Conflict
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 07:42
At least 35 people have been killed in two attacks by militants in northern Nigeria, the authorities have said.
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 12:37
A recent Brookings Institute policy paper, “No ‘Plan B’: U.S. Strategic Access in the Middle East and the Question of Bahrain,” makes an important case for the need for U.S. contingency planning in the Persian Gulf country of Bahrain in the event that the U.S. were to lose access to its naval base in the country.
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 10:52
President Ilham Aliyev is running for an unprecedented third five-year term. Aliyev has held power since 2003, after succeeding his father.
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 10:42
Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has announced that he intends to resign from the government before the end of 2013, and instead become a civil society leader.
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 10:36
Kazakhstan's Supreme Court has refused to review the case of jailed opposition leader Vladimir Kozlov.
At a session on August 5, Supreme Court Judge Moryak Shegenov ruled that "there are no grounds" to do so.
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 09:27
A Turkish court has begun returning verdicts on nearly 300 defendants accused of plotting to overthrow the government, handing prison sentences of up to 20 years to some and acquitting others.
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 08:29
Last weekend, in response to a deadly attack on the Turkish embassy in Somalia that killed three and wounded nine, the U.S. government responded by saying that, “this cowardly act will not shake our commitment to continue working for the brighter, more democratic and prosperous future the people of Somalia deserve.”...Somalia can stand tall in spite of countless interventions by neighbors near and far. Perhaps the best byword for Somalia is “resilience,” a trait that is essential as the country looks toward a new dawn.
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 08:24
The M23 rebel group in eastern Congo has said it will not rule out retaking the city of Goma unless there is progress on negotiations with the government.
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 08:07
Tuareg rebels will fight Mali's newly-elected rulers if no negotiated solution is reached to grant their northern homeland of Azawad autonomy, a senior Tuareg rebel official warned Sunday.
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 07:48
A US jury has recommended that three Somali pirates be sentenced to life in prison for the 2011 killing of four Americans off the coast of East Africa.