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May 21, 2013
12:12 pm
ABUJA — The Nigerian authorities last week announced a sweeping military offensive against fighters with the militant group Boko Haram, a homegrown organization that claims ties to Al Qaeda and had recently seized parts of northeastern Nigeria.
May 21, 2013
9:34 am
Several countries that backed UN sanctions agree — at least so far — that North Korea's six launches probably did not violate its international obligations.
May 21, 2013
7:24 am
Nearly 100 feared dead in Oklahoma; the US has started saying 'Myanmar' over 'Burma'; and pose with a toilet to get hitched in India.
May 20, 2013
6:52 pm
About 120 Boko Haram Islamists were arrested in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Monday as they were organizing the burial of a commander.
May 20, 2013
2:22 pm
GlobalPost travels with Hezbollah as it steps up its support for the Syrian government, helping it retake key rebel strongholds.
May 20, 2013
9:22 am
At least 23 pro-Assad fighters of the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah have been killed in the battle for the strategically vital Syrian city of Qusayr.
May 19, 2013
11:45 am
Syrian government forces have taken control of the center of Qusayr, a rebel stronghold near the Lebanese border.
May 18, 2013
4:50 pm
Gunmen in Syria kidnapped the elderly father of Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, a leading voice in Assad's regime.
May 18, 2013
3:51 pm
US says Yemen home to jihadist network’s most dangerous branch, AL-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
May 18, 2013
12:29 pm
The US is 'concerned' by allegations of human rights violations by Nigerian security forces, Secretary of State John Kerry said.
May 18, 2013
10:06 am
Area near Ramadi is one of the main centers of the Sunni protest movement in Iraq.
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