JERUSALEM — Israel’s state-owned electricity company briefly reduced the power supply to two Palestinian districts in the northern West Bank on Monday because of a ballooning debt, according to company…
Kazuo Ishiguro’s latest novel, “The Buried Giant,” is an eccentric, ham-handed fairy tale with a jumble of story lines lifted from “Beowulf,” Arthurian legend and assorted folk traditions. It is…
There were no known eyewitnesses to the murder of a young woman and her 3-year-old daughter four years ago. No security cameras caught a figure coming or going. Nonetheless, the…
About 2 percent of American children are allergic to peanuts, a figure that has more than quadrupled since 1997 for reasons that are not entirely clear. There have also been…
DONETSK, Ukraine — Pro-Russian rebels celebrated their recent victory at Debaltseve with a festive rally on Monday in Donetsk, the main city they control, where soldiers received medals in Lenin…
DONETSK, Ukraine — Pro-Russian rebels celebrated their recent victory at Debaltseve with a festive rally on Monday in Donetsk, the main city they control, where soldiers received medals in Lenin…
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistan and Afghanistan bureau chief for Reuters, Maria Golovnina, was found dead at her office in Islamabad on Monday, according to a statement by Reuters and…
JERUSALEM — Israel’s state-owned electricity company briefly reduced the power supply to two Palestinian districts in the northern West Bank on Monday because of a ballooning debt, according to company…
PARIS — The French authorities began to use new, sweeping counterterrorism powers on Monday to halt the stream of young people going to Syria, confiscating the passports of six people…
LOS ANGELES — He is the yoga guru who built an empire on sweat and swagger. He has a stable of luxury cars and a Beverly Hills mansion. During trainings…
As international terror warnings deflate Kenya’s coastal tourism industry, growing unemployment leaves many vulnerable to recruitment by Islamic extremist groups like the Shabab. MOMBASA, Kenya — Every morning at the…
What do you have lined up to perform at the Tibet House gig? I’m not exactly sure yet. At their previous benefits, I’ve done two or three songs. If I…
The Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization were found liable on Monday by a jury in Manhattan for their role in knowingly supporting six terrorist attacks in Israel between…
It has never taken much work to assemble the bottles you need to construct a classic cocktail like a manhattan or a martini. But it takes even less now that…
WASHINGTON — The notion that Congress might actually shut down the Department of Homeland Security as part of a broader fight over President Obama’s immigration policies seemed laughable just a…
NAIROBI — Kenya’s constitutional court on Monday threw out eight sections of an anti-terrorism law passed at the end of last year, including limits on the media and a cap…
ANKARA — Turkey will make its planned new long-range missiles compatible with the NATO’s systems, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Monday, in comments apparently at odds with those of…
TOKYO — Honda Motor said on Monday that it would replace its president and chief executive, Takanobu Ito, a move that some interpreted as an attempt to draw a line…
GENEVA — The top nuclear officials from Iran and the United States took part in high-level talks on Monday as the two sides sought to meet a March deadline for…
ANKARA — Turkey will make its planned new long-range missiles compatible with the NATO’s systems, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Monday, in comments apparently at odds with those of…
LONDON — In a renewed debate about the probity of British lawmakers, two of the most senior members of Parliament, both former foreign secretaries, on Monday denied wrongdoing after being…
Intimate, often painful allegations in lawsuits — intended for the scrutiny of judges and juries — are increasingly drawing in mass online audiences far from the courthouses where they are…
LONDON — The British bank HSBC said on Monday that profit declined 15 percent in 2014, adding to the bank’s challenges as it continues to reel from revelations about efforts…
NEW DELHI — The authorities on Monday called off the search for survivors of a ferry accident in central Bangladesh, saying that 69 people, many of them women and children,…
CAIRO — An Egyptian court sentenced an icon of the country’s 2011 revolt to five years in prison Monday, showing authorities’ determination to continue to stifle dissent despite promises by…
CAIRO — An Egyptian court sentenced an icon of the country’s 2011 revolt to five years in prison Monday, showing authorities’ determination to continue to stifle dissent despite promises by…
A set piece for the performance of the song “Everything Is Awesome” from “The Lego Movie.” Lupita Nyong’o watches the opening performance before presenting the award for best supporting actor….
SYDNEY, Australia — Prime Minister Tony Abbott of Australia said Monday that the government would seek to revoke the citizenship or curb the rights of Australians involved in terrorism and…
A set piece for the performance of the song “Everything Is Awesome” from “The Lego Movie.” Lupita Nyong’o watches the opening performance before presenting the award for best supporting actor….
LONDON — The British government has further reduced its stake in Lloyds Banking Group, the British bank said on Monday. In December, the government announced that it would engage in…