The U.S. Must Remain in Africa's Fight against Boko Haram | National Review

As tempting as it might be to disengage, doing so would be a grave mistake. On Thursday, August 15, the international terrorist group Boko Haram attacked a military base and community in Nigeria, killing three soldiers.

Op-ed: Reversing the landmine ban will explode on us

The first landmine I defused was in Cambodia. Outside of Siem Reap, kids playing in a field found a dulled metal disk the size of tea cup. It was a live Chinese-made Type 72 anti-personnel mine packed with 5.4 kilograms of high explosives, equal measures of TNT and the deadlier RDX.

This former Navy SEAL staged a fire relief mission from a private yacht

Yacht owner Jeff Jampol enlisted the aid of former Navy SEAL Kaj Larsen to launch a short-notice relief mission on November 12 from Catalina Island, sailing to the beaches of Malibu, where homeowners had been stranded as the fast-moving Woolsey Fire cut off road access and destroyed modes of transportation.

A Battle of Two Schoolhouses in Nigeria's War Against Boko Haram

In the weeks before Nigeria's presidential election - just before President Goodluck Jonathan was defeated by former military commander Muhammadu Buhari - VICE News correspondent Kaj Larsen was embedded with Nigeria's army as it battled Boko Haram. The militant Islamist insurgents, whose leader recently pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, are best known for abducting nearly 300 schoolgirls in April 2014.

Mexico: A deadly beat - CNN

Mexico, which has become known for its deadly drug violence, is also one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists.

A Lesson For Mukasey: Why I Had Myself Water-Boarded

As a journalist for Current TV, a former military officer, and a student of public policy I have been involved in the debate about the War on Terror from the frontlines in Afghanistan to the policy discussions of academia.

Will Protests and Donations Save the Chimps of 'Monkey Island'?

I first heard about "Monkey Island" during my time in the US military in Liberia. After more than a decade of being torn apart by two civil wars, the country was rebuilding itself and its army, and I was part of a small contingent of American military advisors sent to train the Liberian Special Forces.

Providing Aid in Conflict Zones Keeps Getting More and More Dangerous

On Monday, a series of aerial bombs struck Sudan's South Kordofan province, home to communities who are sympathetic to the newly formed country of South Sudan. Two bombs in particular struck a hospital run by the humanitarian medical organization Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

'Boko Haram Is a Devil': Embedded with Troops in Nigeria's Ongoing Offensive

VICE's Kaj Larsen Read part one on this series here: A Battle of Two Schoolhouses in Nigeria's War Against Boko Haram was recently embedded with Nigeria's army as members battled Boko Haram. The militant Islamist insurgents have wreaked havoc on cities, towns, villages, and the countryside in northeastern Nigeria.