BEIRUT, Lebanon — Blasts at a gas station east of the Syrian capital and in one of its suburbs came as the United Nations said more than 60,000 people had been killed in Syria’s 22-month-old conflict.
WASHINGTON — Though President Obama said he would not be pulled into another debt negotiation, Republicans are looking to reprise a bitter clash from 2011.
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey furiously accused Congressional leaders in his party of “duplicity” after the House refused to take up a federal aid package for states that suffered damage from Hurricane Sandy.
OUDOM XAI, Laos — China’s government wants a new railroad that reaches into Southeast Asia, but some groups warn that it may put a big burden on Laos.
MOSCOW — While malls may be past their peak in the United States, in Russia they are luring new shoppers. Above, the Mega Belaya Dacha mall near Moscow.
The imprisonment of Jacob Ostreicher has turned into a global affair that has drawn the attention of American officials and the actor-director Sean Penn.
BAGHDAD — A populist Shiite leader, Moktada al-Sadr, on Tuesday said Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki bore “full responsibility” for the unrest in the country.
The discovery of the wreckage of a Brewster Buffalo in the Midway Atoll lagoon has rekindled interest in the aircraft and a record that seems as colorful as tragic.
MENDRISIO, Switzerland — The town in the south of Switzerland is home to three major gold refiners and a dark red merlot produced in the surrounding hills.
MOSCOW — The new system for parliamentary elections could help solidify President Vladimir V. Putin’s power.
LONDON — The manipulation of images are the central themes in “Light From the Middle East,” a thoughtful photography exhibition in London.
RIGA, Latvia — The country has gone from the European Union’s worst economic disaster zone to a model of what is being hailed by some as the healing properties of deep cuts.
PARIS — Emmanuelle Riva’s subtle performance as a retired music teacher in “Amour” has been called “brilliant” and “astonishing.”
A behind-the-scenes photo project shows actors awaiting cues, playwrights scrutinizing run-throughs and directors lounging.
Colombia’s Traveling Storyteller
Nereo López’s images show heroism in the daily struggles of Colombians.
The Bushehr nuclear power plant could be the most dangerous piece of Iran’s nuclear puzzle.
India’s protest movement over a brutal rape is a lament of the city against a nation that has blamed attacks on women on women’s own modernity.
The protests in the case of a gang-rape victim show that change is possible.
A farm in Israel is at the cutting edge of the debate on medicinal cannabis.
Three years after the earthquake, the flood of aid has slowed to a trickle. Recovery is distant and progress slow.
Ms. Gordon, who was 89, played key role in establishing women’s rights in Japan.
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