Reuters
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 11:14
A surge in cocaine trafficking has transformed Guinea into West Africa's latest drug hot spot, jeopardizing President Alpha Conde's efforts to rebuild state institutions after a military coup and attract billion of dollars in mining investment.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 11:05
The Defence Ministry statement said most of the 57 militants had been killed in the outskirts of Ramadi, giving few details.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 10:48
South Sudanese rebels accused government forces on Sunday of razing the hometown of their leader Riek Machar, violating a ceasefire, and said the army was drawing support from foreign fighters now in the country.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 08:17
Speaking at the Munich security conference, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he and Secretary of State John Kerry "have both worked to restore balance to the relationship between American defense and diplomacy".
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 08:05
Yemen, which relies on crude exports to finance up to 70 percent of its budget, has suffered frequent bombings of its main pipeline in recent years.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 08:01
"Orders have been issued to start shelling the city with artillery and planes to detect the potential abilities of militants inside Falluja and try to find a gap to get into the city," a top security official told Reuters on Sunday.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 07:57
Shi'ite rebels have overrun strongholds of a rival Sunni tribal group in fighting that has killed at least 40 people in northern Yemen in the last two days, tribal sources said on Sunday.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 07:54
"That would be a disaster for everybody - to start a process and then to abruptly end it within six months," he said after his meeting with Kerry, who also pressed Zarif on Iran's role in helping to end the conflict in Syria.
Friday, January 31, 2014 - 12:09
Soon after, around 15 artillery shells fired from Syria landed inside northern Lebanon as Syrian government forces pursued rebels near the frontier.
Friday, January 31, 2014 - 11:58
These days the same conversation can land reporters in court on charges of aiding a terrorist group, a sign of where the country is headed three years after a popular uprising raised hopes of greater freedom.