Newsweek
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 07:23
Fighter jets from the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen struck two houses with bombs in the country's capital, Sanaa, on Tuesday killing 20 people, mostly civilians, medics and local officials confirmed to Reuters.
Monday, September 14, 2015 - 06:46
Russia began its largest military exercise of 2015 on Monday, with some 95,000 troops taking part, state media agency TASS reports.
Monday, August 31, 2015 - 06:01
Plan Colombia is a joint effort by the Colombian and U.S. governments, initiated in 1999 to end the armed conflict, ongoing since the 1960s, between left-wing guerrilla groups like the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and governmental forces.
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 06:17
President Ilham Aliyev's increasing repression is sounding alarms across Europe and in the USA. On 13 April 45 former US officials, experts, organizations and activists wrote to John Kerry, the US Secretary of State.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - 06:41
After nearly a decade of training, equipping and paying for Afghanistan's security forces, the United States has no idea how many Afghan soldiers and police are currently serving or how effective they are at fighting the Taliban.
Thursday, April 9, 2015 - 06:57
Pro-Russian separatists have been put on “full alert” for a major offensive that Ukrainian and U.S. military officials anticipate will happen in the next two months, a Ukrainian military spokesman said in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 07:27
Over the past nine years, more than 20,000 people have vanished, according to government statistics. Most, analysts say, have been kidnapped or murdered by drug traffickers or "disappeared" by corrupt members of Mexican law enforcement.
Thursday, April 2, 2015 - 07:33
ISIS have released a new issue of its recruitment magazine which is focused solely on expanding its presence across Africa, as the terror group’s propaganda strategy continues to develop. The release, titled Shariah Alone Will Rule Africa, speaks of the ‘Libyan Arena’, Tunisia, Algeria, the Sinai Peninsula and West Africa.
Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 06:42
A resurgence of fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh has led to analysts warning of escalating hostilities and even an “accidental war” between the two countries. They also indicate that Russia could use the conflict as a way to consolidate power in the region
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 06:56
Behind the jokes, however, is the deadly serious responsibility of the CIA and Defense Department to vet Syrians before they receive covert American training, aid and arms. But according to U.S. counterterrorism veterans, a system that worked pretty well during four decades of the Cold War has been no match for the linguistic, cultural, tribal and political complexities of the Middle East, especially now in Syria.