Helen Cooper

U.S. Says Drone Killed an ISIS Operative
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 06:39
An American drone strike last week killed a midlevel operative with the Islamic State who had been a conduit for the militant group’s outreach to extremists in North Africa, Defense Department officials said on Monday.
U.S. Defense Chief Warns of Al Qaeda’s Gains in Yemen
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 07:00
Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen is seizing territory, exploiting the recent turmoil in the country to capture areas in what has become a broad expansion by the Sunni extremist group, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter of the United States said on Wednesday.
In a Coup in Honduras, Ghosts of Past U.S. Policies
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 00:00
President Obama on Monday strongly condemned the ouster of Honduras's president as an illegal coup that set a "terrible precedent" for the region, as the country's new government defied international calls to return the toppled president to powe