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Friday, December 12, 2014 - 09:22
Poland’s Ministry of Defense has signed a deal with Lockheed Martin to acquire AGM-158 joint air-to-surface standoff missiles (JASSMs) for its fleet of 48 F-16 fighter jets. The contract is worth about US $250 million, the ministry said in a statement.
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 09:19
The prison system of Kyrgyzstan suffers from a myriad of problems, including extremely poor material conditions, issues in separating and controlling the prison population, acute overcrowding and lack of prison staff training. Not surprisingly, low pay and dangerous working conditions make it hard to attract qualified staff to the service.
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 08:55
Visiting U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Policy Matthew Spence discussed with high-ranking Lebanese security the needs of the army and the security operations carried out across Lebanon to confront the repercussions of the war raging in neighboring country Syria.
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 07:07
Aman Sagidullaev fled Uzbekistan with his family in the summer of 2011. He had called for a referendum on independence for his native Karakalpakstan region in the country’s northwest. Apparently in response, Uzbek prosecutors charged him with embezzlement. After traveling to Russia, then to Kazakhstan, Sagidullaev has spent the last two years trying to obtain asylum in Kyrgyzstan.
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 07:00
The Senate passed a bill Thursday that aims to help Ukraine by sanctioning Russian officials. S. 2828, the Ukraine Freedom Support Act, directs the president to sanction members of the Russian Federation and businesses controlled by the Russian government.
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 06:59
The Senate passed a bill Thursday that aims to help Ukraine by sanctioning Russian officials. S. 2828, the Ukraine Freedom Support Act, directs the president to sanction members of the Russian Federation and businesses controlled by the Russian government.
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 06:48
Leader of breakaway South Ossetia, Leonid Tibilov, said he has suggested Moscow consider region’s deeper integration into Russia, including possible full accession of South Ossetia into the Russian Federation.
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 06:40
The Tunisian Air Force has received its second and final C-130J-30 Super Hercules transport aircraft from Lockheed Martin, more than a year after the first was delivered in April 2013.
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 06:40
A source at Uzbekistan's Defense Ministry told RFE/RL on December 11 that Uzbek military officers and students at Uzbek military schools will receive training at Russian military schools in 2015.
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 06:37
Smoking cigarettes in a tent with a dirt floor just outside an isolated village in northern Iraq, the police officers recalled the heady days working alongside American forces and launching dozens of operations to kill and capture Qaeda militants in Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city.