Conflict
Monday, June 29, 2015 - 06:57
The Turkish military is not enthusiastic and Washington may have its doubts, but President Erdogan appears determined to set up a buffer zone.
Monday, June 29, 2015 - 06:53
As the Colombia government and the FARC work through their agenda, one formidable task deals with how to reintegrate the tens of thousands of men and women who have exited, or “demobilized,” from the FARC and other rebel and paramilitary groups over the years back into Colombian society.
Monday, June 29, 2015 - 06:25
Frustration over rampant corruption in Guatemala and Honduras may have finally lit the fuse in countries long accustomed to sleaze and scandal.
Monday, June 29, 2015 - 06:22
A United Nations committee is weighing imposing sanctions on six senior commanders from South Sudan, the first to face penalties over the 18-month war, diplomats said Friday.
Monday, June 29, 2015 - 06:14
Thousands of people continued to hold a nonstop demonstration in Yerevan on Sunday night, rejecting its organizers’ calls to unblock a key street in the city center voiced after concessions made to the protesters by President Serzh Sarkisian.
Monday, June 29, 2015 - 06:10
Kazakstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbauev recently appeared on Russian state television and called upon Russia and Ukraine to reach peace.
Friday, June 26, 2015 - 06:40
The American military response against the Islamic State is criticized as too weak by many Iraqis.
Friday, June 26, 2015 - 06:29
As Islamic State (IS) fighters launched fresh attacks near northern Syrian border towns Thursday, U.S. policy experts and lawmakers say IS is growing in strength and number and that may warrant greater U.S. military involvement.
Friday, June 26, 2015 - 06:05
But there is little doubt in the minds of Russia’s political elite that the crisis in Armenia, often dubbed Electro-Maidan in Russian, is yet another uprising is in the making and the US is behind it.
Friday, June 26, 2015 - 05:59
As the Georgian capital Tbilisi struggles to recover from a calamitous flash flood, a political storm is brewing – one in which incumbent authorities are trying to blame their predecessors for shortcomings exposed by the tragedy.