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Monday, November 17, 2014 - 06:15
U.S. defense officials say they are taking steps to more quickly boost the capabilities of Iraqi security forces to counter Islamic State militants, including using American troops already in Iraq to open new training bases.
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 06:13
The Pentagon has authorized 2,100 Army Reserve and Army National Guard soldiers to be sent to West Africa to help with international efforts to stop the spread of Ebola.
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 06:13
The Obama administration has been weighing plans to escalate the CIA’s role in arming and training fighters in Syria, a move aimed at accelerating covert U.S. support to moderate rebel factions while the Pentagon is preparing to establish its own training bases, U.S. officials said.
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 06:12
Sudan has refused to let U.N. and African Union peacekeepers visit a village in the western Darfur region to investigate allegations of mass rape for the second time this month, saying it was skeptical about the motives for the visit.
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 06:10
Despite a cease-fire in July and a United Nations mission in September that raised hopes of restoring order, the crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) flared up again last month.
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 06:06
Tens of thousands of people rallied in Georgia's capital on Saturday to protest a planned agreement between Russia and Georgia's separatist province.
Friday, November 14, 2014 - 10:36
During a visit to Washington in late July, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández and Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina jointly called for a regional security initiative modeled on Plan Colombia in response to the rampant violence sweeping their countries. In an October 29th Congressional briefing, human rights advocates from Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico and Colombia made a distinctly different appeal.
Friday, November 14, 2014 - 09:13
Many things have changed since President Obama announced in May that the U.S. would leave no more than 9,800 troops in Afghanistan next year.
Friday, November 14, 2014 - 09:04
The last time a Pakistani army chief visited Washington, he got an earful from U.S. leaders worried that he was not a reliable partner in efforts to combat militant groups responsible for devastating attacks in Afghanistan.
Friday, November 14, 2014 - 09:02
Eight northern European nations agreed on Thursday to step up cooperation to counter an increase in Moscow's military activity that has included a tripling of NATO intercepts of Russian jets this year.