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Friday, July 10, 2015 - 07:45
Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, is holding peace talks in order to become an unarmed political organization. However, one of the things threatening this possibility is a phenomenon older than the guerrillas: Paramilitary forces.
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 07:43
A top US State Department official said it would be an "intelligent" move for El Salvador and Honduras to consider establishing anti-impunity commissions, similar to the model that has been implemented in Guatemala.
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 07:34
As the Lebanese militia takes over the fight to save Assad’s regime, casualties are rising and so are the risks of overreach.
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 07:29
A common refrain for one of the root causes of violence in Latin America is the wide gap between the rich and the poor. Yet homicides in the region have continued to rise even as income inequality has fallen significantly.
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 07:15
A Raytheon-built and U.S.-funded border security operations center has opened in Jordan to help secure the kingdom's frontiers with Iraq and Syria.
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 07:11
Today should be a time for celebration in South Sudan, but it is overshadowed by the tragic costs of conflict.
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 07:09
Pope Francis apologized Thursday for the sins, offenses and crimes committed by the Catholic Church against indigenous peoples during the colonial-era conquest of the Americas, delivering a powerful mea culpa on the part of the church in the climactic highlight of his South American pilgrimage.
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 07:07
The Saudi-backed government of Yemen has agreed to a “pause” in fighting, starting Friday, so that humanitarian relief can be delivered in the country, United Nations officials said Thursday. The Houthi rebels who control large parts of Yemen have agreed to respect it as well, the officials said.
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 06:59
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has endorsed an amended law defining voting districts in this country of more than 50 million voters, his spokesman said Thursday, removing the last hurdle for setting the date for the long-delayed parliamentary elections.
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 06:59
A key leader of the Islamic State and another top commander were killed in recent U.S drone strikes in eastern Afghanistan, according to intelligence officials here, the latest sign that the radical Islamist group is considered a growing threat in the country.