Reuters
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 07:39
While much of the world's attention has focused on a security crackdown on Islamists in the struggle between the Brotherhood and the army-backed government, killing and detaining thousands, Egypt's police have also paid a high price.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 07:35
The Syrian government has retaken territory around the northern city of Aleppo, the military said on Tuesday, after two weeks of rebel infighting that has weakened the insurgency against President Bashar al-Assad.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 07:20
Turkish anti-terrorist police raided the offices of an aid agency on the border with Syria on Tuesday, in part of what local media said was an operation in six cities against individuals suspected of links to al Qaeda.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 07:15
At least seven people were killed on Tuesday when a car bomb exploded in Nigeria's north-eastern city of Maiduguri, a witness said, the latest violence in a region beset by an Islamist insurgency.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 07:12
A U.N. human rights team has gathered testimony that Chadian citizens, including peacekeepers, carried out mass killings during chaotic violence in Central African Republic, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 06:20
The aim, which the officials say could take years to pull off, includes working with Hamas's political rivals Fatah and supporting popular anti-Hamas activities in Gaza, four security and diplomatic officials said.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 05:59
Human rights groups say the improvised devices have killed hundreds of civilians in the civil war between President Bashar al-Assad's government and rebel forces.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 00:00
Obama would travel to Toluca, Mexico, on Feb. 19.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 00:00
After a three-week break, talks resumed with the FARC attacking the government's refusal to enter a ceasefire and President Juan Manuel Santos staking his reelection on reaching a peace deal in 2014.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 00:00
The nation's chief inspector, Alejandro Ordonez, rejected the appeal on Monday, saying its disciplinary chamber had found him responsible for "three serious errors in the implementation of the new cleanup model in the city of Bogota."