Counterterrorism
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 12:11
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs convenes to discuss accountability within the State Department for the attacks on the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya one year prior.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 12:10
Iraq is to ask the United States for weapons, training and manpower to help fight the resurgence of al-Qaeda, two years after US troops left the country as security talks broke down.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 12:01
The Tunisia army on Tuesday (October 29th) launched a large-scale operation to track down terrorists in the central Sidi Bouzid region.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 11:33
Former Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer testifies in front of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to propose policy recommendations for the United States in light of Egypt's state of unrest.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 11:10
The Honorable John F. Kerry
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
Washington, DC
The Honorable Chuck Hagel
Secretary of Defense
U.S. Department of Defense
Washington, DC
General Martin E. Dempsey
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Staff Pentagon
Washington, DC
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 10:50
Kevin McAleenan testifies in front of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade to explain the value of preclearance centers to counterterrorism efforts.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 09:37
One of al-Shabaab's top bomb makers was killed Monday (October 28th) in a US drone strike in Middle Jubba in an operation carried out with close co-operation with the Somali government.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 09:33
The U.S. State Department says there are no plans for the U.S. to temporarily deploy Osprey aircraft to Uganda to aid in efforts to hunt down fugitive warlord Joseph Kony.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 09:27
Extremists from three neighbouring countries are fighting in Nigeria's northeastern Islamic uprising, according to an alleged captured extremist whose account reinforces fears that one of Africa's most powerful Islamic militant groups is growing closer to al-Qaida affiliates and that radical movements are spilling across national boundaries.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 09:18
Federal Government of Somalia’s Minister of Interior and National Security Abdikarin Hussein Guled has declared that Somali intelligence officials coordinated the US military drone strike that killed a senior Al Shabaab bomb specialist near the southern Somalia town of Jilib with the US government on Tuesday, Garowe Online reports.