire from nearby ISIS fighters, according to Pentagon spokesman Col. Steven Warren. While the attacks are "completely ineffective," it is raising continuing concern that U.S. forces in Iraq can be kept safe and at least technically out of a combat role, a separate defense official said.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 07:38
About 100 reserve officers and dozens of reserve combat solders and noncommissioned officers in the Israel Defense Forces have signed a letter asking Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz to halt criminal investigations of the conduct of soldiers and officers during the military operation in the Gaza Strip this summer.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 07:11
Turkey is ready to conclude an agreement this month to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels as part of the American-led effort to combat Islamic State fighters, a senior Turkish diplomat said Monday.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 07:06
The U.S. military is finally starting to train Iraqi troops to fight ISIS in restive Anbar province. But the program is just six weeks long, the Pentagon admitted Monday. American military officials privately concede that’s not nearly long enough to create a force capable of fending off the so-called Islamic State.
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 13:24
President Obama has just broken through the Cold War wall to normalize relations with Cuba. But elsewhere in Latin America, in Honduras, his administration is supporting a terrifying military takeover. For the first time in the 16-year history of the position, the country's president has just named an active-duty general from the Armed Forces, Julián Pacheco Tinoco, to be the country's new Minister of Security, with full jurisdiction over the domestic police. Pacheco's ascendance is just the latest in a dangerous militarization of post-coup Honduras.
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 13:21
Seizures of methamphetamine soared at the U.S.-Mexico border during fiscal 2014, accelerating a trend that began several years ago as new laws that limited access to the drug’s chemical ingredients made it harder to manufacture it in the United States.
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 13:15
Hoping to turn things around in 2015, Peña Nieto released a new year video, showing images of protests and violence transforming into images of progress and happiness. “We leave behind a year of challenges and learning,” Peña Nieto tweeted. “With integrity and determination, let’s welcome 2015.”