New York Times
Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 07:01
Afghan opium cultivation again rose to historic levels in 2014, United Nations officials reported on Wednesday. And in a sign of how deeply entwined drug trafficking and the Afghan political system have become, the officials said the protracted elections this year were at least part of the cause.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:05
Insurgents from the Islamic State militant group shot down an Iraqi military helicopter on Wednesday near a refinery town, killing two onboard, Iraqi military officials said.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - 06:29
UKRAINE isn’t the only place where Russia is stirring up trouble. Since the Soviet Union broke up in 1991, Moscow has routinely supported secessionists in bordering states, to coerce those states into accepting its dictates. Its latest such effort is unfolding in the South Caucasus.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 - 07:05
A coalition of political figures from around the world, including Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary general, and several former European and Latin American presidents, is urging governments to decriminalize a variety of illegal drugs and set up regulated drug markets within their own countries.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 - 05:59
An attack by members of the Shabab militant group on a government detention center in Mogadishu on Sunday left at least 12 people dead, including seven attackers, officials said.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 07:55
“I asked, ‘Why are you putting this on?’ ” said Ms. Garcia, 40. “We’re not assassins. We’re not thieves. We’ve come to save our lives”
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 06:23
Iraqi government officials said Sunday that Russian experts had arrived in Iraq to help the army get 12 new Russian warplanes into the fight against Sunni extremists.
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 06:18
A pillar of Kenya’s economy — tourism — has been walloped by a wave of terrorist attacks, including a brazen raid on a coastal village last week that killed more than 40 people.
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 07:19
To debate and pass laws that could open Pemex, the nationalized oil company, to foreign investment, the Mexican Congress scheduled legislative sessions from June 10 to 23, dates precisely coinciding with you know what.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 07:10
Mr. Biden told reporters in Brasília that their conversation about the spying was “candid,” while emphasizing the potential for improving ties. He also handed over to Ms. Rousseff declassified documents related to Brazil’s military dictatorship, which seized power in a 1964 coup supported by the United States.