Police officers rushed to secure the area and hunt for at least one assailant after a guard was shot at the National War Memorial and several rounds fired inside the Parliament building.
Juan Francisco Sáenz-Tamez, 23, was apprehended on Tuesday while shopping, officials said. An indictment against him was unsealed the same day.
North Korea said its leader, Kim Jong-un, had ordered the release of Mr. Fowle, one of three Americans recently detained there, after requests from President Obama.
As a fight over the city’s political fate unfolds, those who arguably have the most clout with Beijing and the most at stake have maintained a studied silence.
Even as Tunisians have approved a new constitution and the country has one of the Arab world’s most educated populations, militants are recruiting more openly there than in any other country.
Ebola is wiping away the small gains made in war-scarred parts of West Africa, potentially threatening the hard-won stability in a tinderbox part of the world.
The vote by lawmakers ended months of sometimes acrimonious debate over the administrative direction of the 28-nation bloc.
The nature of the accusations was not specified, but the operation was the latest raid meant to thwart attacks in Britain or restrain young people drawn to the Islamic State.
The attack came from the rugged desert terrain of the Sinai Peninsula, where Islamic militants have been battling Egyptian forces.
The musician is hugely popular in China, and Beijing did not appreciate his getting involved in the pro-democracy demonstrations.
The company is splitting its chief executive and chairman jobs, bringing back a former chief, with a plan for Mr. Pouyanné to lead it into 2016.
Some Philippine senators cited the case in calling for a review of the accord setting the rules under which American military forces visit the country.
North Korea had threatened to attack the steel structure, which used to be lit around the holiday as part of the nations’ psychological warfare.
The European Parliament awarded the doctor its highest human rights accolade for a campaign to end the use of mass rape as a weapon of war.
Soldiers said a shootout with gang suspects had led to the deaths in June, but a commission on human rights disputed that account.
Changes in drinking laws have cleared the way for a gentrification of establishments in a city known for its beer-swilling pubs.
A senior United Nations official said on Tuesday that the Islamic State had threatened to exterminate minority Yazidis in Iraq by killing them if they refused to convert to Islam.
Several candidates have been assaulted in recent days, highlighting the turmoil surrounding a vote that will complete an overhaul of the government.
Security agents were left puzzled over how Francisco Nicolás Gómez Iglesias, 20, was able to broker business deals, lunch with politicians, and shake hands with the king.
Major manufacturers of protective equipment are increasing production as people across the United States brace for new potential cases of the virus.
David Cohen, a Treasury under secretary, discusses the battle to choke off the flow of illicit revenue to the Islamic State.
Sweden launched a search team of 200 personnel aboard ships, helicopters and minesweepers to scour the Baltic Sea in search of an unidentified foreign vessel.
High-profile revelations of child sexual abuse have shown the risks of ascribing blame according to class or race.
Four straight tests administered to an auxiliary nurse, María Teresa Romero Ramos, have come back negative for the virus, hospital officials said.
The party of Jayalalithaa Jayaram, the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, says 193 followers have died or committed suicide since she was imprisoned for corruption.
An exhibition in Warsaw, occupying eight sprawling galleries, traces the history of Jews from their first appearance in Poland in the Middle Ages to the present day.
Mr. Fowle was released after nearly six months of captivity, officials said. The United States is working on freeing two others held by North Korea.
As Mr. Ghani breaks from the courtly style of his predecessor, Hamid Karzai, his desire to move fast may put off others in his government.
Curbing emissions has long been a popular cause in the European Union. But leaders have to agree on how to generate and distribute energy.
Mr. Whitlam, who introduced free university education and national health care as prime minister in the 1970s, was noted for his early recognition of China’s government.
After more than three weeks of protests, the meeting resembled less a negotiating session than a high school debate.
A warrant officer was killed and another soldier was injured in a car crash that the police said was the result of a Canadian man’s turn to radical Islam.
Kevin Rudd will lead the Asia Society Policy Institute, a new organization that specializes in Asian issues and policy making.
The South African track star, who was found guilty of culpable homicide in the killing of his girlfriend, was also given a suspended three-year term on separate firearms charges.
Professor Mazrui, who had taught since 1989 at Binghamton University, set off national criticism with his 1986 television documentary, “The Africans: A Triple Heritage.”
Turkey finally acted in Kobani after weeks on the sidelines. But problems with the Kurds at home still fester.
How can Azerbaijan act as host to Europe's guardians of freedom, even as it jails its own people?
From the shadows I lift my pen to write. I search for love, goodness and a perpetually beating heart.
The Pentagon kept silent as munitions left over from Saddam Hussein’s war with Iran found new targets from 2004 to 2011: American and Iraqi troops.
Mr. Ismay, a former Navy explosive ordnance disposal officer, found chemical weapons in Iraq his first week.
The Times would like to hear from combat soldiers and veterans about their deployment.
Stanley Greene returned to Chechnya to document the aftermath of the 1993 conflict, and his photographs were gathered into a book, “Open Wound.”
Questions and answers on the scale of the outbreak and the science of the Ebola virus.
October 22, 2014
October 22, 2014
