Overnight News
Check out our overnight news summaries to stay up to date on global news. Analysts working overnight cull news pertaining to international security issues, technology and global weather threats from outlets around the world:
ONS: 27 January 2012
KEY STORYLINES AFRICA: Mali said Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is aiding Tuareg rebels. AMERICAS: The Cuban Communist Party will meet to consider reforms. ASIA: Afghan President Karzai will meet with French President Sarkozy. EUROPE: Russian Deputy FM Ryabkov [...]ONS: 26 January 2012
KEY STORYLINES AFRICA: Nigerian militant group Boko Haram is increasingly expanding ties with militants across Africa AMERICAS: Mexican soldiers held 11 Zetas members ASIA: An Afghan suicide bomber attacked a NATO vehicle, casualties expected EUROPE: British PM Cameron backed a [...]ONS: 25 January 2012
KEY STORYLINES AFRICA: Gaddafi loyalists took control of Bani Walid AMERICAS: Mexican lawmakers demanded an investigation into office wiretapping ASIA: A Pakistani air force jet crashed during a training mission EUROPE: Polish PM Tusk said he will not sign a [...]
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I subscribe to your news alerts. I put them to good use and develop my daily AM public affairs brief to the commanders and their staffs from them. I feel I have much greater situational awareness because of it. In fact, those news alerts have given the division, specifically public affairs, more credibility because we're getting useful information faster than the intelligence staff - and it's open source.
