Conflict
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 08:55
"I think it's disgraceful that they [in the administration] don't have any communications with Congress about what they're doing. And of course what they've done until now is so little. That's also a shame."
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 08:50
The efforts highlight how the White House is grasping for ways to handle the Syrian crisis as U.S.- and Russian-sponsored political talks have stalled, the killing continues unabated, and President Assad is preparing plans for his re-election.
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 07:50
South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, has accepted the formation of an interim government, which includes former vice-president turned rebel leader Riek Machar.
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 07:48
Officials estimate the death toll at 300 in town left unguarded during attempts to rescue missing schoolgirls.
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 07:28
The cost of Somali piracy to the global economy fell by almost half last year as attacks slumped, but piracy in West Africa was on the rise, an annual security report said on Wednesday.
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 07:24
Rebel fighters are believed to have detonated a bomb placed in a tunnel beneath the Carlton Citadel Hotel, near the city's medieval citadel and souk.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 06:48
El coordinador para América Latina de la Matriz de Acuerdos de Paz de la Universidad de Notre Dame (Estados Unidos), Francisco Díez, está en el país para poner a disposición de los negociadores un estudio.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 06:34
The U.S. on Tuesday issued sanctions against two individuals on either side of the deadly conflict in South Sudan that has killed thousands of people and forced more than 1.3 million from their homes in the world’s newest nation.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 06:32
A face-to-face meeting between South Sudan's rival politicians is likely to take place on Friday in Ethiopia, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 06:16
Colombia's Attorney General Eduardo Montealegre said the office was run by a criminal organisation that had intercepted emails from a Farc rebel negotiator and the government.