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Brazilian police arrest alleged Hezbollah financier

Brazilian police have arrested a man designated by the U.S. Treasury Department as a high-ranking Hezbollah financier after neighboring Paraguay sought his detention on identity theft charges, authorities in Brazil said on Friday. In [...]
Internal Security

The Coming Crime Wars

Wars are on the rebound. There are twice as many civil conflicts today, for example, as there were in 2001. And the number of nonstate armed groups participating in the bloodshed is multiplying. According [...]
America

U.S. sanctions China for buying Russian fighter jets, missiles

The Trump administration imposed sanctions on the Chinese military on Thursday for buying fighter jets and missile systems from Russia, in breach of a sweeping U.S. sanctions law punishing Moscow for meddling in the [...]
Counter Terrorism

Detained terror defendants were ‘on the verge’ of launching attack, Dutch prosecutors say

Two Islamist militants arrested in June on terror charges were on the verge of carrying out attacks at an iconic Rotterdam bridge and at an undisclosed location in France, Dutch prosecutors said today at [...]
America

The End of a “Strategic” Relationship? How American-Turkish Relations Hit Historic Lows

The onset of fall finds American-Turkish relations undergoing the most severe crisis in their history. In August, the Trump administration slapped sanctions on Turkey and imposed tariffs on some Turkish imports. These steps sent [...]

Terror attacks down but global threat more ‘complex’, says US report

September 20, 2018 0

The near-defeat of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has forced a dispersal of the militant group that has made the global threat of terror attacks much more complex, the US State […]

U.S.-China Competition and the Taiwan Tripwire

September 19, 2018 0

Under the Trump administration, U.S.-China relations have moved rapidly and dramatically from a prevailing mood of engagement to one of sharp rivalry. The arena has been primarily economics (trade and investment) as the administration […]

North and South Korea commit to ‘era of no war’

September 19, 2018 0

The two Koreas said they were taking a step closer to peace by signing a joint military agreement that removes the threat of conflict on the Peninsula. “The era of no war has started,” […]

Red Cross says Boko Haram has killed aid worker in Nigeria

September 18, 2018 0

Boko Haram extremists have killed a Red Cross worker who was abducted earlier this year during an attack in the Kala Balge government area in northern Nigeria’s Borno State, the International Committee of the […]

UPDATE: Russia says Israel indirectly to blame for downing of IL-20 off Syrian Coast

September 18, 2018 0

Russia on Tuesday accused Israel of a hostile provocation and threatened retaliation after blaming Israel for indirectly causing a Russian military plane to be shot down near Syria’s Mediterranean coast. Russia’s defense ministry, in […]

Strategic Implications of the Syrian Offensive in Idlib

September 18, 2018 0

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces appear poised to launch an offensive operation to retake all or portions of Syria’s last major remaining oppositionist stronghold in the Idlib province. All major players in this looming […]

Brazilian police arrest alleged Hezbollah financier

by dafz54s in South America 0

Brazilian police have arrested a man designated by the U.S. Treasury Department as a high-ranking Hezbollah financier after neighboring Paraguay sought his detention on identity theft charges, authorities in Brazil said on Friday. In [...]