Julian Borger
Friday, November 4, 2016 - 06:56
In a letter to secretary of state John Kerry and defense secretary Ash Carter, Congressman Ted Lieu, said the administration’s insistence it is not taking part in target selection for coalition sorties – many of which have hit hospitals and schools – does not excuse the US from legal responsibility.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016 - 07:10
The U.S. has called for an end to airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen at a UN security council meeting, but critics pointed out that Washington continues to supply arms and provide other military support to Saudi Arabia.
Friday, September 30, 2016 - 08:02
US officials have confirmed they are supplying arms to a Kurdish-led coalition in Syria, angering Turkey and jeopardising a precarious common front in the war against Islamic State extremists.
Friday, September 9, 2016 - 07:12
The Obama administration has offered to sell $115bn worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia over its eight years in office, more than any previous US administration, according to a new report.
Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 12:41
An examination of how countries around the world affected by civil war or internal conflict have approached justice
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 00:00
"As many other Latin Americans, I fought against authoritarianism and censorship and I cannot but defend, in an uncompromising fashion, the right to privacy of individuals and the sovereignty of my country," the Brazilian president said.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 00:00
Brownfield, a long-serving ambassador in Latin America, predicted that a rival cartel would now wrest the Zetas' dominant position in the drugs trade, and that US and Mexican policy would then be to target the usurper, and so on.