Reuters
Monday, February 9, 2015 - 06:37
Afghan officials say a drone strike has killed up to six people, including a militant commander suspected of having defected recently from the Taliban to join to the Islamic State militant group
Friday, February 6, 2015 - 07:01
National security adviser Susan Rice will unveil the 29-page document in a speech at the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington
Friday, February 6, 2015 - 06:45
The U.S. military has deployed aircraft and troops to northern Iraq to boost its ability to rescue downed coalition pilots, after a Jordanian airman was captured and killed by militants in Syria, a defense official said Thursday.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 - 07:27
U.S. lawmakers are preparing a series of bills to ease U.S. restrictions on trade with Cuba, with plans to introduce them in the Senate in the next two months, senior congressional aides said on Monday.
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 06:50
Kazakhstan is clamping down on peaceful rallies for fear of a repeat of the demonstrations that triggered the Ukraine crisis. UN rapporteur Maina Kiai said there was a “very limited space for the expression of dissenting views” in the oil-rich nation.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 07:26
Demonstrators threw stones and set fire to two churches in Niamey, Niger’s capital, on Saturday, as protests continued against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - 08:00
The United Nations called Nigeria on Tuesday to restore law and order in the northeast and investigate "mass killings" of civilians blamed on Boko Haram insurgents.
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 08:10
U.S.-led international coalition, whose main task is to launch airstrikes against Islamic militants, is “slow” in providing military support to Iraq’s army, the country’s Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said Sunday during his visit to Egypt.
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 07:21
The Ghana Air Force has deployed one of its two C295 transport aircraft to Mali to support the United Nations-led MINUSMA mission there, as it continues to operate its transport aircraft on behalf of the United Nations.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 08:28
President Juan Manuel Santos called on Monday for the smaller of Colombia's two leftist rebel groups, the ELN, to join the larger FARC guerrillas in declaring a unilateral ceasefire as peace talks advance to end a 50 year war.