By Amena Bakr DOHA (Reuters) - A fresh effort to end Afghanistan's 12-year-old war looked in disarray on Thursday after a diplomatic spat about the Taliban's new Qatar office delayed preliminary discussions between the United States and the Islamist insurgents. Talks between U.S. officials and representatives of the Taliban had been set for Thursday in Qatar but Afghan government anger at the fa
MOSCOW — A few pictures and a video: The 2-year-old with Down syndrome smiles, smiles again even harder, and stretches her arms out until she tips forward. No one is there to hold her. Heidi Burrows, a mother of seven, could feel the yearning thousands of miles away in Texas. She and her husband determined to adopt the Russian orphan with the sweet grin. Read full article >>
The Obama administration expects to move ahead with plans to meet with Taliban representatives in the next few days, despite a still-simmering dispute with Afghan President Hamid Karzai over the negotiations that led him Wednesday to suspend separate talks over a key U.S.-Afghan security pact. Read full article >>
Andrea Pereira just shakes her head at how carefree she used to be when she’d strap on her running shoes and jog alone at night in the streets of this gritty capital.Then came the “express kidnapping” plague — ordinary people snatched off the street, sometimes in broad daylight. Homicides skyrocketed, with Caracas recording nearly 4,000 slayings last year, more than any other city in the worl
ISTANBUL — Just five days ago, a mild-mannered architect who was among the first to object to plans to raze central Istanbul’s Gezi Park thought his group was on its way to becoming a vanguard of a movement against Turkey’s leader that was far broader and more enduring than he could ever have imagined. Read full article >>
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