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Kenya police deployment to Haiti: What’s next?
Haitian gangs that control parts of the country have announced a coordinated effort to oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry
Obama directive expands national security
A soon-to-be-released presidential directive reflects an effort by the White House to be better prepared to meet 21st-century threats.
France won’t back Ukraine, Georgia Nato bids
France will not support bids by the former Soviet republics of Georgia and Ukraine to become members of Nato, putting it at odds with the United States, French Prime Minister…
Out-of-control spy satellite is plunging to Earth
A large American spy satellite is expected to fall to Earth some time in the next month, officials said on Saturday. It is unclear where the space debris might come down, but it…
Iranian boats provoke US Navy ships
Iranian speedboats swarmed three United States navy ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, radioing a threat to blow them up and prompting a stiff US warning…
FBI chief Hoover planned to jail 12 000
It all sounds familiar. A newly proclaimed war in a far-off land, the suspension of habeas corpus, and mass arrests of ”potentially dangerous” individuals to protect the nation…
How intelligence expert rewrote book on Iran
The intelligence came from an exotic variety of sources: there was the so-called Laptop of Death; there was the Iranian commander who mysteriously disappeared in Turkey. But…
Ahmadinejad steps up rhetoric against critics at home
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s President, raised domestic tensions over the country’s nuclear policy to higher levels on Monday by labelling his opponents ”traitors” who are working…
Pakistan’s Musharraf announces election date
Pakistani national elections will take place before February 15, President Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday, after Western allies and opponents had demanded polls be held on…
Turkey battles Kurd rebels, mulls sanctions against Iraq
The Turkish army on Wednesday said it killed 15 Kurdish separatists near the Iraqi border, as ministers discussed possible economic sanctions against Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish…
Turkey masses more troops as raids in Iraq confirmed
Turkish warplanes and troops attacked Kurdish rebels inside Iraq this week, security sources said on Wednesday, but Ankara wants to hold back from any major incursion for now and…
Blast kills eight, wounds many at Philippine mall
A bomb explosion in an upscale shopping mall in the Philippine capital, Manila, on Friday killed eight people and wounded more than 100, police and local officials said. Police…
Iran brushes off Bush’s ‘World War III’ warning
Iran on Thursday shrugged off a warning by United States President George Bush that its nuclear programme could lead to ”World War III”, saying his remarks only served to show up…
NGO: Statistics show fight against crime not working
Recent crime statistics show that whatever is being done to fight crime in South Africa is not working, an expert said on Friday. ”It shows us that there is something wrong with…