International Business Times
Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 06:48
Honduran armed forces seized public hospitals and warehouses that stored medicine on Wednesday after a recent graft scandal involving the country’s Social Security Institute prompted them to take measures to ensure that patients had access to drugs.
Mexico Military Spending: Peña Nieto Spent $1 Billion On US Military Equipment To Fight Drug Cartels
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 07:09
Mexico has been buying American military equipment at breakneck speed to aid its ongoing fight with drug cartels. Over the past two years, the United States has sold more than $1 billion in military supplies to the country, reported the Washington Post.
Friday, June 12, 2015 - 06:35
The governments of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras reportedly are planning to pitch a $20 billion fund to boost their economies and curb the migration flows that overwhelmed the southern U.S. border last year.
Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 06:20
The Obama administration is facing increasing pressure over the detention of migrant mothers and children awaiting deportation hearings – a practice condemned by immigrant rights’ groups, Catholic bishops and dozens of congressional Democrats alike. But across the border, Mexico is also feeling the heat as the United Nations urged it this week to end its growing detentions of child migrants.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 05:33
Russian military aircraft were scrambled to head off a US warship that was acting "aggressively" in the Black Sea.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 07:26
he Nigerian army was analyzing video footage found in captured Boko Haram camps that indicates foreign fighters hold positions of power within the Nigerian militant group.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - 07:17
In May alone, more than 411 people, an average of 21 a day, were murdered in El Salvador. Just two months ago, the murder rate surged to its highest level in a decade, with March, El Salvador’s deadliest month in 10 years, recording 481 homicides. Now the country is on track to break that record.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - 07:07
The Islamic State (ISIS) has issued a threat against Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez and her Chilean counterpart Michelle Bachelet in a menacing email sent to the former last month.
Friday, May 15, 2015 - 07:39
A huge, Russian-led military exercise will take place over the next seven days, bringing together the six members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the post-Soviet bloc equivalent to NATO. The exercise, which started Thursday in Tajikistan, comes amid a flurry of U.S.-led NATO exercises that have sprung up across Europe.
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 07:16
As increased fighting on the ground in eastern Ukraine threatens the already fragile ceasefire, members of the U.S. Congress once again are pressing President Barack Obama to request lethal military aid for Ukraine to combat Russian-backed rebels. The president already has ignored a resolution urging lethal U.S. aid for Ukraine that the House passed by 348 to 48 votes.