Conflict
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 08:04
Sudanese authorities released opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi on Sunday, Sudan's State Minister of Information Yasser Youssef told Reuters.
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 07:55
Si tiene éxito en La Habana la negociación de los dos temas faltantes (víctimas y fin del conflicto) faltará el veredicto de los colombianos para aprobar o rechazar lo acordado.
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 07:50
The border between Iraq and Syria may have effectively disappeared, but the dynamics driving the civil wars in those nations are not identical. In Syria, an oppressed majority is rising up; in Iraq, an oppressed minority.
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 07:21
Santos got 53 percent of the votes for candidates, against 47 percent for right-wing challenger Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, the hand-picked candidate of former two-term President Alvaro Uribe.
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 07:09
Zuluaga's strong support in the election shows how tough it will be for Santos to win the nation's approval in a future referendum if a peace deal is signed and for it to pass through Congress.
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 06:34
The American Embassy in Baghdad plans to evacuate a substantial number of its personnel this week in the face of a militant advance that rapidly swept from the north toward the capital, the State Department announced on Sunday.
Friday, June 13, 2014 - 12:01
This week, Iraq lost control of its second largest city, Mosul to ISIS, which has seen Iran and the United States prepare for potential military responses to help the Iraqi security forces. Meanwhile, an Egyptian court sentences 25 activists for 15 years in prison for violating the country's protest law leading to a strong response by the U.S. State Department.
Friday, June 13, 2014 - 07:35
In addition to voter ambivalence over the peace talks, Santos also is fighting low voter confidence in his government and the perception that overall conditions in Colombia have worsened since he took office.
Friday, June 13, 2014 - 07:27
If the talks eventually succeed, it could mean the sudden demobilization of 7,000 to 10,000 FARC combatants — men and women who would need counseling, social services and, most important, jobs decent enough to keep them from parlaying their military training into high-paid work for Colombia's drug mafias.