The New York Times
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 07:25
The assertion, made by the White House press secretary, Jay Carney, came hours after the Senate voted unanimously on Monday night on a bipartisan measure that would bar the nominee, Hamid Aboutalebi, from taking the United Nations post by denying him a visa.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 07:15
Algeria, however, has the 20th-largest defense budget in the world, spending more on defense than either Pakistan or Iran, and it has a well-equipped and well-trained military to show for it.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 00:00
Filming is interrupted when a cast or crew member receives a text message alert that some staple is available at a nearby supermarket. The studio empties before the rationed stock of toilet paper, milk or corn flour runs out.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 00:00
Rajiv Shah, U.S.A.I.D.'s administrator, told members that the program was similar to others that the agency has financed in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 00:00
Mr. Gross and his wife expressed frustration with Mr. Obama and the United States government, saying that they have not done enough to try to free him
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 09:12
Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission said Monday that it had found that security agents were responsible for the unlawful killings of eight civilians in a September raid in Abuja, the Nigerian capital.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 08:16
The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, arrived in the Central African Republic on Saturday in an effort to drum up world support for an effort to stanch the widening sectarian conflict there.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 07:51
The W.H.O. and Unicef said in a joint statement on Sunday that Iraq’s expedited polio response was part of a broader vaccination effort in the region, with the goal of reaching more than 20 million children this week.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 10:19
There are only four bullets in the rifle that Liep Wiyual plans to use against government troops on the front lines in South Sudan.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 07:18
A number of bungled drone strikes carried out by the Joint Special Operations Command in Yemen led the government there in recent months to temporarily ban drone strikes by the military.