Conflict
Friday, August 28, 2015 - 06:20
Soldiers from the U.S.-led NATO coalition have joined an Afghan army campaign to try to stop a Taliban advance in Helmand province that has undermined hopes of a negotiated peace.
Friday, August 28, 2015 - 06:05
The US has announced sanctions against four alleged members of Colombia's Farc rebel group, accusing them of drug trafficking and money laundering.
Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 08:38
U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 06:33
Dozens have been killed in Somalia after Shebab gunmen ambushed an army convoy, officials and local elders said Thursday, the latest battles with the Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents.
Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 06:32
A car bomb Wednesday in the Turkish city of Antakya killed the commander of a U.S.-backed Syrian rebel group, officials said, the latest attack targeting Syria’s opposition and moderate rebel leaders.
Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 06:27
Last June, I traveled to Honduras to confer with civil society leaders about organizing a five-nation, "end the drug war" caravan -- all the way from Central America to New York City.
Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 06:17
A former member of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia pleaded guilty Wednesday to holding three U.S. defense contractors hostage in the Colombian jungle for more than five years, during which time they became among the most important of 700 hostages held by FARC.
Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 06:01
Saudi Arabia has arrested the man accused as the mastermind of a 1996 bombing that killed 19 American airmen, a Saudi-owned pan-Arab newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed officials.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 06:50
Spearheaded by a United Nations-backed commission, investigations into corruption expanded to the highest levels of government.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 06:43
As Andean winds carry mild amounts of ash from the mouth of the Cotopaxi volcano toward the Ecuadorian capital city of Quito, 500 kilometers away, a State of Emergency is in full effect.