WASHINGTON — President Obama pressed China on Monday to improve its record on human rights, while declining to discuss Chen Guangcheng, the blind lawyer who escaped house arrest last week.
JERUSALEM — Ehud Barak offered a dim view of talks on Iran’s nuclear program in a speech on Monday, and said all options, including a military strike, remained on the table despite weeks of criticism over the stance.
The deal, which gives Microsoft a 17.6 percent stake, values the Nook unit at $1.7 billion and bolsters Barnes & Noble’s efforts to make its digital business the linchpin of future growth.
KUALA LUMPUR — A rally supporting free elections over the weekend spiraled out of control when protesters broke through barricades in Kuala Lumpur.
GIUGLIANO IN CAMPANIA, Italy — Counterfeiting is a cottage industry in the region, accounting for more than half of the 550,000 to 800,000 fake euro notes pulled from circulation annually by the central bank.
TEHRAN — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is enjoying a surge of support and nationalism in a feud over Abu Musa, an island claimed by Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Above, his visit to Abu Musa.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Two state troopers who were deployed in Iraq are using their counterinsurgency training for a program to combat drug and gang violence in Springfield, Mass.
BEIJING — Accounts of Bo Guagua’s reportedly lavish arrival at Jon M. Huntsman Jr.’s home in China last spring have been disputed by several people.
WASHINGTON — John O. Brennan, President Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser, said strikes that target suspected militants come after extensive deliberations.
A vast expanse of fossilized trees more than 300 million years old — called a “botanical Pompeii” — could extend as much as 100 miles underneath southern Illinois.
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Mitt Romney tried to tie President Obama to President Jimmy Carter, a former president considered to be weak on national security issues.
One-way tickets and convoluted routes are two of the strategies one business traveler uses to work the system for the lowest airfares.
John Mulliken is co-founder and general manager of jossandmain.com, a daily deals site offering items for the home.
Manchester City closed in on its first Premier League title in 44 years by beating Manchester United.
Mexico’s greatest challenge is putting an end to long-ingrained corruption at all levels, from magnates to street vendors.
Images of Mars reveal patterns that closely resemble lava flows in Hawaii.
Room for Debate asks: Does the quest to be a perfect mother hurt feminism?
Arif Lohar, the Pakistani singer and exponent of Sufi music, performed in New York.
My guess is Russians will remember nothing of Medvedev. People dislike being made to look like fools, which is what many Russians feel he did.
Gustavo Arellano’s ‘Taco USA’ looks at the evolution of Mexican-American food.
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