The New York Times
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 06:22
An elite American Special Operations force has captured a significant Islamic State operative in Iraq and is expected to apprehend and interrogate a number of others in coming months, ushering in a new and potentially fraught phase in the fight against the extremist Sunni militant group.
Monday, February 29, 2016 - 06:21
A United States-backed Arab military coalition bombed a busy market north of Yemen’s capital early Saturday, killing at least 30 people, witnesses said.
Friday, February 26, 2016 - 06:30
The Pentagon is poised to send dozens of Special Operations advisers to the front lines of Nigeria’s fight against the West African militant group Boko Haram, according to military officials, the latest deployment in conflicts with the Islamic State and its allies.
Friday, February 26, 2016 - 06:28
Security forces and their allies in Burundi have beaten people with rocks, bricks, gun butts and iron bars; they have abducted suspects and extorted money for holding them; and they have buried victims in mass graves, a leading human rights group said on Thursday.
Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 06:21
Security forces and their allies in Burundi have beaten people with rocks, bricks, gun butts and iron bars; they have abducted suspects and extorted money for holding them; and they have buried victims in mass graves, a leading human rights group said on Thursday.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 06:32
United States airstrikes have helped to break a bloody impasse between Afghan troops and Taliban militants north of Kabul, allowing repair crews to reach downed power lines and restore electricity to the capital after more than three weeks of disruption, an Afghan official said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 05:27
Brazil’s huge corruption scandal involving the oil giant Petrobras widened on Monday after a federal judge issued arrest warrants for the country’s most influential campaign strategist who twice orchestrated the electoral triumphs of the country’s president, Dilma Rousseff.
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 05:25
President Evo Morales of Bolivia said on Monday that he did not yet accept defeat in a contentious referendum to allow him to run for a fourth term, saying that despite the exit polls suggesting that it failed, the final vote count could still favor him.
Monday, February 22, 2016 - 06:12
The Islamic State’s branch in Libya is deepening its reach across a wide area of Africa, attracting new recruits from countries like Senegal that had been largely immune to the jihadist propaganda — and forcing the African authorities and their Western allies to increase efforts to combat the fast-moving threat.
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 06:23
Ugandans went to the polls on Thursday to choose presidential and parliamentary candidates in an election riddled with irregularities even before voting began.