World & Nation
Last Wednesday, United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali denounced the international community for not sending troops to end the fighting in Rwanda, where an estimated 200,000 people have died.
May 29, 1994
Politics
A White House official was taken aback this week when asked how the twists and turns of U.S. policy on Haiti fit into an overall American strategy.
July 8, 1994
The United States and a number of European nations have taken the unusual step of suggesting an international inquiry into the terrorism that has claimed at least 60,000 lives in Algeria since 1992.
Jan. 9, 1998
One evening last week, one of the United Nations’ armed Pakistani soldiers on duty in Somalia made a rare foray off his base inside Mogadishu’s ruined international airport and into town.
Dec. 1, 1992
Opinion
The right way to help Syria’s rebels
Aug. 8, 2012
In a single day, the terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon transcended decades of debates between the parties over the proper use of U.S. military force, uniting liberals who resisted deployments from Vietnam through the Persian Gulf War and conservatives who opposed interventions in Haiti and the Balkans.
Sept. 26, 2001
“Always expect a miracle,” says the Haitian proverb, and after almost three years of floundering and indecision, it does seem miraculous to see Washington’s Haiti policy take on coherence and momentum.
July 6, 1994
The political aim of any international intervention in Bosnia--diplomatic, economic or military--should be clear: reject ethnically defined territories.
May 10, 1993
Most Clinton Administration officials have concluded that new economic sanctions imposed against this nation will not work--and only military intervention can drive Haiti’s rulers from power, diplomats here and in Washington said Tuesday.
June 15, 1994
SOFIA, Bulgaria Bulgaria denied Russian military-transport planes permission to cross its airspace on their way to Syria on suspicion they weren’t carrying humanitarian aid as claimed as tensions grew over reports that Russia is stepping up its intervention in the Middle Eastern country.
Sept. 8, 2015