Libyan Port City Is Filled With Migrants Desperate to Exit

By C. J. CHIVERS

Since February, Misurata has been besieged, stranding thousands between heavy fighting and a harbor that could serve as a departure point.

NATO Showing Strain Over Approach to Libya

By STEVEN LEE MYERS and JUDY DEMPSEY

Amid divisions over the intensity of the air campaign in Libya, some of the allies are calling for participation by more nations.

Syrian Government Offers Mixed Message to Protesters

By LIAM STACK and KATHERINE ZOEPF

Even as changes such as amnesty for some prisoners were announced, human rights activists said organizers of the protest movement were being detained.

Phonetic Clues Hint Language Is Africa-Born

By NICHOLAS WADE

An analysis implies that modern language originated only once, in southern Africa, a surprising finding.

Hamas Says It Found Body of Italian Activist

By FARES AKRAM 16 minutes ago

An Islamic group had claimed the kidnapping and said they’d execute the man unless their leader was released.

A Holiday in North Korea Amid Cross-Border Tensions

By MARK McDONALD 7:48 AM ET

North Korea celebrated its biggest annual holiday on Friday — the 99th birthday of the late dictator Kim Il-sung — and hopes for rapprochement with the South remained dim.

U.N. Court Convicts Former Croatian Generals

By MARLISE SIMONS 45 minutes ago

The decision by a three-judge panel of the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague was also an indirect verdict on the late president of Croatia, Franjo Tudjman.

Fast Growth and Inflation Threaten to Overheat Chinese Economy

By DAVID BARBOZA 25 minutes ago

China said its economy had grown 9.7 percent in the first quarter of this year, the strongest performance among the world’s biggest economies. But consumer prices rose 5.4 percent.

Indian Doctor Granted Bail in Sedition Appeal

By HARI KUMAR 12 minutes ago

India’s Supreme Court granted bail to a prominent doctor who was appealing a sentence of life imprisonment after being convicted of sedition for aiding Maoist rebels in the country.

Outrage in Belgium Over Interview of Ex-Bishop

By STEPHEN CASTLE 5:56 AM ET

Belgium reacted with shock on Friday when a disgraced former bishop revealed that he had abused two nephews, and said that he did not consider himself a pedophile.

Indonesian Suicide Bomber Attacks Mosque

By AUBREY BELFORD 6:08 AM ET

A suicide bomber blew himself up during prayers in a mosque in a police station on Friday, wounding dozens and killing himself.

Somalia, Wobbly on Ground, Seeks Control of Its Airspace

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN

The country hopes to collect millions of dollars in flyover fees if it regains authority over traffic in its airspace, which the United Nations has controlled since 1996.

Landquart Journal

The Game Is American, but the View, Alpine

By JOHN TAGLIABUE

Soccer is Switzerland’s most popular spectator sport, followed by ice hockey, but fans say that football may be third, though it was introduced less than 30 years ago.

Belarus Officials’ Details on Bombing Raise Questions, Too

By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ

The authorities on Thursday released surveillance images they said showed the attacker carrying the bomb that killed 12 people and injured nearly 200.

Third British Journalist Is Arrested in Phone-Hacking Case

By RAVI SOMAIYA and J. DAVID GOODMAN

A third journalist was arrested for his role in an expanding case of phone-hacking by reporters at the British tabloid News of the World, police officials said.

Colleagues Rebuke Gaza Report’s Author

By ETHAN BRONNER

Members of the U. N. panel that investigated Israel’s Gaza war two years ago rejected former chairman Richard Goldstone’s retraction of their finding that Israel had deliberately targeted civilians.

Ugandan Opposition Leader Wounded During Protest

By JOSH KRON

Kizza Besigye, a leading opposition figure, was taken to the hospital, where he was treated for a wound to the hand after being hit by what he said was a rubber bullet.