Redrawn Lines Seen as No Cure to Ending Iraq ConflictNYT Now
Fragmentation along sectarian or ethnic lines appears inevitable, but the tensions in the region that divide may fuel new conflicts over ideology and natural resources.
Fragmentation along sectarian or ethnic lines appears inevitable, but the tensions in the region that divide may fuel new conflicts over ideology and natural resources.
The Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a significant blow to executive power, cutting back on the president’s power to issue recess appointments during brief breaks in the Senate’s work.
The Obama administration said that the military would no longer produce or acquire antipersonnel land mines, with the aim of joining the global treaty that prohibits them.
The Legacy of World War I
It destroyed kings, kaisers, czars and sultans; it demolished empires; it introduced chemical weapons; it brought millions of women into the work force.
Investors worldwide have flocked to Kenya’s debut Eurobond, even as terrorism damages the country’s tourism and hundreds of thousands remain jobless.
The developer behind Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn has signed a formal agreement to finish 2,250 affordable apartments by 2025, 10 years ahead of the current schedule.
For Belgium, making its first World Cup appearance since 2002, the business of being a soccer power has required a little getting used to.
The killing of Salwa Bugaighis silenced a lawyer who helped propel the 2011 uprising.
Melchiorre, known as Squeaky, is the only No. 1 pick to never play in the N.B.A.; he was barred for life after the point-shaving scandal of 1951.
Threats faced in trying to exercise a constitutional right were ignored.
The ruling denies partisan realities of Congress.
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