The New York Times
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 06:26
Egypt seems to be headed back toward the 1960s, when Gamal Abdel Nasser set a precedent for the whole Arab world by creating a police state that brutally suppressed dissidents and instilled fear among its citizens.
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 06:15
After days of intense political wrangling, a committee of political, military, religious and traditional authorities in Burkina Faso named a former foreign minister and veteran diplomat on Monday to oversee a transition to new elections following the ouster of President Blaise Compaoré.
Friday, November 14, 2014 - 06:40
President Obama’s top military adviser said Thursday that he would consider deploying a limited number of United States forces to accompany Iraqi troops on complex offensive operations to retake Mosul and other areas under control of Sunni militants.
Friday, November 14, 2014 - 05:38
After several postponements, negotiations between Sudan’s government and rebels resumed here this week in an effort to bring peace to the worn-torn country.
Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 06:32
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi issued a law on Wednesday allowing him to deport non-Egyptians convicted of crimes to their home countries, a move that could lead to the release of at least one of three journalists from the Al Jazeera English news channel who have been imprisoned for almost a year.
Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 06:29
The recently installed Iraqi prime minister removed 36 military commanders in a sweeping shake-up on Wednesday, in his first public attempt to put his mark on the Iraqi security forces battling to retake territory from Islamic State militants.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 08:04
Now, the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos is close to securing passage of legislation that threatens to deny justice for these victims by transferring the cases of military personnel accused of the killings from the civilian to the military justice system. The bills, including one that could be approved as early as next week, appear aimed to appease the military leadership, which has been reluctant to support President Santos’s current peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas.
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 06:58
Water scooter operators on Paradise Island in the Bahamas are reported to have sexually assaulted at least three American tourists since July, the United States Embassy announced in a security advisory this week that warned of increasingly brazen crimes sweeping the country.
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 06:39
Brazil’s army is deploying troops this month to the far reaches of the Amazon in a military exercise simulating a foreign invasion of the rain forest, focusing attention on sensitivity over sovereignty in a region rising in importance as a strategic pillar of Latin America’s largest economy.
Friday, November 7, 2014 - 11:04
Libya’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the country’s recently elected Parliament was seated unconstitutionally, throwing fresh fuel on the country’s increasingly violent and divisive civil conflict.