The New York Times
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 08:02
A classified military assessment of Iraq’s security forces concludes that many units are so deeply infiltrated by either Sunni extremist informants or Shiite personnel backed by Iran that any Americans assigned to advise Baghdad’s forces could face risks to their safety, according to United States officials.
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 08:01
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. expressed “extreme, extreme concern” on Sunday over reports that bomb makers from Yemen responsible for the 2009 underwear-bomb plot are now in Syria cooperating with foreign militants ther.
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 07:35
Russia also hopes to build bases in Argentina for its satellite system and cooperate over the use of military technology, Mr. Putin said, including the use of Russian planes and helicopters in the sector of Antarctica claimed by Argentina.
Friday, July 11, 2014 - 08:46
As Palestinian health officials said the death toll in Gaza was approaching 100, the two sides appeared to be set on a course of continuing escalation, with no outside mediator yet having stepped in to broker a renewal of the cease-fire.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:15
How are we supposed to hold our heads high on humanitarian issues if, in our haste for a fix and our fixation on deterrence, we return even a few children to a place where their lives are in danger?
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:10
The United States will expand sanctions on groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo, making it easier to target those who are trying to instigate violence and disrupt peacekeeping efforts in that country, the White House announced on Tuesday.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:06
As the fighting between Hamas and Israel intensified, the Obama administration publicly defended Israel’s right to carry out airstrikes to stop Hamas’s rockets while privately cautioning it against ordering a ground attack into Gaza.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:02
“Everyone has left,” Alan Castellanos, 27, the uncle of Anthony and Kenneth, said in an interview in late May. “How is it that an entire country is being brought to its knees?”
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 06:35
The president said the emergency aid would address Republicans’ calls for increased border security while also providing care for the thousands of unaccompanied children who have been detained in the Rio Grande Valley.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 06:29
Mexico’s enduring problem is one of acute class differences — “classism” rather than racism — though it would be wrong to deny that racism toward Indians remains a factor