Conflict
Monday, February 1, 2016 - 06:15
U.S. Central Command has added to its list of civilian casualties as a result of airstrikes against the Islamic State group.
Monday, February 1, 2016 - 05:16
As negotiations to end Colombia's half-century conflict close in on a final deal, attention is turning to the fate of an aging bank manager-turned leftist rebel who is being held at a U.S. maximum security prison alongside notorious terrorists.
Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 05:50
On Thursday, Mr. Gbagbo, the former president of Ivory Coast, will go on trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, facing four counts of crimes against humanity stemming from the violence surrounding the 2010 presidential election. He was narrowly defeated in a runoff, but he insisted that he had won and refused to cede power, leading to months of turmoil and the deaths of more than 3,000 people before his arrest in April 2011.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 08:51
Saudi Arabia is bombing civilians with U.S.-made bombs, which violates both U.S. and international law
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 08:45
Experts conclude Saudi-led coalition conducted widespread airstrikes against civilian targets in violation of international laws.
Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 06:43
The U.S. command in Iraq acknowledged Wednesday that some civilians were killed when it targeted two cash centers in Mosul, as war planners weighed the benefit of destruction against the downside of collateral damage.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 07:09
Russian air strikes in Syria have killed more than 1,000 civilians since they were launched nearly four months ago, according to a monitor group.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 06:30
American and British military officials are in the command and control centre for Saudi airstrikes on Yemen, and have access to lists of targets, although they do not play any role in choosing them, the Saudi Arabian foreign minister has said.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 05:45
The Colombian government and the left-wing Farc rebel movement have both asked the UN for a mission to oversee the end of their decades-long conflict.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 05:44
The Associated Press made a rare, three-day visit to a secret FARC camp in Antioquia state in early January to see how the region's oldest leftist insurgency is preparing for a peace that looks more tantalizingly close than ever.