The New York Times
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 09:10
Iraqi officials say gunmen have killed seven Sunni construction workers northeast of Baghdad.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 09:05
Twenty sport utility vehicles and more than two dozen motorcycles carrying gunmen tried to enter Iraq in Anbar Province, but Iraqi border forces turned them back after a two-hour clash.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 00:00
Uruguay’s Senate approved pioneering legislation on Tuesday that will allow the country to legalize the cultivation and sale of marijuana on a nationwide scale.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 00:00
The Truth Commission in São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, said Tuesday that Juscelino Kubitschek, the country’s president from 1956 to 1961, was murdered in 1976 in a conspiracy by the military dictatorship ruling Brazil at the time.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 00:00
President Obama shook hands with President Raul Castro of Cuba on Tuesday, offering a friendly gesture freighted with symbolism to one of America’s most enduring Cold War foes.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 00:00
The decision to remove the leftist mayor, Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla and onetime presidential candidate, stunned many in Colombia, and some questioned the inspector general’s authority
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 09:59
French troops received a triumphant welcome as they were deployed in this strife-torn country on Saturday, and the African Union said it would nearly double its force here in a bid to stamp out deadly sectarian violence.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:25
Brazen al Qaeda attacks on top government targets in Yemen are unlikely to abate while security services remain divided, ill-equipped and infiltrated by militants, and efforts to repair the country's fractured political life remain stalled.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:18
The Pentagon has approved the sale of more than 15,000 Raytheon Co anti-tank missiles to Saudi Arabia under two separate deals valued at nearly $1.1 billion.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:17
The United Nations says Israel has agreed to again allow imports of construction materials into the Gaza Strip after a two-month clampdown.