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The president emphasizes economic cooperation after meeting with his counterpart, Enrique Peña Nieto, and suggests the U.S. won't take the lead in fighting cartels. Iraqi inquiries find excessive force in Sunni protest camp raidBAGHDAD — Iraqi security used disproportionate force, including shooting unarmed civilians, during a raid on an encampment of Sunni... U.S. policy seen as factor in Somalia famine deathsJOHANNESBURG, South Africa — It was the catastrophe everyone knew was coming yet no one seemed able to stop. Europe's tariff on jeans threatens L.A. jobsThere's a wrinkle in the outlook for expensive women's designer jeans. |
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McManus: Obama plays for time to avoid 'red line'
Barack Obama really, really does not want to get tangled...
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Global Voices: Pleas for Korean peace 60 years after fighting ended
A conference to promote peace between communist and capitalist adversaries might sound like an antiquated notion in the post-Cold War era.
4 Iraqi soldiers killed at Sunni checkpoint
BAGHDAD — Four Iraqi soldiers were shot dead Saturday, the day after Sunni Arab tribes in the restive western province of Anbar...
U.S. doubts on Syria lie in how sarin exposure occurred
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies unanimously agree that Syrians have been exposed to deadly sarin gas in recent weeks, but they...
White House suspects Syria used chemical weapons, seeks inquiry
WASHINGTON — The White House said for the first time that there was evidence Syria had used chemical weapons in its civil war, but...
Bashar Assad's forces reportedly take key Syria township
BEIRUT — The Syrian government says its forces this week seized a strategic township east of Damascus after weeks of fighting, but...
Israel says it shot down drone near Lebanon
JERUSALEM — Israel said Thursday that it shot down an unmanned aircraft that had entered Israeli airspace off the northern coast...
At least 70 dead in Bangladesh building collapse, officials say
An eight-story building housing several garment factories collapsed near Bangladesh's capital Wednesday morning, killing at least 70...
Israel's claim about Syria chemical weapons highlights 'red line'
JERUSALEM — Israel's accusation that Syria used chemical weapons against rebels raises the prospect that Damascus crossed what...
Iraq violence sparks fears of a Sunni revolt
BEIRUT — Security forces for the Shiite-led Iraqi government raided a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on Tuesday, igniting...
Mexico vote-buying scandal threatens president's agenda of reforms
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Tuesday faced the most serious political crisis of his young government,...
Nigeria officials disagree on death toll in recent fighting
KANO, Nigeria — Local government officials and a military spokesman in Nigeria agreed that security forces and Islamist militants...
Egypt street vendors, store owners say Morsi is bad for business
GIZA, Egypt — The woman with crates of unsold tomatoes breathed in the boisterous music of slum life: creaking shutters, squawking...
John Kerry asks Turkish leader to delay Gaza trip
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Secretary of State John F. Kerry urged Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to delay a planned visit to...
Global Voices: Author reflects on thwarted Afghanistan invasions
“Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.”