International Community
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 07:36
“Russia considers it necessary for the OSCE to conduct reforms and establish order in the election monitoring,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at today’s conference.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 06:29
The U.N. humanitarian chief, Valerie Amos, on Friday chastised both sides for failing to improve access along the lines laid out in an Oct. 2 U.N. statement and described the situation as a “race against time.”
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 12:26
Conventionally, the largest camps on use of military force say that it is warranted – only after an armed attack (camp one) or preempting an imminent attack.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 11:49
“The two countries have come to the joint understanding that Norway is not the most suitable location for this destruction,” the statement said.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 08:56
Opposition parties in The Gambia have for the first time jointly reacted to a recent government statement that accused Britain and the United States of America of leading a “shameless campaign of lying” against it, and labeled the United Democratic Party (UDP) as a Mandingo group.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 00:00
At a hearing in Geneva, European and some Latin American countries were the most vocal in their criticism, and in demanding that Mexico thoroughly investigate all disappearances.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 13:27
“We live like stray dogs,” one man said in an All Africa article, explaining what it’s like in the Central African Republic (CAR) these days.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 13:21
Let me begin by first explaining why security assistance is an essential part of the State Department’s mandate. There is sometimes confusion about where security assistance roles begin and end between the Departments of Defense and State. And many often wonder why the State Department is involved at all in “harder” security related areas. The reason is fairly straightforward: security assistance has broad foreign policy implications. It is not just that weapons can be used in a conflict and therefore must be dealt with very carefully. It is that the distribution of security assistance is fundamentally a foreign policy act.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 12:09
The U.S. Department of State is celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 11:59
His role in Yemeni politics has expanded from that of a mere referee between two competing factions to actually calling the shots.