Conflict
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 07:23
In their first interview with the British press since the start of the talks, Farc leaders warned that the process risked breakdown if the US-backed Colombian government believed it could achieve the guerrillas' surrender, refused to guarantee the rights and security of the opposition or continued to kill guerrilla commanders in the field.
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 07:00
Three years after Western powers helped Libyan rebels overthrow dictator Moammar Gaddafi, they have at least temporarily abandoned efforts on the ground to bolster Libya’s foundering democracy.
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 06:58
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that “all available evidence” suggested that Israeli artillery had hit a United Nations school in Gaza full of civilians who thought they were in a safe zone.
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 06:34
After years in which Israel’s prevailing approach to the Gaza Strip was a simple “quiet for quiet” demand, there is growing momentum around a new formula, “reconstruction for demilitarization.”
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 06:15
The flamboyant son of Senegal's ex-President Abdoulaye Wade has called himself a "political prisoner" during his first appearance at a special court trying him on corruption charges.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 11:15
Secretary of State John F. Kerry announced today that the United States is providing nearly $378 million in additional U.S. aid to help those affected by the war in Syria. With this funding, total U.S. humanitarian assistance since the start of the crisis will reach more than $2.4 billion; with $1.2 billion helping over 4.7 million people inside Syria, and $1.2 billion helping nearly 3 million refugees and host communities in the neighboring countries affected by the crisis.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 06:59
53,7 % de los encuestados no aceptarían una hipotética victoria de las Farc en las elecciones locales de 2015, frente a un 35,1 % que si lo haría
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 06:50
El general (r) Javier Rey Navas le pidió a la CIDH que requiera al Estado colombiano para que informe si los miembros de las Fuerzas Militares serán considerados como víctimas
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 06:36
The mine [in the Central African Republic], owned by Canada's Axmin, was overrun by the mainly Muslim Seleka rebels more than year ago. It now forms part of an illicit economy driving sectarian conflict, despite the presence of thousands of French and African peacekeepers.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 06:33
“Alfonso Cano debió haber sido capturado y entregado a los jueces para ser sometido a una causa penal con arreglo a las leyes”, sostuvo Timochenko.