The New York Times
Monday, May 9, 2016 - 07:22
Moise Katumbi, the former governor of an important province in the Democratic Republic of Congo and now an outspoken opposition figure, has announced he is running for president of Congo in an election that is supposed to be held by the end of this year. Mr. Katumbi said on Twitter that the police had arrived to arrest him.
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 06:28
Tuesday’s battle in Teleskof — recounted by a witness and American officials — could presage a future in Iraq where American troops move even closer to routine, daily battle in the fight to reclaim large parts of Iraq from the Islamic State.
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 06:15
NATO’s European missile defense system goes live on Thursday when a base in Romania becomes operational. The next day, Poland is scheduled to break ground on its NATO missile-defense base.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 06:14
Egypt’s Interior Ministry, already under fire over accusations of police brutality and other abuses, heaped new woes onto itself on Tuesday when its press office published, apparently by accident, confidential guidelines that aim to counter a growing tide of news media criticism.
Monday, May 2, 2016 - 06:16
The United Nations Security Council on Friday renewed its peacekeeping mission in the disputed Western Sahara region for a year with a resolution that placed only mild pressure on Morocco, which in a diplomatic flare-up last month expelled many of the staff members of the mission, crippling its ability to function.
Friday, April 29, 2016 - 06:17
President Obama has proposed granting Israel the largest package of military aid ever provided by the United States to another nation, but he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remain deeply at odds over a figure for the assistance despite months of negotiations.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - 08:40
In December 2014, President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico traveled to the state of Guerrero, where months earlier 43 college students who were headed to a protest in Mexico City had vanished under murky circumstances and were presumed to have been massacred.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 06:36
43 students vanished in the city of Iguala one night in September 2014 amid violent, chaotic circumstances laid bare by an international panel of investigators who have been examining the matter for more than a year. The reason for the students’ abduction remains a mystery.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 06:21
As first vice president of Afghanistan, Abdul Rashid Dostum is the second-ranking official in a country that is almost wholly dependent on American military and financial might, and he is eager to visit Washington and discuss how best to overcome the Taliban.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 06:17
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt sent what seemed like all of his men onto the streets of Cairo on Monday, in a show of force and anxiety aimed at preventing any protests against his rule, and denying his growing chorus of critics any public space.