The New York Times
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 00:00
Fernandez has not made an official public appearance or speech in more than a month, since she had surgery on October 8
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 10:26
The Ugandan military has begun the process of disarming large numbers of rebels from the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, a military spokesman said Thursday.
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 10:24
United Nations officials on Friday reported new deprivations in the Central African Republic, one of Africa’s most unstable countries. The World Food Program of the United Nations, which has been feeding 250,000 people in the Central African Republic since January, said in a statement that 1.1 million were at risk of hunger and that their plight could worsen because of poor harvests and economic collapse from political violence.
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 10:22
A car loaded with explosives blew up outside one of Mogadishu’s most expensive hotels Friday evening, leaving what witnesses and officials described as a scene of devastation, burning vehicles and mangled victims. News services said that four to 11 people were killed and scores wounded in the blast, which appeared to be carried out by the Shabab, the militant Islamist insurgent group battling Somalia’s government. A car loaded with explosives blew up outside one of Mogadishu’s most expensive hotels Friday evening, leaving what witnesses and officials described as a scene of devastation, burning vehicles and mangled victims. News services said that four to 11 people were killed and scores wounded in the blast, which appeared to be carried out by the Shabab, the militant Islamist insurgent group battling Somalia’s government.
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 10:18
When Alton Dalasile got his first job as a miner in the late 1980s, he immediately joined the National Union of Mineworkers, a powerful organization that not only fought for workers’ rights but also battled the brutal system of racial segregation known as apartheid. When his union’s political ally, the African National Congress, was on the ballot in 1994 in South Africa’s first fully democratic election, Mr. Dalasile enthusiastically cast his ballot for Nelson Mandela, the country’s first black president.
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 09:45
“The United States will do nothing in negotiating with Iran that will change that relationship. I want to make that clear.”
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 09:42
The tensions in Saudi Arabia come amid a push to increase the percentage of Saudis in the country’s work force while reducing the number of foreigners.
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 08:08
Secretary of State John Kerry defended his negotiating strategy with Iran on Sunday, asserting that the agreement he was seeking to freeze Tehran’s nuclear program would be in Israel’s interest.
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 00:00
Maduro has sent soldiers to "occupy" one chain of electronics stores and inspectors into scores of others to check for price-gouging
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 00:00
A surge in violent crime has transformed Salvador into Brazil’s murder capital, motorists grapple with traffic that ranks among the most chaotic and violent of any South American city and resentment festers over the metamorphosis of once-elegant seaside