The New York Times
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 09:46
The United States on Monday expressed concern over a new law in Egypt that restricts demonstrations and said it agrees with groups that argue the law does not meet international standards and hampers the country's move toward democracy.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 09:44
The lawyer for a Tunisian journalist and a rapper convicted of insulting the justice system said their suspended jail sentences represented a sign of progress in a country trying to come to grips with freedom of expression.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 09:42
But the government’s problems hardly abated. In brazen and occasionally spectacular attacks, militants have stepped up a campaign of assassinations and bombings aimed at the security services.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 09:20
At least 12 suspected al Qaeda militants were killed in an air strike in southern Yemen this week, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 09:11
This represents a potential turning point in a continuing struggle between Islamists and their foes for control of the city.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 00:00
At least 350 Haitians and people of Haitian descent have either been expelled from the Dominican Republic or left on their own accord in recent days after two Dominicans were killed.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 00:00
The totals from the electoral tribunal, with results from about 62 percent of polling places, showed the governing conservative party's candidate, Juan Orlando Hernandez, still leading Libre's candidate, Xiomara Castro, by about six percentage points.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 00:00
Local officials are struggling to reinvent this onetime third-world city with a first-world economy, but progressive ideals are running up against age-old, intractable problems.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 00:00
In Congress, he oversaw a reform to allow the extradition of Hondurans involved in organized crime to the United States, and rolled out a militarized police force
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 10:04
Speculation has increased in recent days that the elusive rebel commander Joseph Kony might negotiate his surrender, ending a long, murderous rampage.