The New York Times
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 00:00
The Brazilian defense minister, Celso Amorim, told reporters at a news conference in Brasilia that Saab was selected over Boeing because it had agreed to share more technology with contractors and because many parts for the new jet, the Gripen NG, would b
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 00:00
A top Bolivian government minister on Wednesday accused the United States of being behind the escape from house arrest of an American businessman facing money-laundering charges - potentially creating a new strain between the two countries.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 08:41
"The Islamic Front has refused to sit with us without giving any reason," U.S. Syria envoy Robert Ford told Al Arabiya television, a day after Secretary of State John Kerry said talks might take place.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 08:21
The wounded man sat in an armchair in front of a shack on the edge of the airport runway, his arms and head heavily bandaged.“I kept repeating, ‘I do not have weapons,’ ” he said. His attackers said nothing, he recalled: “It was only machete cuts.”
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 08:16
"Our Western friends made it clear in London that Assad cannot be allowed to go now because they think chaos and an Islamist militant takeover would ensue," said one senior member of the Coalition who is close to officials from Saudi Arabia.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 08:09
Three Iranian military personnel were killed in south-east Iran early on Wednesday when the vehicle they were travelling in was struck by a roadside bomb, Iranian media said.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 08:05
Since the military ouster more than five months ago of President Mohamed Morsi, the interim leaders have leaned heavily on the police, sending them to stamp out dissent and stabilize the streets in a strategy that so far has come up empty.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 00:00
At a press conference in La Paz, Bolivia, Justice Minister Cecilia Ayllon described a remarkably lax house-arrest arrangement with little supervision and suggested that the businessman, Jacob Ostreicher, had been gradually testing the boundaries of his co
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 07:43
"The United States has not met to date with the Islamic Front but it's possible it could take place," Kerry told a news conference in Manila where he is visiting.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 07:42
Bahrain's interior ministry says two policemen have been wounded, one critically, when a homemade bomb exploded in a village southwest of the capital, Manama.