Conflict
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:48
Las conversaciones, que se iniciaron en la capital cubana en noviembre de 2012, fueron suspendidas durante los procesos electorales al Congreso, al Senado y a las presidenciales del país.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:12
Dutch troops have joined a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali to meet a growing security threat from the region to the Netherlands, and Europe as a whole that "softer" approaches can no longer contain, the Dutch foreign minister said.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:10
The United States will expand sanctions on groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo, making it easier to target those who are trying to instigate violence and disrupt peacekeeping efforts in that country, the White House announced on Tuesday.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:08
Israeli aircraft are targeting houses in the Gaza Strip as never before, firing precision-guided missiles into family living rooms. They have killed at least five known militants with the tactic — but they appear to have killed more civilians, including a growing number of women and children.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:06
As the fighting between Hamas and Israel intensified, the Obama administration publicly defended Israel’s right to carry out airstrikes to stop Hamas’s rockets while privately cautioning it against ordering a ground attack into Gaza.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:04
The latest outbreak of fighting in Yemen could jeopardize the country’s continued existence as a unified state. On July 8, the Shi’ite al Houthi tribal movement, reportedly armed and supported by Iran, solidified its control of the strategic city of Amran, only 40 km north of the capital, Sana’a.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:03
Bahraini authorities summoned two prominent opposition activists for questioning Wednesday in connection with their meeting with a U.S. diplomat who was ordered to leave the Gulf island nation this week.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:01
The American-supported Free Syrian Army was forced to withdraw from a key city on the Iraq-Syria border last week after its pleas for help went unanswered by the United States.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 09:29
Seven months of conflict have put a damper on the third anniversary of Africa’s newest country, South Sudan.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 09:03
The White House voiced support for an Israeli military offensive targeting Hamas, saying Israel had "a right to defend itself" against "vicious" rocket attacks emanating from the Gaza Strip.