The New York Times
Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 09:13
"What I don’t understand is how the pro-World Cup people could possibly win when the protesters are repressed, since their own civil rights are also at stake".
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 08:04
The Sudanese government has reconstituted the janjaweed, notorious militias that terrorized the restive Darfur region for years, making them an official, uniformed force that has recently burned down huts and attacked civilians, according to a new report prepared by the Enough Project, an activist group that aims to prevent genocide.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 11:22
Many of the Brazilians and their neighbors visiting here for the World Cup are displaying how Latin America’s fortunes are changing.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 08:14
The Obama administration said on Monday that it has accepted from the Iraqi government the same sort of immunity agreement for newly dispatched Special Operations troops that it refused to accept in 2011, when it opted to withdraw all American troops from Iraq rather than keep a residual force behind.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 08:12
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday that the Sunni militants seizing territory in Iraq had become such a threat that the United States might not wait for Iraqi politicians to form a new government before taking military action.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 06:22
The Obama administration on Monday reluctantly released its justification for killing an American citizen, but the rationale provides little confidence that the lethal action was taken with real care.
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 09:25
Argentina’s lawyers warned that the court’s decision created “a serious and imminent risk” that the country would again be forced to default. But the ruling also has profound and disturbing implications for the functioning of the international financial system
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 07:22
The minute they make it across the border alive, exiled journalists lose their jobs, their homes, their country, and enter a bureaucratic nightmare of petitioning for political asylum.
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 07:08
he Israeli military said Monday that it had struck Syrian Army targets in response to an attack in the Golan Heights the day before that killed an Arab-Israeli teenager and wounded two others.
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 07:05
Negotiations with Iran over its disputed nuclear program entered their brinkmanship phase on Friday, with the toughest issues still unresolved a month before the deadline for a final agreement.