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by Friedrich Seiltgen New to the micro compact pistol segment is the FN Reflex, from FN America, the U.S. subsidiary of leading firearms manufacturer FN Herstal. Founded In 1889, Fabrique Nationale was created in order to manufacture 150,000 Mauser model 89 rifles for the Belgian army. A key player in …

by Heath Hansen Soldier of Fortune correspondent Heath Hansen has written about his missions with Arizona Border Recon (AZBR), a volunteer group that gathers intelligence along the US-Mexico border, and shares the information with federal authorities. Over the years, AZBR has provided intelligence that has led to the apprehension of …

by Joseph Hammond ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — As another year of drought looms in Somalia and famine stalks many rural communities, the prayers for rain have already begun. Horn of Africa faith-based organizations are increasingly playing a prominent role in responding to a potentially massive famine that has received little …

Ukrainian defenders continue to hold their strategic positions in Bakhmut, a senior military commander has said after Russia claimed it had made advances in the city that has been the epicenter of a fierce monthslong battle for the control of the eastern Donetsk region. “We hit the enemy, often unexpectedly …

As more countries safely evacuate their diplomats from Sudan, American citizens who are stranded in the conflict-ridden African nation have been told to continue sheltering in place amid the violence. READ MORE about the conflict inside Sudan. Some 16,000 Americans are registered as being inside Sudan, plus many others who …

American special operations forces evacuated U.S. diplomats and their families from the embassy in Khartoum early Sunday, according to the State Department. The operation inside war-torn Sudan took less than an hour, officials said. About 70 Americans were airlifted from the embassy to Ethiopia, officials said. Diplomatic colleagues from other …

As the situation inside Sudan continues to deteriorate, U.S. embassy personnel are under a shelter-in-place order, and announced that they cannot give emergency help to Americans inside the war-torn country. An American citizen was killed, and U.S. troops are being stationed in the region for potentially evacuating diplomatic staff, officials …

Federal police raided the office of a high ranking intelligence official with the Department of Homeland Security, and escorted the man from his Washington, D.C. office for questioning, according to a report published on Wednesday. The official reportedly heads the homeland security office that tracks cartel activity, fentanyl smuggling, human …

by Mike Eckel, RFE/RL In the Sudanese capital, civilians cower behind interior walls, fearing flying window glass and stray bullets. Commerce in Khartoum has ground to a halt. Water and electricity outages are widespread. Pitched battles have broken out near the airport and other parts of the city of 5 …

by Susan Katz Keating A hazardous response team from the National Guard was brought in last month to help deal with a rash of fentanyl overdoses that swept through a county jail in Washington state. The drug overdoses killed two inmates and overwhelmed four others who had to be revived, …