The New York Times
Monday, July 21, 2014 - 06:52
Many of the potential migrants, who would take a succession of buses and trains north, said recently that they had heard the chances of making it to the United States were decreasing.
Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 07:53
Ruslan Pukhov, the director of the Center for Analysis of Technologies and Strategies, said Mr. Putin abandoned the bases in Cuba and Vietnam early in his first presidency, when relations with the United States had not yet curdled. “It was a big mistake to lose this facility back in 2001,” Mr. Pukhov said.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 10:37
Three days of pitched battles between feuding militias have left most of the Libyan airport damaged.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 07:54
Despite objections by Syria’s government, the United Nations Security Council voted 15 to 0 on Monday to authorize cross-border convoys of emergency aid for millions of deprived Syrian civilians in rebel-held areas, without prior approval by the Syrian authorities.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 07:42
Hostilities between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip continued Tuesday, despite Israel’s initial embrace of an Egyptian cease-fire proposal, which the Islamist Hamas movement appeared to reject.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 07:31
The Iraqi Parliament elected a new speaker on Tuesday, achieving a political breakthrough that could ultimately lead to the formation of a new government.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 06:25
El Universal, whose sale was announced this month, is the third major media outlet to change hands here since the death last year of the country’s longtime socialist president, Hugo Chávez.
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 08:24
American and Iraqi officials are seeking ways to exploit emerging fissures between the militant group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and Iraqi extremist groups that allied with it to seize much of northern and western Iraq over the past month.
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 08:22
As Iraq’s deadlocked Parliament was again unable to reach a deal to name a new speaker on Sunday, Sunni militants carried out a raid near Baghdad, a symbolically significant attack signaling their intent to move closer, even if only by a few miles, toward the Iraqi capital.
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 08:11
Rival militias in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, fought for control of the city’s main airport on Sunday.