The New York Times
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 06:53
Suicide bombings and other attacks across Iraq killed at least 33 people and wounded nearly 80 more on Monday, the police said.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 06:46
WASHINGTON — American drones and Yemeni counterterrorism forces killed more than three dozen militants linked to Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen over the weekend in one of the largest such attacks there in months, officials from both countries said Monday.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 06:21
Muslim militants in Nigeria have become more brazen, killing more than 70 people in a bomb blast in the capital and kidnapping dozens of school girls. They have also been accused of crossing into Cameroon for kidnappings. Meanwhile, the United Nations is sending peacekeepers to the Central African Republic to end vicious fighting between Christians and Muslims.
Do these conflicts indicate that central Africa could be on the brink of a regional religious war?
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 10:36
Hundreds of civilians were killed when South Sudanese rebels took control of a strategic oil-producing town last week, the United Nations confirmed on Monday.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 07:13
“It can be used in the whole former Soviet space,” said Chris Donnelly, a former top adviser at NATO, who added that Georgia, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Central Asia states were “very vulnerable.”
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 05:09
The problem is that the current crisis in Brazilian-American relations never quite rises to the top of the strategic agenda.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 05:01
“That’s pretty intrusive at a sovereign level to say you can find out how many jet fighters Argentina happens to have”.
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 10:20
As Boko Haram’s actions in Nigeria over the past four months have grown more lethal, it has also crossed over to northern Cameroon to carry out kidnappings to finance its operations.
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 10:16
Religion is an undeniable factor in the violence terrorizing central Africa. Whether it is the root of the conflict is moot.
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 10:14
The anti-balaka Christian militias that have arisen in the Central African Republic since late 2013 frequently express their grievances in a religious idiom.