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No plans to bolster US forces in Mideast: Panetta

Sep 16, 2012 (AFP)

The US military has no major plans to bolster its forces in the Middle East despite a week of violent protests targeting diplomatic outposts, Defense Secretary ...

FARC ready for peace, top Colombia rebel says

Sep 15, 2012 (AFP)

Leftist FARC rebels are determined to reach a deal when they meet with Colombian officials in Norway next month to negotiate an end their decades-long insurgenc...

US gears up for Libya manhunt after consulate attack

Sep 14, 2012 (AFP)

US military and intelligence agencies have launched an elaborate manhunt in Libya against the militants suspected of staging the most serious assault on an Amer...

U.N. urges Colombia not to concede to FARC

Sep 13, 2012 (UPI)

Colombia shouldn't concede to FARC demands for an amnesty or pardon as the government of President Juan Manuel Santos prepares for talks with the rebel group in...

Yemeni, Somali chiefs survive death squads

Sep 13, 2012 (UPI)

Wednesday's killing of the U.S. ambassador in Libya grabbed world headlines but Yemen's defense minister and Somalia's new president have both been targets of b...

YouTube curbs access to film blamed for violence

Sep 12, 2012 (AFP)

The video-sharing website YouTube said Wednesday it was restricting access in Libya and Egypt to a film that has sparked anti-US protests. "This video -- which ...

U.S. envoy slaying and the terror threat

Sep 12, 2012 (UPI)

The killing of the U.S. envoy to Libya and an abortive August attack in the Sinai desert by suicide bombers seeking to trigger trouble between Israel and Egypt ...

911 attacks on US inspired 'fierce determination': Panetta

Sep 11, 2012 (AFP)

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta hailed the "fierce determination" that emerged from the attacks of September 11, 2001, praising those who volunteered to serve...

Charity to refuse proceeds from US Navy SEAL's book

Sep 06, 2012 (AFP)

A charity for US Navy SEALs says it will refuse any proceeds from a book by an ex-commando who took part in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, after the Pent...

Peru says Shining Path rebel commander killed in clash

Sep 05, 2012 (AFP)

A senior commander of the Shining Path rebel group in Peru was killed Wednesday in a clash with the army, President Ollanta Humala said. He identified the comma...

US commander denounces SEALs who try to cash in

Sep 04, 2012 (AFP)

A top US officer in charge of elite SEAL units voiced outrage Tuesday that some troops are cashing in on their "celebrity" status, denouncing a commando's new b...

Norway PM apologizes for terror response

Aug 30, 2012 (UPI)

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has apologized for the government's poor response following last year's terror attacks by a right-wing extremist. Sayi...

Mexico shooting highlights US role in drug war

Aug 29, 2012 (AFP)

CIA operatives? US Drug Enforcement Agency agents? US defense contractors? Speculation is rife in Mexico over the identity of two US government employees whose ...

Colombia orders 21 soldiers arrested for civilian murders

Aug 23, 2012 (AFP)

Colombian prosecutors have ordered the arrest of 21 soldiers for their role in the murders of three civilians who were falsely reported to have been killed in c...

Mexico worried about U.S. arms plan

Aug 22, 2012 (UPI)

Talks on transferring some of Afghanistan's arms surpluses to the U.S.-Mexico border have raised concerns some weapons will end up in arsenals of drug cartels a...

Nigeria to pursue Boko Haram financiers

Aug 22, 2012 (UPI)

The Nigerian government is considering targeting Boko Haram's strategists and financiers as a possible means of stemming rising violence in the country. In an i...

Guantanamo 9/11 hearings postponed due to storm

Aug 22, 2012 (AFP)

The US military said Wednesday it has postponed preliminary hearings for the trial of alleged September 11 plotters held at Guantanamo Bay because of Tropical S...

Taking the edge off a pipe bomb - literally

Aug 21, 2012 (SPX)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate's (S and T) new low-cost device for dismantling dangerous pipe bombs may look like ...

Nigeria oppposes U.S. terror listing

Aug 16, 2012 (UPI)

Nigeria's ambassador to the United States outlined his government concerns about the United States listing Boko Haram as a terrorist organization. Nigeria is op...

Ex-officers slam Obama over leaks on Bin Laden raid

Aug 15, 2012 (AFP)

A group of former CIA spies and US special forces troops on Tuesday launched a political attack on President Barack Obama, accusing him of overseeing reckless l...