English
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 06:42
With newly war-tested batteries of drone-killing Patriots, air defenders of Israel Air Force (IAF) Wing 168 are earning equal footing with F-16s in guarding the skies against new and growing unmanned threats.
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 06:35
The commander of Joint Task Force-Bravo and major subordinate commanders welcomed more than 40 key leaders from the Republic of Honduras who participated in Honduran Leaders' Day, Nov. 14.
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 06:33
The Mexican Navy's ARM Baja California (PO 162) ocean patrol vessel finished a two-week deployment to Norfolk, Virginia, on 12 November meant in part to improve international interdiction efforts.
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 06:32
Peru has the second largest number of Mexican prisoners of any country after the United States, the vast majority of whom are held on drug charges, an indication of Peru's growing international role in the drug trade and its importance for Mexican drug cartels.
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 06:26
Egypt seems to be headed back toward the 1960s, when Gamal Abdel Nasser set a precedent for the whole Arab world by creating a police state that brutally suppressed dissidents and instilled fear among its citizens.
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 06:23
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday suspended ongoing peace talks with rebel group FARC on Sunday, hours after the guerrillas had detained a general in west Colombia.
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 06:23
Five Egyptian students were transferred to a military court on Sunday on charges of rioting at a university, a judicial source said, weeks after a law was passed allowing military trials of civilians for damaging state property.
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 06:22
According to the Defence Ministers of Kyrgyzstan and Russia, present circumstances demand that a new defence agreement be finalized between the two countries with the aim of reaching a regional structure to protect Central Asia from the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and Islamic extremism.
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 06:21
Senate Armed Services Committee member Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told reporters this week that Washington should deploy 20,000 US troops to fight the Islamic State. Graham said he would put 10,000 American troops in Iraq and 10,000 in Syria.
In a Friday statement, House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith, D-Wash., sounded bewildered by such calls.
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 06:18
American forces have begun advising Iraqi troops in the western Anbar province, the top U.S. general told Reuters, in a faster-than-expected expansion of an operation that is central to its campaign against Islamic State.