The New York Times
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 07:45
Because of a widespread view that “they are all bad guys” and “do not deserve this help,” said António Guterres, the head of the United Nations refugee agency, “the victims become double victims — of the conflict and of the perception.”
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 07:32
Thirty-seven people were killed on Friday in a wave of bombings and attacks across Iraq, and eight soldiers were kidnapped, security officials said.
Friday, March 21, 2014 - 08:08
Iran is building a nonworking mock-up of an American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that United States officials say may be intended to be blown up for propaganda value.
Friday, March 21, 2014 - 07:56
“He will control that area — geographically it is maybe a fourth of the country,” said Mr. Ford, who added that it includes most of Syria’s major cities.
Friday, March 21, 2014 - 00:00
The leftist mayor of Bogota, Colombia, lost his fight to stay in office after President Juan Manuel Santos approved an order to remove him and bar him from holding public office for 15 years.
Friday, March 21, 2014 - 00:00
The authorities have jailed the mayors of two cities that have experienced some of the most intense unrest in a wave of protests that has shaken the country in recent weeks.
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 08:08
Islamist militants killed an Egyptian brigadier general and a colonel in an early-morning gun battle in the Nile Delta province of Qalyubeya, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - 08:31
The attacks appeared to be the most intense exchange across the cease-fire line since the Syrian civil war began three years ago and raised the stakes along a frontier that has been mostly quiet for 40 years.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:22
Even as Syria’s epic suffering is remaking the human geography of the Middle East and beyond, initiatives to ease the crisis have sputtered and failed to offer effective help.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:19
Gunmen on motorbikes killed at least 69 people and burned down several homes in attacks on four villages related to conflicts over land in northwestern Nigeria, a state lawmaker said Thursday.