President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran at a news conference in Cairo on Tuesday.
The United States blacklisted several organizations in Iran on Wednesday, widening the American effort to pressure the government over its nuclear program and human rights abuses.
“I move about like an ordinary person — that’s my style,” said Hafiz Muhammad Saeed. “My fate is in the hands of God, not America.”
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed founded the group behind the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India, but now talks about political engagement in Pakistan.
The prime minister said he would dissolve the Islamist-led government after a politician, Chokri Belaid, was killed and thousands took to the streets in protest.
The White House’s order to release classified documents came two days after 11 senators joined a growing chorus seeking information about the justification for targeted killings, especially of United States citizens.
The European Union’s commitment to Galileo, a project designed to end reliance on America’s navigation system, is to be decided at budget talks this week.
The report, which examined conditions at Stafford Hospital over a 50-month period between 2005 and 2009, found that many of the problems were due to the efforts of the hospital to meet health-service targets.
Paolo Berlusconi’s remarks about the soccer star attracted little attention in the Italian news media, even though Italy has a growing problem with attitudes toward its expanding immigrant population.
Sochi, known as the capital of the Russian Riviera with its palm-lined promenades, beaches and Soviet-era sanitariums, is the first subtropical host of the winter games.
The 2014 Olympic Games have been a pet project for President Vladimir V. Putin, but critics see Russia’s role as inviting international scrutiny on issues like human rights and civil liberties.
Some antigovernment activists described the fighting in Syria as part of a renewed effort by rebels to seize control of central Damascus, but that claim appeared to be exaggerated.
France renewed a promise that its soldiers would begin returning home within weeks, just as new hostilities erupted with Islamist militants.
Immigration authorities went after people suspected of being members of gangs that smuggle people across or under the English Channel and into Britain.
General John R. Allen is leaving a war that has become as much about damage control and crisis diplomacy as fighting the Taliban.
The report challenges assertions by the Japanese government that whaling is a tradition with wide support among Japanese consumers.
The discovery reported by scientists of a subglacial ecosystem in a lake beneath a half-mile of ice may aid knowledge of how life could survive on other planets.
Seeking to define land ownership, Beijing is testing the use of cutting-edge technology as part of efforts to build a modern agricultural sector.
Hoki Sport Club Csikszereda is in the vanguard of bringing greater autonomy for the Szekely Land, a Hungarian-dominated area of Romania.
The tsunami sent strong waves crashing into several South Pacific islands, with officials in the Solomon Islands saying that at least four people died.
February 7, 2013
Protests in Tunisia after an opposition leader is killed; an overhaul of European fisheries; a crossroads for the Galileo navigation system; and the Sri Lankan women's cricket team stuns India.
February 7, 2013
The reputation of soccer, beloved of many, has been seriously tarnished by a report of massive match-fixing that includes top European games, with the epicenter of the trouble in Asia, investigators said.
February 6, 2013
Sometimes updating an opera's setting works; sometimes it doesn't.
The daughters of a woman who was held in one of Ireland’s notorious Magdalene Laundries have been campaigning for an apology from the state for 10 years.
If you are a veteran, send us your memories about war, deployment, training or the transition to civilian life. We just ask that you keep your submissions under 700 words. We’ll then select some of the pieces to be published at nytimes.com.
A round-up of readers' comments received over the past week on India Ink.
The confirmation hearing for C.I.A. director will highlight the nominee John O. Brennan’s role in overseeing drone strikes.
The number of confiscated tigers continues to rise as Thailand, one of the world’s biggest hubs for illegal wildlife trafficking, cracks down.
Has corruption become so ingrained in Russian society that it is almost part of the nation's genetic code? Using a panoramic camera, Misha Friedman explored how people accept corruption and shortcuts in daily life.
A timeline of the crises unfolding in Mali and Algeria, which have raised the possibility of drawing an increasing number of foreign countries into direct involvement.
The filmmakers present a 12-step program to establish the world’s newest country: South Sudan.
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A striking element of the Irrawaddy Literary Festival in Myanmar was not just that it was taking place, but the diversity of views on display, after decades of suppression.
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