Smoke rose from the site of an attack in Jalalabad on Sunday.
The Taliban staged attacks across eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, hitting a heavily secured diplomatic neighborhood in Kabul and government installations in at least three provinces.
Taliban fighters stormed a prison in the town of Bannu early Sunday, freeing almost 400 prisoners, including a militant commander who tried to assassinate Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
Kim Jong-un’s claim to superior military technology came two days after a North Korean rocket carrying a satellite disintegrated in midair.
Egyptian election authorities eliminated the three presidential candidates in an unexpected decision that threw the contest into disarray once again.
United Nations cease-fire monitors were due to arrive in Syria on Sunday even as activists described violence erupting in Homs and an area near the Turkish border.
The findings undercut the idea that NATO could effectively carry out a more complicated campaign in Syria without relying disproportionately on the United States military.
In a replay of an attempt by pro-Palestinian activists to reach Bethlehem last July, most appeared to have been stopped before they boarded flights to Israel.
A market in Lagos, Nigeria, a country whose high birthrates presage a demographic crisis.
Much of the Earth’s population growth is in sub-Saharan African nations like Nigeria, where trends that have lowered birthrates elsewhere have not yet caught on.
In the snowy wastes of Siachen, where Pakistani and Indian soldiers face off in a battle zone ringed by Himalayan peaks, the fight is against the mountain, not the man.
The decision to hold a new round of talks on May 23 appeared to reflect what officials saw as a serious commitment from Iran.
In countries hardest hit by the downturn, including Ireland and Italy, small-business men and entrepreneurs are increasingly taking their own lives.
As relations improve, the Pentagon is seeking permission from the Burmese to recover the remains of Americans killed in World War II.
The wave of promotions came as North Korea’s young leader was dealing with the aftermath of an embarrassing failure of a rocket launching.
A reignited conflict over disputed territory continued into a second day of fighting, including aerial bombings.
President Obama’s remarks on Saturday came at a summit meeting in Colombia where leaders discussed alternatives to what many consider a failed “war on drugs.”
The organizers staged their first major action outside the capital on Saturday, rallying about 1,500 people against alleged ballot fraud in the mayoral election of Astrakhan.
The prisoner, Andrei Sannikov, said he was pardoned by President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, a move that might be intended to ease Belarus’s tensions with the European Union.
Forensic experts, analyzing indentations in the paper, helped recover the work of a blind British woman who did not know she had begun writing a novel with a pen that had run dry.
Local tourism officials on the Philippine island of Tawi-Tawi are promoting the area’s sandy beaches, but violence and kidnappings pose a significant problem.
Nicolas Sarkozy’s unlikely challenger may possess precisely what the French now want in a leader: A comforting reflection of themselves.
A researcher at the Prado in Spain has discovered that the museum’s copy of the Mona Lisa was painted by someone working next to Leonardo da Vinci while he created the original.
Far from a monolithic relationship, Iran and the United States have spent as many decades as friends as they have as enemies. And for most of the history, whatever the polarity, nuclear issues have played a role.
As Greece reels from deep austerity cuts and prepares for elections, some ultranationalist groups with extreme ideologies are appealing to increasingly insecure voters.
April 11, 2012 — In China, new revelations in the death of a British business man last year have thrown the country’s political elite into turmoil.
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On the 20th anniversary of the siege of Sarajevo, Syria feels all too similar: a violent conflict that the world seems unequipped to end. In such cases, reporting takes on added significance.
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