Library Guides: IR 235: National Security: The Military Instrument of Foreign Policy: News

Historical News

New York Times (Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
A full-image archive that includes the entire historical run of The New York Times, since 1851.The database delivers every page of every issue from cover to cover, with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.
Covers Sept. 18, 1851 to 3 years before the current year

International News Archives
Provides links to non-US news archives. Papers are arranged by region and country.

NexisUni This link opens in a new window
Database from LexisNexis® featuring more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. Primarily in English but some foreign language news as well.

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Indexes, abstracts and provides selective full-text for a broad spectrum of magazines, journals and newspapers.
Upgraded from Academic Search Premier in 2019.

Worldpress.org
This gateway leads to newspapers and magazines sorted by country, region and political affiliation.

Al Jazeera
The English language Web site for the Arabic news and current affairs satellite TV channel with the same name.
allAfrica
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Also includes Blogs. AllAfrica.com is a distributor of news from specifically African press, with stories posted daily in English and French language text. While this source requires a paid subscription for use of the archives, current news is freely accessible.
MEMRI, Middle East Media Research Institute
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) "explores the Middle East through the region's media. MEMRI bridges the language gap which exists between the West and the Middle East, providing timely translations of Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew media, as well as original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends in the Middle East.
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Founded in February 1998 to inform the debate over U.S. policy in the Middle East, MEMRI is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501 (c)3 organization. MEMRI's headquarters is located in Washington, DC with branch offices in Berlin, London, and Jerusalem, where MEMRI also maintains its Media Center."