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Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 07:41
A French satellite company has suspended a deal with Moscow to build spy satellites for the Russian military amid U.S. concerns the satellites will contain U.S.-origin technology and violate sanctions and U.S. export controls.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 06:58
Alarmed over rising threats in the Middle East and North Africa, the Gulf Cooperation Council is set to launch an unprecedented joint military command, according to regional officials and military analysts.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 06:53
Saudi activists appealed to their country’s ruler on Monday to free two women who were detained last week after taking part in an ongoing campaign to challenge the conservative kingdom’s ban on “driving while female.”
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 06:44
American allies in the campaign against the Sunni extremist group that calls itself the Islamic State have agreed to send 1,500 troops to join American soldiers and military personnel who are advising and training Iraqi and Kurdish troops, American military officials said on Monday.
When combined with the 3,000 troops the United States has committed to send to Iraq so far, that would bring the number of military advisers helping Iraq's beleaguered armed forces to 4,500.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 06:42
In primary and secondary schools of this Central American capital, "hallway" is not just another word for corridor but slang for a gantlet of gangsters who hit up instructors for money on the way to the classroom.Teachers who don't pay, don't teach.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 06:39
President Juan Manuel Santos recently announced the creation of a new pilot program for illicit crop substitution to begin in southern Colombia in April of next year.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 06:37
The Canadian government signed an agreement with Kiev that could see Canada training parts of the Ukrainian military, in a move that was struck outside of NATO and broadens Ottawa’s involvement in the conflict in Ukraine.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 06:36
On a recent visit to the future site of Olympic Park, President Dilma Rousseff promised the 2016 Summer Games in Rio would be “the Olympics of all Olympics,” echoing a refrain she used during the chaotic lead-up to the World Cup.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 06:36
The U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Monday refused to rule out sending weapons to the Ukrainian army, but insisted that the crisis in Ukraine would be solved with diplomacy, not armies.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 06:27
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier hailed close bilateral ties with Tbilisi, reiterated Germany’s support to Georgia’s European integration, saying that the country is closer to visa-free regime with the EU, and also expressed Berlin’s support to Georgia’s NATO integration.