DHAKA, Bangladesh — The fire alarm: Waved off by managers. An exit door: Locked. The fire extinguishers: Not working and apparently “meant just to impress” inspectors an...
Morsi, judiciary council to meet
CAIRO — Egypt’s justice minister said today that a resolution was “imminent” to the political crisis over President Mohammed Morsi’s deci...
Truce helps calm tension
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza residents said Saturday that Israel has eased some border restrictions as part of its truce with the Palestinian ter...
Investigation into death renewed
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The remains of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed Tuesday as part of a renewed investigation i...
1st violence since truce
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded 19 people as crowds surged toward Gaza’s border fence with Israel ...
He meets with leaders of Japan, China
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — President Barack Obama closed his Asian tour in diplomatic talks with leaders of Japan and China, their econo...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — President Barack Obama dispatched Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the Middle East today as the U.S. urgently seeks to contain the blo...
MOSCOW — Russian opposition and human rights groups today urged Western consumer products giants to stop “financing politically motivated persecution” by advertising on ...
Israeli airstrikes continue today
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli aircraft struck crowded areas in the Gaza Strip today, driving up the Palestinian death toll to 94 and d...
He tells country 'America is with you'
YANGON, Myanmar — In a historic breakthrough, President Barack Obama today stepped onto the soil of long-shunned Myanmar and into t...
