Counterterrorism
Monday, August 4, 2014 - 07:05
More than three years after killing Osama bin Laden and claiming that the core of al-Qaida had been decimated, the Obama administration is waging a protracted war with his disciples across north and sub-Saharan Africa.
Friday, August 1, 2014 - 14:24
This week, House Republicans pushed off voting for the U.S./Mexico border supplemental package, Congress debated increasing funding for vetted Syrian rebels, Nigeria reportedly purchased attack and transport helicopters and U.S. Central Command visited Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. . Read these highlights and more below.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Friday, August 1, 2014 - 08:53
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) along with 30 members of the House Armed Services Committee have sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urging him to bring the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Mark of the Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to the Senate floor for a vote.
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 06:34
“We teach them that what they are doing is a total misunderstanding of the Islamic religion, that Prophet Mohamed was compassionate, he even lived together with the non-Muslims in Medina,” said the headteacher Sulaiman Saiki. “We teach them tolerance.”
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 09:58
The Pentagon is using a mix of manned and unmanned intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) assets to monitor the ongoing situation in Iraq, a top US Air Force general said today.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - 06:40
In its determination to eliminate terrorism and smoke out Boko Haram members from their hide outs in parts of the North East and North West, the Federal Government has ordered 40 attack and transport helicopters from the United States of America and Russia.
Monday, July 28, 2014 - 07:04
Information Minister Issa Tchiroma says Cameroon has increased its troop level at the border with neighboring Nigeria to 3,000, vowing the administration in Yaoundé will go to any extent to prevent Boko Haram militants from using the country as a base to launch attacks on neighboring countries.
Thursday, July 24, 2014 - 07:08
The United Arab Emirates has revised its 10-year-old counterterrorism law to respond to evolving threats.
Thursday, July 24, 2014 - 06:47
The U.S. has increased surveillance efforts and has sent additional military advisers to Iraq to better aid national forces and understand the expanding extremist insurgency there, officials told Congress on Wednesday.