The New York Times
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:00
After meeting on Tuesday with President Salva Kiir of South Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan said oil from South Sudan would continue to flow through his country’s pipelines.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:58
Paul Kagame, the president of Rwanda, agreed to meet me at 11 a.m. on a recent Saturday. Kagame’s office is on top of a hill near the center of Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, and I took a taxi there, driven by a man in a suit and tie. Whenever I’m in Kigali, I am always impressed by how spotless it is, how the city hums with efficiency, which is all the more remarkable considering that Rwanda remains one of the poorest nations in the world.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 07:07
The circumstances and motive of the attack were unclear, but the manner in which it was carried out evoked the cycle of sectarian revenge killings that consumed the country just a few years ago.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 00:00
President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday night that 14 of 23 states lost power for much of the day and blamed "sabotage," which he did not detail.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 00:00
Colombia's peace talks with Marxist FARC rebels have reached a "critical" stage, with discussions over the next couple of months a key gauge of whether an end to five decades of war is likely or not, government negotiator Sergio Jaramillo said.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 00:00
Brazil's senate has opened an investigation into U.S. spying in the nation.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 00:00
After 12 years out of office, the once-autocratic party known as the PRI is encountering a more complicated, democratic country than the one it ran for 71 years.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 00:00
President Desi Bouterse of Suriname distanced himself Tuesday from his son following the younger man's arrest and quick extradition to the United States to face drug and weapons charges.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 00:00
"At this moment, everything seems to indicate that the far-right has resumed its plan for an Electrical Strike against the country," Maduro said on Twitter.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 12:41
The goal of the cruise missile strikes the United States is planning to carry out in Syria is to restore the smudged “red line” that President Obama drew a year ago against the use of poison gas.