Conflict
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 06:25
The supreme court in Honduras has ordered the arrest on Tuesday of the vice-president of Congress, Lena Gutierrez, over a corruption scandal.
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 06:18
The United States has opened a new front in northern Syria, bombing Islamic State targets in two locations near the Turkish border – away from Kobani, the Kurdish enclave that has been the main focus of U.S. airstrikes the past nine months.
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 06:10
The protests, which began following a decision on June 17 by the country’s Russian-owned utility company to raise electricity prices, attracted about 10,000 people on to the streets of the capital.
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 05:56
Street protests in Armenia against a hike in electricity prices, which have been roiling the capital for nearly two weeks, are the most serious unrest the Caucasus nation has seen in years.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 07:00
According to Colombian rebel group FARC, it has reached some kind of understanding over the punishing of war criminals if it is able to seal a peace agreement with the state. However, the government negotiators deny this.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 06:43
The United States has stepped up its military support for Syrian Kurdish militias fighting the Islamic State, efforts that have angered Turkey, a longtime ally and NATO member.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 05:57
Protesters in the northern Afghan province of Parwan blocked the main highway there on Monday after American forces raided the village of a local strongman and blew up a weapons depot belonging to him.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 05:48
A US warship arrived Sunday in Georgia's Black Sea port of Batumi on a training mission, the US embassy said, sending a message of support to the NATO aspirant amid the conflict in Ukraine.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 05:32
Armenia’s protests over higher electricity prices might appear just another chapter in this tiny, poverty-stricken South Caucasus country’s long chronicle of street demonstrations.
Monday, June 29, 2015 - 07:01
U.S. officials see strong possibility of chemical attacks if rebels threaten Syrian regime strongholds.