The New York Times
Friday, November 7, 2014 - 05:34
Since the insurgency began in 2009, the military’s response has been both slow and inadequate. Residents report seeing soldiers running away during confrontations with Boko Haram. Soldiers say they do not have enough equipment — they often appear to lack protective gear — and do not get paid on time, if at all. Recently, a military tribunal sentenced 12 soldiers to death for attempted murder and mutiny; they had shot at their commanding officer after a convoy of their fellow soldiers was ambushed by Boko Haram.
Friday, November 7, 2014 - 05:27
American fighter jets carried out a series of airstrikes in northwestern Syria on Thursday that sought to kill leaders of a Qaeda militant cell that is plotting attacks on the West, American officials said.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 21:43
The government of Trinidad and Tobago says it plans to crack down on the estimated 110,000 migrants living on the islands illegally.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 07:44
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is appointing a national security adviser who two years ago spearheaded criminal charges that nonprofit groups were acting as agents of an American conspiracy to weaken and destabilize Egypt.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 06:02
Liberian security forces fired with “complete disregard for human life” into crowds of civilians protesting a blanket Ebola quarantine over the summer, killing one teenager and seriously wounding another young man, according to the first independent investigation of the deadly clashes.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 05:59
Despite often rancorous discussion brokered by three African presidents, political and military leaders in Burkina Faso have failed to name a civilian to lead a transition to democracy after the resignation of President Blaise Compaoré.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 05:50
Even before its leader was cut down in an American airstrike in September, the Shabab militant group in Somalia, once one of Al Qaeda’s most powerful franchises, began unraveling. In the past few months, the group has been shedding territory — and fighters.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 09:28
Mexican human rights investigators on Tuesday interviewed employees at an import car lot where the parents of three young Americans shot to death in Mexico say they found their vehicles.
Friday, October 10, 2014 - 08:11
Student protesters in rural Mexico have long dealt with heavy-handed police officers. But on the black night of Sept. 26, students who attended a rural teachers’ college realized they were facing a far worse menace in this southern city. Not only were police officers shooting haphazardly at them, killing three students and several passers-by; shady gunmen were also firing from the sidelines.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 10:06
As American warplanes cross the Syrian sky dropping bombs on Islamic State militants, another set of air raids has sown destruction across the country, as the Syrian government returns with new intensity to its longstanding and systematic attacks on rebellious towns and neighborhoods.