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Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 07:06
In the summer of 2010, Richard C. Holbrooke, the Obama administration’s special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, began recording a secret audio diary, detailing his frustrations with a White House that he believed was too willing to listen to the military and too often mistook domestic political calculations for strategic thinking.
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 07:06
Over the last decade, Ethiopia has emerged as one of the fastest-growing – perhaps THE fastest-growing – economies in Africa. Growth is driven by a determined government policy of creating the conditions for development, notably through a massive level of infrastructural investment.
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 07:03
Nigerian forces backed by warplanes invaded Islamist group Boko Haram's last known stronghold, the Sambisa forest, on Wednesday, in an effort to finally defeat their six-year-old insurgency, two military sources said.
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 07:02
The Pakistani Parliament, even while stating its commitment to protect the territory of Saudi Arabia, recently adopted a resolution not to join the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen. Many Pakistanis are worn out by the Taliban insurgency at home and oppose intervention abroad, especially to fight an enemy whose name they are hearing for the first time and risk worsening relations with its backer, Iran.
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 06:43
REMARKS
Secretary of State John Kerry
At the 45th Annual Washington Conference of the Council of the Americas
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 06:39
After having breached its unilateral ceasefire, rebel group FARC must demonstrate anew their commitment to Colombia’s peace process, United States Special Envoy Bernard Aronson said in an interview published Wednesday. The most recent outbreak of violence in Cauca that left 11 Colombian soldiers dead was “a big blow” that could threaten the peace talks, according to Aronson.
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 06:34
A criminal case against President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner seemed to dissolve Monday when a federal prosecutor dropped accusations that she and her foreign minister had conspired to shield Iranians suspected of planning the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center here.
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 06:31
The top U.S. diplomat for Latin America, Roberta Jacobsen, said Tuesday that Washington backs Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos' idea of placing "time limits" on the peace talks with the FARC rebel group, which began in November 2012. "If the president believes that that is the best way to move the process forward, we're supporting his efforts," said Jacobson.
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 06:27
Pope Francis will visit Cuba before arriving in the United States in September, the Vatican said Wednesday (April 22). Francis would be the third pope to visit Cuba, after St. John Paul II in 1998 and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in 2012.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - 07:15
Shouting, “Venezuela is not a threat! Repeal the decree now!” activists rallied in Times Square on April 15 to demand that President Barack Obama keep U.S. hands off the Bolivarian revolution.