TOKYO — The Japanese government acknowledged today that it was overwhelmed by the scale of last week’s twin natural disasters, slowing the response to the nuclear crisis...
BEIJING — Worried shoppers stripped stores of salt in Beijing, Shanghai and other parts of China today in the false belief it can guard against radiation exposure, even ...
TOKYO — First came the tsunami, which killed many elderly people unable to flee their homes. Then came the radiation, which forced a hospital to evacuate some 100 older ...
Crackdown on dissent widens
MANAMA, Bahrain — Authorities detained at least six prominent opposition activists today as the crackdown on dissent widened under martial law...
WASHINGTON — Challenged by a congressman to “be honest” about how long American troops might have to fight in Afghanistan, Army Gen. David Petraeus revealed that he has ...
Stores run out of salt
TOKYO — Risks from possible radiation exposure remain greatest for the workers scrambling to cool reactors at a Japanese nuclear power plant. Those...
GENEVA — The International Committee of the Red Cross has departed the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, Libya, because of deteriorating security.
The humanitarian institut...
Radiation forces plant evacuation
FUKUSHIMA, Japan — Surging radiation levels forced Japan to order emergency workers to temporarily withdraw from its crippled nuclear pl...
Regime forces continue push
TOBRUK, Libya — Moammar Gadhafi’s forces captured the last rebel-held town west of Tripoli after a heavy barrage of tank and artillery fire to...
Nuclear crisis worsens with another blast
TAKAJO, Japan — A tide of bodies washed up along Japan's coastline, crematoriums were overwhelmed and rescue workers ran out of ...
