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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 06:43
The United States is creating a vigorous vetting process to weed out undesirables among the Syrian rebels it will train to fight Islamic State, but some of the new recruits will be familiar faces requiring far more limited screening.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 06:40
Indeed, for decades, DOD has sought to strengthen capabilities of America’s security partners. However, the majority of the lessons learned, and training provided to general purpose forces, civilians, and contractors still largely rest and rely upon US experience in building partner capabilities during the Cold War.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 05:39
The attacks reminded the world once again how brazen the group can be.
What does Al-Shabaab want? Here's an explainer.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 05:38
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has replaced his interior minister and police chief following a massacre by Islamist group al-Shabab
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 05:37
The Kenyan miners were marched off in the predawn dark on Tuesday, some barefoot, others shirtless.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 05:36
The state has failed to respond decisively to chronic violent insecurity that has plagued Turkana peoples for decades.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 05:34
The medical NGO Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) has launched a scathing attack on the international community for its slow and patchy response to the effort to stamp out Ebola in west Africa.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 05:33
War in the Central African Republic is usually understood abroad as a grinding religious conflict. Of the 4.5 million people who live in the remote, landlocked country, only 15 percent are Muslim; the rest are either Christian or animist.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 04:53
Uzbek President Islam Karimov praised the dynamic nature of Uzbek-US cooperation based on pragmatism and mutual respect, Uzbek national news agency (UzA) said.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 04:45
The main group of observer mission from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) arrived in Uzbekistan in an entourage of 12 people, said the Republican press center for coverage of the election in 2014 Dec.1.