Conflict
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 06:10
As the United States tries to wind down its military participation in Afghanistan’s counterinsurgency after more than a decade of struggles against Al Qaeda and the Taliban, Afghanistan’s future remains precarious at best.
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 06:05
These American promises and military actions in Russia’s backyard constitute a needed Western response to Putin’s provocations throughout the region.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 06:23
The video of Tajikistan's former special service chief Gulmurod Khalimov announcing his "defection" to Islamic State (IS) has caused alarm in Central Asia, renewing debate over the threat the group might pose to the region.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 07:06
With Islamic State militants pressing a dramatic new military offensive north of Aleppo, moderate rebels pleaded Monday for U.S. intervention to preserve rebel supply routes and prevent Syria’s biggest city from falling to the extremists.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 07:02
Many Colombian farmers have traded in their coca for other crops, growing cacao (for making chocolate), corn and plantains, while also raising cattle for milk and meat. The effort has suddenly gained new urgency, given the government’s decision last month to halt a longstanding American-backed campaign to kill coca crops with aerial spraying.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 06:48
The United Nations has condemned the expulsion of the UN humanitarian coordinator in South Sudan, Toby Lanzer.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 06:38
Top-level Obama administration envoys met secretly last week for the first time with Yemen’s Houthi rebels and pressed for a cease-fire in their country and the release of Americans detained by the group, according to U.S. and Arab officials.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 06:29
The United States has accused the Syrian military of carrying out air strikes to help Islamic State fighters advance around the northern city of Aleppo, messages posted on the U.S. Embassy Syria official Twitter feed said.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 05:45
Militants attacked a remote guesthouse and killed nine Afghans working for a Czech charity on Tuesday, as a new report by Brown University warned that almost 100,000 people have been killed in Afghanistan since 2001.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 08:46
In contrast to the Iraqi army's failures, Kurdish fighters in Syria are on the march against the Islamic State group, capturing towns and villages in an oil-rich swath of the country's northeast under the cover of U.S.-led airstrikes.