International Crisis Group

Afghan Taliban seize Kunduz city center in landmark gain

Taliban fighters on Monday battled their way into the center of Kunduz, a city in northern Afghanist...

Sep 29, 2015 03:53 AM EDT

Clan warfare trumps diplomacy in Mali's fragile north

The United Nations has deployed 10,000 peacekeepers and poured more than $1 billion into Mali but it...

Aug 31, 2015 08:10 AM EDT

North Korea goes on war footing against South Korea as deadline looms

North Korea put its troops on a war footing on Friday as South Korea rejected an ultimatum to stop p...

Aug 21, 2015 06:18 PM EDT

North Korea orders troops on war footing after exchange of fire with South

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops onto a war footing from 5 p.m on Friday after his...

Aug 21, 2015 04:14 AM EDT

Iraq PM sacks cabinet officials, says reform drive under threat

Iraq's prime minister dismissed his cabinet secretary on Wednesday as part of an ambitious reform dr...

Aug 13, 2015 03:57 AM EDT

Zimbabwe's Mugabe, 90, becomes African Union chairman

Ninety-year-old Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, one of Africa's most divisive figures, ascended to...

Jan 31, 2015 10:01 AM EST