The New York Times
Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 06:59
As American intelligence agencies grapple with the expansion of the Islamic State beyond its headquarters in Syria, the Pentagon has proposed a new plan to the White House to build up a string of military bases in Africa, Southwest Asia and the Middle East.
Monday, December 7, 2015 - 06:42
Some opposition forces are exploiting the attention on Burundi to fuel the fears of wider violence and chaos in order to force Mr. Nkurunziza into some sort of Western-backed power-sharing agreement. It is not clear if this strategy will work, but so far, calls for negotiations have intensified as more bodies show up on the streets.
Monday, December 7, 2015 - 06:13
Venezuela's opposition won control of the National Assembly by a landslide, stunning the ruling party and altering the balance of power 17 years after the late Hugo Chavez kicked off the nation's socialist revolution.
Monday, December 7, 2015 - 06:03
Heroin traffickers linked to the abduction and disappearance of 43 students a year ago are battling over millions of dollars paid by Canadian mining giant Goldcorp to a village in Mexico's southern gold belt, leading to a wave of murders.
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 06:26
Scarcely half an hour after police officers arrested Talaat Shabeeb at a cafe here last week and accused him of selling drugs, his body was returned to his family with signs of torture, marked by broad blue bruises, his relatives said.
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 06:06
A Salvadoran judge on Thursday ordered former President Francisco Flores to stand trial over accusations that he diverted $15 million in donations for earthquake victims to his personal and political party accounts during his term from 1999 to 2004.
Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 07:24
A series of home raids by C.I.A.-trained Afghan counterterrorism forces in the past month resulted in the deaths of at least six innocent civilians, according to Afghan government officials, reviving an issue that has been a chronic source of tension between Afghanistan and the United States.
Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 05:52
Militants belonging to Al Qaeda’s local affiliate seized control of two towns in southern Yemen early Wednesday, including a provincial capital, in their latest move to take advantage of turmoil during the country’s civil war.
Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 05:45
The British Parliament on Wednesday authorized airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State, in a vote that became a wider test of British willingness to play an active role in international affairs, and British warplanes made their first attacks hours later.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 06:29
In Sinjar, Iraq, fighters from the Islamic State carved a network of tunnels. To defend Hawija, Iraq, they erected a 10-foot sand wall. And virtually everywhere they have surrounded their positions with dense minefields of I.E.D.s, backed by machine guns, mortars and suicide bombers.