The New York Times
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 09:47
Hundreds of protesters marched in the streets of the Nigerian capital on Wednesday, demanding that the government do more to find scores of schoolgirls abducted by armed militants more than two weeks ago.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 09:37
Scores of girls and young women kidnapped from a school in Nigeria are being forced to marry their Islamic extremist abductors, a civic organization reported Wednesday.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 09:32
Is Al Qaeda’s regional affiliate in West Africa dead, at least for now?
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 08:00
Of 809 abuse complaints against agents within 100 miles of the Southwest border from January 2009 to January 2012, only 13 led to disciplinary action, and typically that meant counseling.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 05:40
As a delegation of Syrian opposition leaders arrived in Washington to plead for more American support, the Obama administration on Monday granted the group diplomatic status and pledged an additional $27 million in nonlethal assistance.
Sunday, May 4, 2014 - 16:10
A local activist, Samer al-Homsi, and three other activists said it was not clear why Syrian forces were not allowing the first phase of several hundred rebel fighters to leave.
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 11:19
CAIRO — Suicide bombers attacked a security checkpoint and a civilian bus in the south of the Sinai Peninsula on Friday, killing one police officer and wounding at least seven people, according to Egypt’s Interior Ministry.
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 06:21
BAGHDAD — Millions of Iraqis voted for a new Parliament on Wednesday, defying threats from Islamist extremists, in an election that was carried out, by Iraq’s brutal standards, in remarkable peace.
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 06:20
UNITED NATIONS — When the Security Council passed a legally binding resolution two months ago to provide relief to Syrians trapped behind front lines, Western delegates pledged “further steps” if the warring parties blocked aid deliveries by United Nations agencies. They specifically warned the Syrian government about its use of barrel bombs, the improvised mix of shrapnel and explosives that aircraft crews have dropped on civilian areas to devastating effect.
Thursday, May 1, 2014 - 05:17
“Some of the actions of those in charge of making the selection are little short of amazing,” said Iván Velásquez, who heads a United Nations-backed commission of international lawyers, known by its Spanish acronym Cicig.