The New York Times
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 07:22
Claiming it had achieved most of its objectives and pressured by Western allies to stop causing civilian casualties in Gaza, Israel moved to wind down its operations there on Monday — either unilaterally or through a new Egyptian-brokered cease-fire announced late in the day.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 07:17
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki on Monday ordered Iraq’s air force to support Kurdish forces fighting Sunni extremists in the north, a move that represented a thaw, out of military necessity, in the fraught relations between the central government and Kurdish leaders.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 07:08
We encourage you to explore the forces that are reshaping Africa in this selection of New York Times articles about the development challenges facing many African countries.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 06:32
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the State Department on Monday, the start of a summit meeting here of more than 40 African heads of state, to denounce some of the leaders as “torturers” and “killers.”
Monday, August 4, 2014 - 07:28
Islamist fighters from Syria killed 10 Lebanese soldiers and appeared to have captured more than a dozen others in an armed offensive that left them in a tense battle for control of a Lebanese border town.
Monday, August 4, 2014 - 06:33
“There used to be birthday parties and house parties. Now, there aren’t any because with so many people there, it gets the gang’s attention, and sometimes they would kill people.”
Monday, August 4, 2014 - 06:21
A specter is haunting Africa — the specter of impunity. Many countries the United States considers allies are in the grip of corrupt, repressive tyrants; others are mired in endless conflict.
Monday, August 4, 2014 - 06:19
In his latest online video, Mr. Gómez, known as “La Tuta,” or the teacher, is shown in a video posted this week drinking beer and chatting with the son of a former governor of Michoacán, suggesting his gang’s deep infiltration of the political class.
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 06:58
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that “all available evidence” suggested that Israeli artillery had hit a United Nations school in Gaza full of civilians who thought they were in a safe zone.
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 06:34
After years in which Israel’s prevailing approach to the Gaza Strip was a simple “quiet for quiet” demand, there is growing momentum around a new formula, “reconstruction for demilitarization.”