From my UPI Emerging Threats beat. Click on headlines to view stories.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 27 (UPI) — Violence in Colombia’s northeast is forcing indigenous people to flee into neighboring Venezuela, prompting calls from the United Nations to secure the region.
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Jan. 27 (UPI) — The head of the United Nations said clashes Monday between the Sudanese government and rebel forces in the Darfur region of the country threaten peace.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 27 (UPI) — A deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda could escalate a humanitarian crisis in the region, according to the International Crisis Group.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jan. 27 (UPI) — The ongoing Sri Lankan military operation targeting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam militant group is increasingly overwhelming humanitarian capabilities.
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Jan. 27 (UPI) — A British Royal Marine-led operation targeting a Taliban command post in Afghanistan’s Helmand province uncovered a major weapons cache.
Tuesday Security Industry
From my UPI Security Industry beat. Click on headlines to view stories.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 27 (UPI) — U.S. companies Scalable Network Technologies Inc. and VT MAK announced the launch of a new battlefield simulation technology for network-centric warfare.
ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 27 (UPI) — U.S. company CACI International Inc. has received approximately $114 million in contracts for the delivery of information technology solutions.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 27 (UPI) — Utah-based Kairos Autonomi announced the launch of a new shield designed to add protections for optionally unmanned ground vehicle technologies.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 27 (UPI) — The U.S. Air Force has contracted Rolls-Royce to continue development of Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engines.
OSHKOSH, Wis., Jan. 27 (UPI) — The U.S. Army has signed a research agreement with Oshkosh Defense to further develop unmanned ground vehicle technologies.
ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 27 (UPI) — The U.S. Defense Department’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency has contracted RedXDefense for portable threat detection technologies.
GREENLAWN, N.Y., Jan. 27 (UPI) — The U.S. Army has contracted BAE Systems and Thales to develop a technology to reduce casualties from friendly fire.
Steven Russell Davy 