The Washington Post
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 00:00
The massive security presence at the Medica Sur hospital speaks to both the newfound fame and the national importance of Mireles, but also to the tricky position in which Mexico’s government finds itself with regard to the rebel movement
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 00:00
U.S. and Cuban representatives held a fresh round of migration talks in Havana on Thursday, continuing a recent trend of the two Cold War foes working together on some issues
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 07:39
But differences over Tehran’s push to improve its uranium enrichment abilities could delay its enactment and strengthen critics of the accord in Washington and Tehran.
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 07:17
There is a growing sense here in the Arab world’s largest country that the best path to stability — after three years of political turmoil — might be to do things the military’s way.
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 00:00
The U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement that it was concerned with the “dire state of prisons in Brazil” and asked authorities to move immediately to restore order
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 08:01
But a series of stunning reversals in recent days has made clear that the militant group may be more vulnerable than it seemed, in part because its frequent kidnappings and attacks on fellow rebels have won it few allies.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 00:00
Oil production is stagnant, the state-controlled oil company, Petrobras, is hobbled by debt, and foreign oil companies are wary of investing here
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 07:52
The United Nations has dispatched a record number of peacekeepers in Africa in recent years, deploying soldiers to trouble spots such as the Central African Republic and South Sudan. Yet the “blue helmets” and thousands of other soldiers sent by African regional groups have failed to prevent fresh spasms of violence.
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 07:05
The rebel-on-rebel fighting in Raqqa — a bastion of the al-Qaida-linked group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant — reflects a widening war within a war in Syria, this one against radical extremists.
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 06:46
Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Sunday that the United States is ready to help Iraq in any way possible as that country began a major offensive to wrest control of two cities from al-Qaeda-linked militants. But he made it clear that no American troops would be sent in.