Conflict
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 07:20
n the documentary, journalist Rodrigo Vasquez talks to government negotiators, FARC commanders taking part in peace talks, members of the military, demobilized FARC and paramilitary commanders, and victims.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 07:18
During President Barack Obama ’s first term, some members of his National Security Council lobbied to pull a U.S. fighter squadron out of an air base in Qatar to protest the emirate’s support of militant groups in the Mideast.
Monday, February 23, 2015 - 08:52
Secretary of State John Kerry announcing the new Special Envoy for the Colombian Peace Process Bernie Aronson.
Monday, February 23, 2015 - 07:44
A week ago, the former president of the Maldives warned that the island nation was on a “dangerous and precarious slide” towards authoritarianism and called on the international community to consider introducing sanctions against its leadership.
Monday, February 23, 2015 - 07:24
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday praised the United States government for appointing top official Bernie Aronson the North American country’s envoy to peace talks with rebel group FARC.
Monday, February 23, 2015 - 05:29
The United States condemns the detention of Caracas Metropolitan Mayor Antonio Ledezma by Venezuelan security forces, as well as the systematic intimidation of other leading opposition figures. These actions appear to be a clear attempt by the Venezuelan government to divert attention from the country’s economic and political challenges.
Friday, February 20, 2015 - 07:23
No Central Asian country, Turkmenistan included, has been spared the sight of its citizens fighting in Syria for the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant". International Crisis Group (ICG) officials confirmed the presence of Turkmens in ISIL.
Friday, February 20, 2015 - 06:06
A U.S. missionary has been detained in Colombia for alleged collaboration with the country’s main leftist rebel group. the FARC.
Friday, February 20, 2015 - 06:03
The mayor of Venezuela's capital, Antonio Ledezma, has been arrested amid accusations of a coup attempt.
Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 07:05
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States, O.A.S. Jose Miguel Insulza, has said that the freeing of Venezuelan political opposition leaders would facilitate conditions for a dialogue to help that country overcome its crisis.