Author: Alexandra Zavis
Ranchers like the those behind the standoff in Oregon depend on grazing leases from the federal government. But they face pressure from environmentalists who argue that livestock grazing and other extractive industries imperil wildlife habitats.
U.S.-led forces have killed two Islamic State operatives in Syria and Iraq believed to have links to the gunmen who killed 130 people in Paris last month.
Anti-terrorism troops hoisted the national flag atop the key complex in the long-contested Sunni Muslim city west of Baghdad, Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, Iraqi joint operations spokesman, said in a televised statement.
With time running out to meet a self-imposed deadline, negotiators Wednesday released a new draft agreement on fighting climate change that was slimmer than earlier versions while still leaving major issues unresolved.
The distinction is crucial.
Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asiri, who presides over the nightly news conferences, has said that the coalition's priority is the security of the Yemeni people and neighboring countries, including Saudi Arabia, which shares a long border ...
The past three years have been the deadliest on record for journalists.
Was North Korea's major internet outage a technical error, or deliberate retaliation?
Learn more about the issue that's scrambled travel plans in England.
Would a travel ban do more harm than good in fighting Ebola?
How the African nation could be a model for the U.S.
By Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times In a grim assessment, the United Nations health agency said Thursday that the world’s worst Ebola outbreak continues to accelerate and could infect more than 20,000 people before it ...
By Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times GAZA CITY — A lonely figure in a striped button-down shirt stood silently Tuesday among a crush of emergency workers and journalists, watching as rescuers with a crane tried ...
By Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that he had pulled back troops from the border with Ukraine and called on Kremlin-allied separatists to delay a referendum on whether to ...
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