The Los Angeles Times
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 00:00
The conflict in Michoacan may be 1,500 miles away from Southern California, but it is deeply resonant with the more than 1 million residents here who have roots in the central Mexico state
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 00:00
Though a civil-war-style showdown has been averted for now, sporadic gun battles have taken place in the last week between vigilante "self-defense" groups and presumed cartel members
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 11:43
A harsh government crackdown on opponents, including many who follow Gulen's educational and cultural movement, has chilled Erdogan's once warm relations with the White House.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 11:16
According to the official results, voter turnout was 38.6%, slightly more than the unofficial tallies had suggested, and more than 5 percentage points higher than turnout in a constitutional referendum last year during the tenure of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 00:00
There was intense concern Tuesday that members of the violent drug cartel called the Knights Templar were flowing out of their home base in Michoacan
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 00:00
The way a society cares for its prison population is a good index of its values and civility. A cursory inspection of Brazil's penal justice system reveals a culture bordering on sadism
Friday, January 17, 2014 - 13:25
Facing congressional demands for more details, the Obama administration Thursday released to lawmakers the nine-page text of world powers’ latest nuclear deal with Iran.
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 06:06
Hermel is a mostly Shiite Muslim city whose residents are closely allied with the Hezbollah movement, which has dispatched militiamen to Syria to fight on behalf of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 09:12
The turmoil's chilling effect on personal freedoms has also stirred concern in Washington, particularly after the prime minister took a veiled swipe at the U.S. envoy to Turkey last month, in the scandal's early days — a blunt warning against outside meddling.
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 07:02
International leaders, including Vice President Joe Biden and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, were among the many foreign guests.