Reuters
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 06:54
Recently defeated M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have continued to recruit fighters in neighboring Rwanda while the Congolese army has been involved in human rights abuses and corruption, according to a confidential U.N. report.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 00:00
The search for a Mexican drug lord wanted for the murder of a U.S. federal agent expanded on Monday when Interpol issued a wanted persons alert for Rafael Caro Quintero, who disappeared in August.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 08:14
The United Nations appealed for $6.5 billion for Syria and its neighbors on Monday to help 16 million people next year, many of them hungry or homeless victims of a 33-month-old conflict that has no end in sight.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 08:13
Suicide bombers and gunmen killed at least 54 people in Iraq on Monday, medical and police sources said, in attacks mostly targeting Shi'ite Muslims, who mark a big religious festival next week.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 07:18
Central African Republic's interim leader is weighing a possible amnesty for militias involved in Christian-Muslim violence that has killed hundreds of people, most of them civilians, in exchange for their disarmament.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 07:00
France will ask for more help from European partners to bolster its peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 00:00
She captured roughly 62 percent of the vote on Sunday, the highest proportion of votes any presidential candidate has won since Chile returned to holding democratic elections in 1989.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 00:00
The United States has canceled aid to Ecuador worth $32 million over the coming years after long-running disputes with the government of socialist President Rafael Correa, according to U.S. officials.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 00:00
Yet the Venezuelan Violence Observatory says its estimate is at least 73 homicides per 100,000 people last year - or more than 21,000 murders. The local watchdog has projected a 24 percent rise in 2013.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 00:00
The diplomatic row between Brazil and the United States over the allegations could help Dassault's chances to win the jet-fighter contract, with some Brazilian officials saying it is difficult to ink a deal with a country that can't be trusted.