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Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 06:43
After the release of an army general captured by rebel fighters, the government of Colombia and the country’s largest guerrilla group said on Wednesday that they would soon resume peace talks.
Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 06:42
The Caspian Sea will see its first -- and probably the world's first -- naval biathlon next summer, with all five littoral states taking part, the Russian Defense Ministry has announced.
Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 06:41
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Wednesday said he would ask the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to provide a mission to improve his country’s defense capacity, the alliance said in a statement.
Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 06:40
For observers of the ongoing protests in Mexico, which were sparked by the September 26 disappearance of 43 students in the state of Guerrero, the question that loomed as the sun went down on December 1 — the last day in a series of planned strikes and protests that began on November 20 — was “What next?”
Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 06:39
Democratic lawmakers plan to introduce two bipartisan amendments to the 2015 defense policy bill on Wednesday that would strip provisions authorizing a program to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels to fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 06:38
Federal security forces have been sent to dozens of towns in the Mexican states of Guerrero, Mexico, Michoacan and Morelos.
Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 06:36
NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, James Appathurai, said implementation of a substantial package, endorsed by the Alliance at the Wales summit for Georgia, “is going well.”
Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 06:33
The steady weakening of Yemen’s pro-U.S. government over the past two months has exposed some of the same difficulties Washington faces in its efforts to battle extremist group Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 06:30
The House on Wednesday cleared legislation to extend the Pentagon's ability to transfer surplus military stockpiles to Israel for another year.
Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 06:22
Two reports published yesterday have focused attention on widespread perceptions of insecurity and corruption in Latin America, a trend with harmful consequences for democratic governance in the region.