Reuters
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 05:59
A suicide bomber and gunmen wearing army uniforms attacked Yemen's defense ministry on Thursday, killing 52 people including foreign medical staff, government sources said, in the country's worst militant assault in 18 months.
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 12:18
France will tell African leaders at a Paris summit on Friday it will no longer play policeman on the continent, even as it prepares to act in a new conflict in Central African Republic after its Mali intervention this year.
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 12:14
Al Qaeda-linked militants, drug smugglers and shadowy criminal networks stand in the way of the Somali federal government's hopes of hiring a foreign firm to manage the lucrative but run-down southern port of Kismayu.
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 00:00
Obama congratulated Santos on "bold and brave efforts" to bring about peace in Colombia through negotiations with FARC
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 00:00
Like many of the drug-scarred shanties that creep up the hills surrounding Tegucigalpa, Nueva Capital is a testing ground for the militarized gang-fighting policies of Juan Hernandez, Honduras' president-elect.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 00:00
Obama congratulated Santos on "bold and brave efforts" to bring about peace in Colombia through negotiations with FARC.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 00:00
Ladrones robaron un camion en Mexico que trasladaba material radioactivo peligroso destinado a tratamientos medicos.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 - 12:27
Somalia's parliament on Monday sacked Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon, citing his government's poor performance over the past year.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 - 12:14
Nigerian authorities imposed a 24-hour curfew in the main northeastern city of Maiduguri on Monday after Islamist militants attacked an air force base and army sites overnight, the military said.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 - 12:13
Congo's president wants talks with rebels in the country's east concluded as soon as possible, Ugandan and Congolese statements said, although there was no sign of a breakthrough on the wording of an accord that scuppered a signing last month.