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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 07:53
As the conflict in Ukraine continues to upset the security balance in Eastern Europe, the governments in Poland and Romania are increasingly eager to establish the US Aegis Ashore missile defense system and provide ballistic missile coverage against Russia for eastern and southern NATO members.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 07:50
November 18, 2014 The United States is drawing down its presence in Afghanistan, but a top watchdog said Tuesday that corruption there is on the rise. "It's getting worse.… Significantly worse," John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, told reporters at a breakfast roundtable. "Corruption is not only feeding insurgency, it's feeding a number of corrupt officials."
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 07:48
The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) says he is investigating the Pentagon's efforts to spark that country's economic development, which cost between $700 million and $800 million and "accomplished nothing."
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 07:46
A US Air Force programme to provide 20 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to the Afghan Air Force (AAF) is to be investigated by the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 07:35
Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday urged President Obama to reverse his previous position and provide arms to Ukrainian forces, who are trying to ward off a renewed invasion threat by Russian forces.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 07:04
Vice President Biden told a November 14 Washington conference that the administration is committed to working with Central American countries to create the economic, social, governance and citizen security conditions to address increases in migration.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 07:01
President Obama said Tuesday that despite progress, West Africa is "nowhere near out of the woods" on Ebola.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 07:00
The arrival of Ebola on the Liberian side of the border, Nimba County, with more than 100 cases, turned this border-straddling community into a security risk
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 06:59
Cameroon's military are battling cross-border raids by Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram, as the BBC's Thomas Fessy found out when he joined soldiers on a patrol.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 06:57
Dubbed the “White Widow,” Samantha Lewthwaite – a British convert to Islam who is said to have been involved in the Kenya mall attack last year – is reportedly living in Somalia with her jihadist husband, Marco Costa, a wanted Al-Qaeda suspect, the Daily Mail quoted Kenyan sources as saying.