The Washington Post
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 06:34
The U.S. on Tuesday issued sanctions against two individuals on either side of the deadly conflict in South Sudan that has killed thousands of people and forced more than 1.3 million from their homes in the world’s newest nation.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 05:52
White House spokesman Eric Schultz said the administration would make “available in a classified setting a copy of the Awlaki opinion to any senator who wishes to review it prior to Barron’s confirmation vote.”
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 12:35
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday he expects peace talks for South Sudan to begin as planned, despite reluctance by the top rebel leader, who has called immediate negotiations premature and meaningless.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 12:29
Dozens of protesters rallied outside the Nigerian Embassy in the District on Tuesday, demanding that Nigerian authorities take action to rescue 276 schoolgirls who were kidnapped three weeks ago by Islamist extremists who believe girls should not be sent to school. An additional 53 were said to have escaped.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 11:21
“People speculate that it had something to do with security in Michoacan, but it wasn’t that”.
Sunday, May 4, 2014 - 16:16
Apathy and bitterness hangs over the rutted dirt roads here, where farmers hawk dusty vegetables and river fish in the shadows of the slums.
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 10:51
HOMS, Syria — Syria’s government and rebels agreed to a ceasefire Friday in the battleground city of Homs aimed at allowing hundreds of fighters holed up in its old quarters to evacuate, a move that would surrender almost total control of the city once known as the “capital of the revolution” to President Bashar Assad’s forces.
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 06:15
The months-long effort to dismantle Syria’s chemical weapons program has ground to a halt because Syria is holding on to 27 tons of sarin precursor chemicals as leverage in a dispute with the international community over the future of facilities used to store the deadly agents, according to U.S. officials.
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 06:01
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister hailed a high turnout in nationwide elections as a “slap in the face of terrorism” Thursday, but his upbeat comments were tempered by a U.N. announcement that last month’s death toll was the highest so far this year amid a sharp spike in sectarian bloodshed.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 13:33
CAIRO — In a country where opposition figures have been jailed by the thousands and a military man who spearheaded a coup is a likely shoo-in for the presidency, the odds are not looking good for Hamdeen Sabbahi.