The New York Times
Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 05:25
The United States is rushing 1,000 antitank rockets to the Iraqi military to help combat the massive suicide vehicle bombs that Islamic State militants used in capturing the provincial capital of Ramadi.
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 08:16
Violent interrogation methods are still widely used by the Moroccan authorities to crush dissent and forcefully extract confessions from detainees, even though the government has pledged for years to eradicate torture, a new report by the human rights group Amnesty International says.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 06:44
The test facing Beji Caid Essebsi, 88, who swept to victory in December in Tunisia’s first free and fair presidential election, might daunt a leader of any generation: to consolidate democratic gains, transform the economy and sustain the lone success story of the Arab Spring uprisings.
Monday, May 18, 2015 - 10:59
President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi on Sunday used his first public appearance since a coup attempt against his government last week to warn of a threat by the Shabab, the Somali militant group, to his country.
Friday, May 15, 2015 - 07:19
President Obama on Thursday offered Saudi Arabia and smaller Arab states new support to defend against potential missile strikes, maritime threats and cyberattacks from Iran, calling his commitment to their security “ironclad” in an effort to allay fears that a nuclear accord will empower Tehran, their main rival in the Middle East.
Friday, May 15, 2015 - 06:38
The government of Colombia on Thursday night rejected a major tool in the American-backed antidrug campaign — ordering a halt to the aerial spraying of the country’s vast illegal plantings of coca, the crop used to make cocaine, citing concerns that the spray causes cancer.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 06:58
As Israel prepares for what it sees as an almost inevitable next battle with Hezbollah, the Shiite Lebanese organization that fought a monthlong war against Israel in 2006, Israeli military officials and experts are warning that the group has done more than significantly build up its firepower since then.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 06:52
International inspectors have found traces of banned toxic chemicals in at least three military locations in Syria, four diplomats and officials said, less than two years after President Bashar al-Assad agreed to dismantle the country’s chemical arsenal.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 06:47
A criminal case against President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was closed Tuesday when federal judges accepted a prosecutor’s decision not to pursue accusations that she had conspired to shield Iranians suspected of planning the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center here.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 06:45
President Michelle Bachelet, responding to a series of corruption scandals that have shaken Chile’s political establishment, made sweeping changes in her cabinet on Monday.