The Wall Street Journal
Monday, August 3, 2015 - 06:38
The small Caucasus country had for years pursued a staunchly pro-Western course that led to the 2008 Russian invasion. Now, it is moving away from a vehemently anti-Kremlin line toward finding a modus vivendi with Russia.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 06:09
President Barack Obama on Tuesday became the first American president to address the African Union in the institution’s 52-year history.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 05:49
Compared with strategic weapons, 1,240 Javelin missiles are small beer. Yet the Obama administration has thus far refused to transfer to Kiev the antitank system—or any other form of lethal aid.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 07:01
Authorities seized control of an education agency that was a bastion of resistance to President Enrique Peña Nieto’s education sector overhaul, firing its 4,000 employees and deploying federal police to secure the agency’s offices.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 07:28
European foreign ministers said Monday they were considering a new mission to help train Tunisian security forces on tactics to better control their borders and secure key tourist sites.
Monday, July 20, 2015 - 07:59
Critics of the nuclear deal with Iran have expanded their attacks to provisions they say could allow Tehran to vastly improve its abilities to provide conventional weapons to its allies.
Monday, July 20, 2015 - 06:42
Kenya aims to project an image of security as President Barack Obama makes his first official visit here this week—in part by reopening the Westgate mall nearly two years after it was the scene of a deadly terrorist attack.
Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 07:09
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said in an annual report that 106,000 acres of land were used to grow coca in 2014, down 14% from 123,000 acres the prior year.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 06:50
U. S. officials said Monday there was plenty of intelligence suggesting drug cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán was planning to try to escape from jail, underscoring a frustration U.S. officials feel with Mexico’s inability to keep the country’s most notorious drug boss behind bars.
Monday, July 13, 2015 - 06:49
The U.S. is in talks with North African countries about positioning drones at a base on their soil to ramp up surveillance of Islamic State in Libya in what would be the most significant expansion of the campaign against the extremist group in the region.