Security
Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 05:19
The European Union and Kazakhstan are set to have closer economic relations starting May 1, when a partnership agreement negotiated in December takes effect, top officials said March 30.
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 17:05
A security crisis in Central Asia has yet again raised questions about the efficacy of Russia's post-Soviet security bloc, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, to maintain peace in the region.
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 06:28
The Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (CSPA) should be fairly straightforward: the law bans the United States from providing military assistance or arms sales to governments that use children in combat. Simply put, if a country’s government uses child soldiers, it cannot receive military support from the United States.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 05:15
Turkmenistan's armed forces are conducting unprecedented large-scale, unannounced exercises, an indication of the growing importance the country's government is placing on its defense.
Monday, March 28, 2016 - 07:24
The unceasing drumbeat of deadly violence in notoriously rough Ciudad Delgado highlights the failure of the government’s "Plan El Salvador Seguro" to provide quick relief to the country’s security woes.
Monday, March 28, 2016 - 07:23
A video purportedly made by El Salvador’s main street gangs is offering an end to killings in the country and asks the government not to continue an anti-gang offensive.
Friday, March 25, 2016 - 06:31
The wave of attacks against leftist groups began in late February, and has already claimed 16 murder victims and 54 other instances of “threats and persecution” according to MOVICE, a Colombian human rights organization.
Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 07:01
A senior Defense Department official told U.S. lawmakers Wednesday that Americans have been killed by detainees who were released from the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 06:44
The United States and Argentina signed agreements on trade, security and narcotics Tuesday, before Presidents Barack Obama and Argentine President Mauricio Macri held a joint news conference.
Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 06:41
Uzbek and Kyrgyz officials have placed armored vehicles and soldiers near a disputed border area as heightened tensions have prompted the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to meet in Moscow.