The New York Times
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 08:53
It was a sign of the enduring political and geographical schism between Hamas, in Gaza, and the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, a factor that further complicates already difficult American-brokered Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 08:40
The American intervention is a salvation to the fragile transitional government in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, which would have faced the loss of its main source of revenue and its sole source of political power if renegade militias succeeded in selling Libya’s oil.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 08:39
Syrian government forces on Sunday swept into the center of Yabrud, a town long held by rebels near the Lebanese border, in an advance that appeared to be a significant blow for insurgents as the Syrian conflict entered its fourth year.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 07:51
Now a prominent former military man who cheered the takeover seems to agree: Ahmed Shafik, a former general and prime minister and the runner-up in the last presidential election, has called it a “farce.”
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 00:00
The operation centered on a public square, Plaza Francia, in the city’s well-off Altamira district, where virtually every night up to hundreds of young protesters gathered to engage in battles with the police and National Guard.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 00:00
The operation centered on a public square, Plaza Francia, in the city's well-off Altamira district, where virtually every night up to hundreds of young protesters gathered to engage in battles with the police and National Guard
Monday, March 17, 2014 - 00:00
The political battle royale playing out between the mayor of Bogota and the country’s powerful inspector general, who ordered him removed from office, has been compared to a Latin soap opera
Monday, March 17, 2014 - 00:00
Mr. Maduro has tried to blunt the greatest political challenge to his young presidency in two distinct ways: He has projected an image of openness and inclusion, while simultaneously cracking down
Friday, March 14, 2014 - 00:00
In 2014, inflation could accelerate to 45 percent.
Friday, March 14, 2014 - 00:00
Mexican officials would like to have the same type of customs operation, but a concern about American agents carrying weapons is stalling progress.