Conflict
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 10:04
Gunmen shot, hacked and burned to death at least 100 people and razed homes in central Nigeria, a region riven by disputes over land, religion and ethnicity, local officials and witnesses said on Sunday.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 10:02
Al-Shabab says seven killed in suicide attack near checkpoint on road linking capital Mogadishu and the town of Afgoye.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:46
IDF says 1 soldier seriously hurt, 3 lightly-to-moderately hurt in incident; IDF artillery strike Syrian army posts in response; soldiers were outside of jeep during detonation.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:45
Syrian regime forces were on Monday readying an assault on the last rebel-held areas in the Qalamoun Mountains, strategically located on the Lebanese border, after overrunning key opposition bastion Yabrud.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:44
Five rockets were fired at the main transit point for Syria's chemical weapons this month, with one landing near to where experts overseeing the destruction of the toxic stockpile were staying, sources said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:28
United Nations human rights investigators have added to their list of suspected war criminals from both sides in the Syrian civil war after a new round of atrocities in recent weeks, its head said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:25
The city of 90,000 inhabitants has been rocked since December by clashes between the Chaamba community of Arab origin and the majority Mozabites, indigenous Berbers belonging to the Ibadi Muslim sect.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:25
Darfur has slipped off the front pages in recent years, replaced by newer, more exciting causes célèbres. This doesn’t mean the situation has got any better.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:24
Rubinstein is expected to follow Ford’s model of frequent contact with opposition groups, despite the current impasse.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:22
Even as Syria’s epic suffering is remaking the human geography of the Middle East and beyond, initiatives to ease the crisis have sputtered and failed to offer effective help.