Friday Emerging Threats

From my UPI Emerging Threats beat. Click on headlines to read stories.

TBILISI, Georgia, March 27 (UPI) — The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Friday graduated a class of officers from Georgia after the completion of a border-security course.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 27 (UPI) — The United Nations is again calling on the Sri Lankan government and rebels in the north to allow an evacuation of civilians trapped in the two sides’ conflict.

LYON, France, March 27 (UPI) — The head of Interpol has announced plans to travel to Latin America in a move to strengthen the international policing organization’s cooperation in the region.

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, March 27 (UPI) — A training course hosted by Turkmenistan aimed at improving travel-document security to counter criminal movement through Central Asia concluded Friday.

WASHINGTON, March 27 (UPI) — The United States and Morocco are commemorating 15 years of strategic cooperation on efforts to promote nuclear non-proliferation.

Thursday Emerging Threats

From my UPI Emerging Threats beat. Click on headlines to read stories.

DEVONPORT, England, March 26 (UPI) — The British Royal Navy’s HMS Northumberland has concluded a six-month deployment protecting aid ships from piracy in the volatile Gulf of Aden.

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass., March 26 (UPI) — A U.S. Air Force unit is rapidly developing new applications for the Eagle Vision program to aid troop deployments.

LONDON, March 26 (UPI) — With increased dependence on the Internet and information technology infrastructure, a cyberattack could devastate society, London-based Chatham House said.

BRUSSELS, March 26 (UPI) — Ending the conflict with the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia will require political negotiations, an International Crisis Group report said.

ED DAMAZIN, Sudan, March 26 (UPI) — A process to reintegrate more than 180,000 former Sudanese militants back into civil society is now under way, the United Nations said Thursday.