The Washington Post
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 08:20
The German government has paved the way to expand its military deployment in Mali, raising the number of soldiers who can serve on a training mission in the West African nation.
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 07:20
Some 420 civilians were evacuated from the area on Sunday, according to the Syrian state news agency, SANA. But activists in the Old City said at least six had died after mortars fell as they gathered to evacuate.
Friday, February 7, 2014 - 10:56
As Hamas finds itself in the unlikely role of enforcing the cease-fire, it is struggling to keep the more aggressive factions from launching attacks, though Hamas is careful not condemn them publicly.
Friday, February 7, 2014 - 10:48
Clashes between Egyptian security forces and Islamist protesters left one person dead in a province southwest of Cairo on Friday while two home-made bombs targeting policemen wounded six people in a bridge in the capital, officials said.
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 08:39
The military ceremony Wednesday was meant to be a fresh beginning, an army being reconstituted after months of bloodshed, in front of a new interim president who declared how proud she was of the nation’s soldiers.
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 00:00
Mexican authorities say gunmen kidnapped a police beat reporter from his home in Veracruz state, where at least a dozen journalists have been slain or gone missing since 2010.
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 00:00
As of last weekend, the government will give people such as Rodrigues a new
"cultural coupon" worth $20 a month.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - 08:50
Multiple bombings rocked central Baghdad on Wednesday, striking mainly near the heavily fortified Green Zone where key government offices are located and killing at least 22 people, Iraqi officials said.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - 00:00
Colombians had awakened to a report in the country's leading news magazine that the cyberspies, along with young civilian hackers they recruited, had for more than a year collected emails and text messages from Santos' negotiators at Havana peace talk
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - 00:00
The old left vs. right framework is no longer an accurate or meaningful way to look at Latin America.