Reuters (UK)
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - 08:12
A U.N. brigade tasked with neutralizing armed groups in Congo has assisted the country's army in clashes with eastern rebels on Monday, ending a brief lull in days of fighting that has killed and wounded dozens.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - 08:09
South Sudan's parliament has passed a long-awaited petroleum bill after years of consultation and waits for final approval by President Salva Kiir, a senior lawmaker said on Monday.
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 13:10
Gulf-based supporters have sent a 400-ton shipment of arms to Syria's outgunned rebels, one of the biggest to reach them in their two-year-old upris
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 07:38
The U.N. is being dragged into a mission in Mali likely to involve state-building as much as peacekeeping, as France looks to reduce its military footprint in the vast and poor Sahel state after defeating an Islamist rebellion.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 13:58
Palestinian Hamas urged Egypt on Wednesday to reopen the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip that was closed after a suspected militant attack on Egyptian policemen near the frontier earlier this week.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 13:39
Thousands of Bahrainis were allowed to march peacefully outside Manama calling for democratic reforms on Friday, 10 days after police cracked down on scattered protests organized by an online group inspired by recent demonstrations in Egypt.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 13:20
U.S. and allied intelligence agencies' have made a preliminary assessment that chemical weapons were used by Syrian forces in an attack near Damascus this week, likely with high-level approval from the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 09:07
The man who presently rules Egypt, General Abdel Fattah Said al-Sisi, is an enigma. He’s too slippery to be filed under any kind of label. Depending on where you sit, that’s either alarming or reassuring.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 08:42
Step by step, the once-shunned officials of Tunisia's old order have returned to the political scene and are turning up the pressure on the governing Islamist party Ennahda to make way for them.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 08:34
Israelis and Palestinians held a third round of negotiations on Tuesday, and Israel’s chief representative at the talks predicted the U.S.-brokered peace process would lead to dramatic Israeli decisions.