The New York Times
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:34
Andrea Tenenti, a spokesman for UN forces in southern Lebanon, said the UN was informed of a "serious incident along the blue line around Ras Naqoura."
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:33
Yemen's parliament on Sunday called for a stop to drone attacks in a symbolic vote that reflected growing public anxiety about Washington's use of the unmanned aircraft to combat al Qaeda in the impoverished country.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:30
The head of a Libyan militia that has shut down most of the country's oil terminals for months said Sunday they will remain closed because the government has failed to meet his group's demands— mainly a share of revenues for their eastern region.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:12
The Central Asian state of Turkmenistan, described by rights groups as one of the world's most repressive, proclaimed its first multi-party elections on Sunday; but both parties vowed loyalty to its leader and opponents remained in exile.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 00:00
If Ms. Bachelet, a 62-year-old pediatrician, is able to advance her proposals, Chile, one of the region's first countries to aggressively expose its economy to market forces in the 1970s and 1980s, may once again be seen as a laboratory for policy experim
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 00:00
With violence down to a quarter of its peak, Ciudad Juarez, a perennial symbol of drug war devastation, is experiencing what many here describe as a boom.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 08:47
Security forces hunted down 11 prisoners but the rest remained free later in the day despite a search for them.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 08:46
Yemeni foreign minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi told Reuters in September that the drone strikes were a "necessary evil" and a "very limited affair" that happens in coordination with the Yemeni government.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 08:32
But, should that prove unworkable, they said a framework agreement would buy time for additional negotiations.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 00:00
Mr. Obama should press Congress to end the embargo and overhaul policy toward Cuba.