The Washington Post
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 00:00
FARC files seized in a 2008 Colombian raid revealed intimate ties between the FARC and FMLN leader Jose Luis Merino, who is Sanchez Ceren’s right-hand man
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 08:01
Negotiators from South Sudan’s two warring sides arrived in Ethiopia on Wednesday for peace talks, and a U.N. official urged both teams to bring the world’s newest country “back from the brink.”
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 06:49
South Sudan's crisis began just two weeks ago, on Dec. 15, and it already has observers warning that it could lead to civil war. Fighting has killed an estimated 1,000 people and sent 121,600 fleeing from their homes. International peacekeepers are preparing for the worst; some have been killed and a number of them, including four U.S. troops, have been injured.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 00:00
While the world is increasingly experimenting with nontraditional and renewable energy sources, the setbacks to the once-thriving Brazilian ethanol industry underscore the vagaries of the energy market
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 07:36
U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power landed Thursday in this war-scorched nation and said the United States would provide a military liaison presence to assist African Union forces amid deepening worries about an escalating humanitarian crisis.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 07:41
The United States ordered its citizens to leave South Sudan immediately Tuesday due to fighting in the capital after what its president called a coup attempt by soldiers loyal to his former deputy.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 07:21
Residents in Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui, say the French military deployed into neighborhoods to flush out a Christian militia that had infiltrated the area at dawn.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 07:17
U.N. diplomats say hundreds of people are estimated dead in violence in South Sudan.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 07:58
The U.N. peacekeeping chief says 90 of his colleagues have been killed this year, with 29 of them in “deliberate attacks.”
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 00:00
On Nov. 18, Fernandez demonstrated that Kirchnerism, as an expression of Peronism, still is flexible enough to adapt to the turning tide.