The work of private military and security contractors is extremely controversial from the point of view of international law and of practice. Sometimes there are doubts as to whether some of their activities should be considered legal activities or illegal mercenarism. Like any other entities using force, they can violate human rights as well as […]
The US was supposed to leave Afghanistan by 2017. Now it might take decades. Top U.S. military commanders, who only a few months ago were planning to pull the last American troops out of Afghanistan by year's end, are now quietly talking about an American commitment that could keep thousands of troops in the country […]
According to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), it is providing nearly $68 million for emergency food assistance, to reach approximately 2.5 million Sudanese as well as refugees from South Sudan and other neighboring states. This assistance will be delivered through the World Food Program, which will help address the complex emergency arising from […]
The Amundsen–Scott Station is located at the South Pole, the southernmost place on the Earth. It is the only place on the land surface of the Earth where the sun is continuously up for six months and then continued down for six months. (The only other such place is at the North Pole, on the […]
According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, DynCorp International, LLC, of Fort Worth, Texas, protests the award of a contract to URS Federal Services, Inc., under request for proposals (RFP) No. W58RGZ-14-R-0270, which was issued by the Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, Redstone, for aviation field maintenance support services. DynCorp challenges the Army's evaluation […]