“Blakeman’s militia is illegal and a clear threat to public safety.” Democrats, who are the minority in the county legislature, also complain Blakeman’s office has ignored their public ...

A Rwanda-backed militia seized the pivotal Congolese city of Goma this week, threatening a new humanitarian crisis after decades of fighting. By Elian Peltier Reporting from Dakar, Senegal.

The Attorney General argued that a Zimbabwean militia member should be granted asylum in the UK. In 2012, Lord Hermer fought for a former member of the “wanton, sadistic, and brutal” Zanu PF ...

Myanmar rebel group the Arakan Army has confessed to beheading two prisoners, in a rare admission of deadly violence as it fights the ruling junta to maintain control of the country’s western ...

Michel Thill is a Senior Program Officer for swisspeace, a Basel University affiliated practice and research institute dedicated to advancing effective peacebuilding. swisspeace receives funding ...

The M23 militia, funded and directed by Rwanda, said it had seized the city of Goma, terrifying its people, many of whom sought shelter there after fleeing the rebel advance. By Caleb Kabanda and ...

The streets were almost deserted, with the exception of groups of retreating pro-DRC militia fighters. As gunfire rang out, a resident on a motorbike told others to turn back. The DRC and Rwanda ...

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First, Congress has the power "To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions." But the President, as Commander in Chief of ...

Jan. 23 (UPI) --President Donald Trump moved on Wednesday to re-designate the Iran-proxy Houthi militia as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, as he continues to undo the policies of former ...

Two militia groups clashed in the Arab Maghreb Tourist Village (formerly known as the Regatta Tourist Village) in the Siahiya area of west Tripoli yesterday. Damage was caused to nearby houses, but at ...