Source: Karen DeYoung / The Washington Post After more than a decade of war in Afghanistan, and nearly three years of sputtering and unsuccessful attempts at talks, the United States will open formal negotiations with the Taliban this week aimed at ending insurgent attacks, officials said Tuesday. The new dialogue, with a Taliban delegation that [...]
Afghan forces have taken over the security lead in Afghanistan, following an official handover from the US-led NATO coalition on Tuesday. (June 18)
President Obama told PBS’s Charlie Rose that the US has been helping Syrian rebels, even before the White House’s recent decision to provide lethal aid. (June 18)
Source: David Rising, Randy Herschaft and Monika Scislowska / Yahoo! News BERLIN — A top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living in Minnesota since shortly after World War II, according to evidence [...]
Source: Loveday Morris / The Washington Post BEIRUT — Syrian rebels on Friday described the U.S. decision to provide them with arms as a “late step” and called for shipments to include heavy weaponry capable of tipping the balance of power on the battlefield. The United States has said it would be “responsive to the needs” of the increasingly desperate [...]
Source: Aamer Madhani / USA Today WASHINGTON— U.S. and European officials have determined that Syrian government has deployed chemical weapons against rebels, the New York Times is reporting, according to American lawmakers. The White House notified lawmakers on Thursday that they have determined chemical weapons have been used. The White House announced late Thursday afternoon [...]
Source: AP / CBS News JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s president said Wednesday that Nelson Mandela was responding better to treatment after several days in the hospital. President Jacob Zuma told parliament he was happy with the progress that the international icon was making “following a difficult last few days.” Mandela spent a fifth straight day [...]
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Police and demonstrators face off Tuesday in Taksim Square as Turkish citizens continue to protest the leadership of the prime minister.
Hundreds of riot police overran improvised barricades at Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Tuesday, firing tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons in running battles with protesters who have been occupying the area for more than a week. (June 11)
Source: Jason Straziuso / AP / USA Today JOHANNESBURG — Doctors are doing all they can to improve Nelson Mandela’s health as the 94-year-old icon spent a fourth day in the hospital for a recurring lung infection, South Africa’s president said Tuesday, as two of Mandela’s daughters visited their father. In a possible sign of the [...]
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