KABUL, Afghanistan — Giving a first major public sign that they may be ready for formal talks with the American-led coalition in Afghanistan, the Taliban announced Tuesday that they had struck a deal to open a political office in Qatar that could allow for direct negotiations over the endgame in the Afghan war. The step [...]
Authorities scoured the national park around Washington’s Mount Rainier on Sunday for a man they say fatally shot a park ranger and fled into the woods, a park spokeswoman said. The suspect remained at large Sunday night, believed to be somewhere in the expansive park, Mount Rainier National Park spokeswoman Lee Taylor said. Four to [...]
I used to discover new content via Google. Now I find it using Facebook and Twitter. And millions of others are doing it too. I have to admit it: I get a queasy voyeuristic feeling in my gut when I see what my friends are reading on the Washington or Huffington Posts, watching on YouTube, [...]
Washington says it has had assurances from Egyptian military officials that they will stop raids on pro-democracy and human rights groups. The US was quick to denounce Friday’s break-ins at the offices of 17 non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Egypt was warned that 1.3 billion dollars in US military aid could be reviewed if the raids continued. [...]