Alan Cowell
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 07:12
The prosecution contends that the four absent defendants are supporters of Hezbollah, whose leaders have dismissed the court in The Hague as evidence of a broader Western conspiracy against their organization and urged Lebanese to withhold cooperation with it.
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 07:13
The United States on Friday ordered a further reduction of American Embassy staff members in strife-torn South Sudan and said it would cease to provide consular services for its citizens as of Saturday, apparently reflecting a somber assessment of the country’s prospects even as its warring factions were reported to have opened preliminary indirect talks in neighboring Ethiopia.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 07:57
The South African police said on Thursday they had opened a murder investigation into the death of an exiled former spy chief from Rwanda and critic of President Paul Kagame, who was found dead in a hotel room with signs of possible strangulation.
Friday, December 20, 2013 - 07:04
The United Nations said on Friday that it had sent helicopters to rescue personnel from a base in South Sudan that came under lethal attack amid a worsening political crisis and President Obama warned that South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, “stands at the precipice.”
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 09:25
In a sign of mounting international concern about fighting in South Sudan, Britain said Thursday that it was evacuating British nationals as clashes were reported to have spread following claims of an attempted coup.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 - 12:21
The imagery is likely to be the same as it has been for decades — foreign troops in battle fatigues lugging backpacks and assault rifles, confronting mayhem.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 - 06:48
The authorities in northeastern Nigeria imposed a 24-hour curfew around the region’s main city on Monday after Islamic militants staged an audacious attack apparently aimed at a government air base, news reports said, describing the assault as among the most dramatic in the insurgents’ campaign to create an Islamic state.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 08:09
Explosives hidden under fruit and vegetables aboard a delivery truck detonated in a crowded market selling fresh produce north of Baghdad on Thursday, killing 28 civilians and wounding 52.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 - 07:47
A wave of apparently coordinated bombings at bakeries and public markets hit the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 37 people and wounding more than 80.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 12:00
Lebanese media reported that responsibility for the embassy attack was claimed by the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, an offshoot of Al Qaeda with branches in several countries in the region, including Lebanon.