Displaying items 85-96 of 3913
» View latimes.com items only
< Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-327
Next >
-
North Korea, in break from bluster, elevates reformer
SEOUL — North Korea's parliament on Monday approved the appointment of a new premier seen by outside experts as an economic reformer, a rare sign of moderation from the country after days of bellicose statements. The appointment in Pyongyang...
Tags: Kim Jong Un, International Military Interventions, Parliament, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Seoul (South Korea)
-
North Korea threatens attacks on U.S., Guam, South Korea
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.SEOUL -- In the latest in a series of escalating threats, North Korea's top command announced Tuesday that it has put its artillery and strategic rocket units under what it called "No. 1 combat readiness," targeting the U.S. mainland, Hawaii, Guam and...Tags: Kim Jong Un, Park Geun-hye, Korean War (1950-1953), Seoul (South Korea), South Korea
-
Venezuelan front-runner says he would renew relations with U.S.
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Casting his vote Sunday in a Caracas slum, interim Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that if he wins Sunday’s election he is prepared to reestablish relations with the United States “in terms of equality and...
Tags: Elections, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Government, Caracas (Venezuela)
-
Activists urge Obama to speak out on Mexico's human rights record
MEXICO CITY -- Activists are attempting to spotlight human rights issues during President Obama's visit this week to Mexico, urging him to publicly condemn what they describe as Mexico’s abysmal record of torture, killings and forced...
Tags: Barack Obama, Mexico City, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Felipe Calderon
-
U.S. hands over control of Bagram prison to Afghan government
BAGRAM, Afghanistan—The U.S. handed over control of the prison at Bagram air base to the Afghan government Monday, resolving a major sticking point that had been complicating relations between Washington and Kabul as both countries brace for the...
Tags: Afghanistan, Taliban, Pakistan, International Military Interventions, Kabul (Afghanistan)
-
U.S. and Japan unveil plan for returning Okinawa land
The U.S. and Japan unveiled plans Friday for gradually returning some land on Okinawa now used by the American military, but still intend to relocate a U.S. Marine base elsewhere on the island, an idea fervently opposed by Okinawans. The island hosts...
Tags: Flu, Shinzo Abe, China, North Korea, Unrest, Conflicts and War
-
McManus: Obama plays for time to avoid 'red line'
Barack Obama really, really does not want to get tangled up in Syria. For almost a year, Obama's secretaries of State — first Hillary Rodham Clinton, now John Kerry — have pressed the president for more aid to the insurgents who are fighting...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Biological and Chemical Weapons, International Military Interventions
-
'Lone wolf' terrorists get what they want in global spotlight
If late bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev attacked the Boston Marathon with an aim to draw attention to Muslim suffering in Chechnya, his ancestral homeland, he succeeded. Or if, as alleged by some who knew him, he was angered by U.S. military...
Tags: Afghanistan, Arts and Culture, Terrorism, Culture, Religion and Belief
-
Somali pleads guilty to terrorism charges
WASHINGTON — A Somali suspect who was captured at sea two years ago and interrogated aboard a U.S. warship has pleaded guilty to aiding terrorist groups Al Shabaab and Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, federal prosecutors said, a success for the...Tags: U.S. Congress, Trials, Terrorism, Al-Qaeda, Justice System
-
Obama defends U.S. approach to Syrian conflict
AMMAN, Jordan — Standing less than 100 miles from the Syrian border, President Obama on Friday defended his administration’s reluctance to use U.S. military force to quell the civil war in that country, saying experience has shown that slow...
Tags: Abdullah II of Jordan, Jerusalem (Israel), Israel, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
-
The North Korea conundrum
The Obama administration is reacting responsibly to a series of provocations from North Korea, shoring up defenses while seeking a diplomatic solution to the crisis. But even if North Korea is deterred from attacking South Korea or U.S. forces for the...
Tags: Kim Jong Un, Military Equipment, Nuclear Policy, Unrest, Conflicts and War, South Korea
-
Kerry arrives in South Korea at a touchy time
From the Associated PressSEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in South Korea on Friday on an unusual diplomatic journey, traveling directly into a region bracing for a possible North Korean missile test and risking that his presence alone could...Tags: Kim Jong Un, Barack Obama, Kim Il Sung, Military Equipment, Missile Systems
Apr 1, 2013
|Story| AP Member Choice Complete
Mar 26, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 14, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 30, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 25, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 5, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 1, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Apr 26, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 25, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 22, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 5, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 12, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Original site for U.S. Military topic gallery.
