The Wall Street Journal
Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 06:57
The nation’s top defense officials left open the possibility on Wednesday that the U.S. military may play a more active role in the fight against Islamic State extremists, by joining Iraqi forces on the front lines to help direct airstrikes.
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 06:59
Given Raúl’s age—84—there will be another succession in the near future. The critical question is not what economic reforms Raúl may introduce, but what follows him.
Friday, June 12, 2015 - 06:38
This East African nation unveiled its biggest budget ever on Thursday, led by a funding increase for security forces to battle Islamic militants who have staged repeated attacks on the region’s biggest economy.
Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 06:36
South Sudan is running out of money, which along with a civil war and mass food shortages is putting the world’s youngest country at risk of becoming its youngest failed state.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 06:32
President Barack Obama is poised to send hundreds more American military advisers to a new base in a strategic Iraqi region to help devise a counterattack against marauding Islamic State militants, U.S. officials said Tuesday, a shift that underscores American concern over recent battlefield losses.
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 06:27
President Juan Manuel Santos’s government and Marxist guerrillas said Thursday they will form a truth commission to investigate and establish responsibility for atrocities that took place in a half century of conflict, a development that signals that slow-moving peace negotiations are advancing.
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 06:30
Fernando Cevallos, leader of Control Risks’ compliance, intelligence, investigations and technology team for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, talks about a change in attitude in Mexico’s fight against corruption, and the potential impacts of a new anti-corruption bill.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 06:38
Top-level Obama administration envoys met secretly last week for the first time with Yemen’s Houthi rebels and pressed for a cease-fire in their country and the release of Americans detained by the group, according to U.S. and Arab officials.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 07:11
U.S. taxpayer cash pours into El Salvador, even as the FMLN government dismantles democracy.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 06:26
Tens of thousands of antigovernment protesters marched in this politically divided country Saturday to back a jailed opposition leader, who has gone on a hunger strike to pressure President Nicolas Maduro to hold congressional elections and free prisoners allegedly detained for political motives.