The New York Times
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 06:50
A United Nations Commission of Inquiry on last summer’s war in the Gaza Strip — taking pains to be evenhanded — found that both Israel and Palestinian militants were responsible for violations of international law that could amount to war crimes. But each side interpreted the commission’s long-awaited report according to its own version of the Middle East conflict.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 06:39
An American drone strike last week killed a midlevel operative with the Islamic State who had been a conduit for the militant group’s outreach to extremists in North Africa, Defense Department officials said on Monday.
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 06:47
El Salvador has just experienced one of its most violent months since the end of the civil war in 1992, with 635 homicides reported in May for the country of just over 6 million people. June is on track to break that mark, with the latest bloodshed coming Sunday when suspected gang members killed two soldiers guarding a bus terminal in the capital.
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 06:17
Guatemala is in political turmoil. And yet the United States has fallen short of applying pressure on President Otto Pérez Molina directly. In doing so, Washington has turned its back on the protesters, just when outside pressure is most needed.
Friday, June 19, 2015 - 06:48
Al Qaeda’s branch in North Africa, in a stinging statement issued Thursday, denied that the jihadist leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar had been killed in an American airstrike in Libya this week.
Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 07:27
LAST week President Obama approved an additional 450 troops to join the roughly 3,000 already in Iraq. Living inside secure bases nicknamed “lily pads,” they will train Iraqi soldiers for a few weeks via lecture and drill instruction. The graduates will then be sent outside the wire to fight the Islamic State. This strategy is no more resolute than a lily pad, and our generals know it. It is tokenism that reflects confusion at the top, and it will fail.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 06:09
The bristling array of armaments underlined how military competition had overtaken diplomacy in East-West relations.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 06:59
This time last year, migrants from Central America were streaming into the United States, creating a problem for border communities. With far fewer people reaching American soil this year, it is tempting to conclude that the crisis is ebbing. That would be a mistake. Thousands of desperate Central Americans fleeing violence, poverty and, in some cases, persecution, are continuing to embark on perilous journeys north.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 06:42
Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen released a video statement on Tuesday confirming the death of its leader, Nasser al-Wuhayshi, in an American missile strike.
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 06:41
In Guatemala, angry citizens marched under pelting rain, undeterred. In Honduras, they carried torches at dusk. A wave of protests against corruption scandals that is sweeping across Latin America has reached Central America.