Car Bombs in Iraq Kill at Least 22

Car Bombs in Iraq Kill at Least 22
Sinosphere Blog: Chinese Newspaper Apologizes for Articles by Detained Reporter
A Reason for Hope in Congo’s Perpetual War
Rice Offers a More Modest Strategy for Mideast
Dozens Killed in Southeast India Floods
In Mumbai Case, a Group of Assault Suspects Had Little Fear of the Law
Czech Election Reflects Dissatisfaction of Voters
Barcelona 2, Real Madrid 1: First Clásico Is a Charm for Barcelona’s Neymar, Not for Madrid’s Bale
In Indonesia, a Push for Prohibition Strikes Fear
No Party Wins Majority in Czech Election
‘Open Games’ in Moscow to Test an Antigay Law
Swiss Woman Wins First Giant Slalom of the World Cup Season
Federal Prosecutors, in a Policy Shift, Cite Warrantless Wiretaps as Evidence
With Snap of Group Photo, 3 Members of Advocacy Group Face Trial in China
This Land: A World Away, the Seventh Game; Close at Hand, Condemned Nazis
Iran Executes 16 Sunni Insurgents in Retaliation for an Attack
Saudi Women Rise Up, Quietly, and Slide Into the Driver’s Seat
After Year of Working Around Federal Cuts, Agencies Face Fewer Options
Jovanka Broz, Tito’s Widow, Is Dead at 88
U.S. Women’s Team: Cry, Laugh, Love and Compete
Report: Iran Hangs 16 'Rebels' to Avenge Ambush
Loss of Power in Georgia Can Bring Trial, or Worse
News Analysis: In Spy Uproar, ‘Everyone Does It’ Just Won’t Do
Following Dear Leader, Kim Jong-un Gets Title From University: Dr. Leader

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 01:12 AM PDT

Police officers said Sunday's bombs, placed in parked cars and detonated over a half-hour, targeted commercial areas and parking lots.

Sinosphere Blog: Chinese Newspaper Apologizes for Articles by Detained Reporter

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:22 AM PDT

Days after using its front page to demand the release of its detained reporter, the Guangzhou-based New Express said that Chen Yongzhou took money to attack a prominent company.

A Reason for Hope in Congo’s Perpetual War

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 08:25 PM PDT

Defeats last year jolted both the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the United Nations into action, bringing new leadership and vigor to the fight.

Rice Offers a More Modest Strategy for Mideast

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 06:12 PM PDT

In an interview, Susan E. Rice, President Obama's national security adviser, said the president's goal was to avoid having events in the region swallow his foreign-policy agenda.

Dozens Killed in Southeast India Floods

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 04:58 PM PDT

Days of torrential rains have unleashed floods in southeast India that have killed dozens of people and forced the evacuation of more than 70,000 others from hundreds of low-lying villages.

In Mumbai Case, a Group of Assault Suspects Had Little Fear of the Law

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 04:18 PM PDT

The details of a gang rape case in Mumbai reinforce the notion that rape remains a largely invisible crime in India.

Czech Election Reflects Dissatisfaction of Voters

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:27 PM PDT

The country will now enter what is likely to be a lengthy period of deal-making after the Social Democrats fell short of winning a majority in Czech parliamentary elections on Saturday.

Barcelona 2, Real Madrid 1: First Clásico Is a Charm for Barcelona’s Neymar, Not for Madrid’s Bale

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:45 PM PDT

Neymar and Alexis Sánchez scored goals on Saturday as Barcelona defeated Real Madrid in the Spanish league.

In Indonesia, a Push for Prohibition Strikes Fear

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:34 AM PDT

Conservative Muslim groups say prohibition is part of their goal to create an Islamic state, and critics fear that lawmakers may support a ban to win over voters in elections next year.

No Party Wins Majority in Czech Election

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:21 AM PDT

A special parliamentary election held in the Czech Republic left no party with a majority on Saturday, which could lead to protracted negotiations aimed at forming a coalition government.

‘Open Games’ in Moscow to Test an Antigay Law

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:14 AM PDT

An organization called the Russian L.G.B.T. Sport Federation plans to hold gay-friendly Olympics just three days after the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Swiss Woman Wins First Giant Slalom of the World Cup Season

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 10:07 AM PDT

Lara Gut of Switzerland captured a season-opening World Cup giant slalom Saturday for the fourth victory of her career but her first in the discipline.

Federal Prosecutors, in a Policy Shift, Cite Warrantless Wiretaps as Evidence

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 09:51 AM PDT

The contentious issue of government wiretaps done without a warrant has now moved a step closer to being legally challenged.

With Snap of Group Photo, 3 Members of Advocacy Group Face Trial in China

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 09:48 AM PDT

Charged with illegal assembly, the members of the New Citizens Movement will be tried Monday in the first court test of how far the government will go to extinguish the group.

This Land: A World Away, the Seventh Game; Close at Hand, Condemned Nazis

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 09:48 AM PDT

For two American chaplains at Nuremberg prison in Germany, the climactic end of the initial phase of postwar judgment coincided with Game 7 of the 1946 World Series.

Iran Executes 16 Sunni Insurgents in Retaliation for an Attack

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 09:30 AM PDT

Though the insurgents were not believed to be connected to an attack that killed 14 border guards the day before, an official described the Sunnis as "bandits linked to groups against the system."

Saudi Women Rise Up, Quietly, and Slide Into the Driver’s Seat

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 09:20 AM PDT

In open defiance of staunch opposition in a conservative Saudi society, a small group of women got into their cars and drove off, with some posting videos.

After Year of Working Around Federal Cuts, Agencies Face Fewer Options

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 09:05 AM PDT

As House and Senate budget negotiators sit down to devise a 2014 spending plan, politicians from both sides are preparing to think small.

Jovanka Broz, Tito’s Widow, Is Dead at 88

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 08:43 AM PDT

Ms. Broz was a peasant girl who married Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslavia's supreme leader, and became a glamorous symbol of Yugoslav unity: she was an ethnic Serb; he, a Croat.

U.S. Women’s Team: Cry, Laugh, Love and Compete

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 07:37 AM PDT

The U.S. women's national team faces New Zealand on Sunday in an international friendly match in San Francisco.

Report: Iran Hangs 16 'Rebels' to Avenge Ambush

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 03:45 AM PDT

Iran hanged 16 "rebels" of an unspecified armed group on Saturday in retaliation for the death of 14 border guards in clashes near the frontier with Pakistan, a semiofficial news agency reported.

Loss of Power in Georgia Can Bring Trial, or Worse

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 08:54 PM PDT

As voters prepare to go to the polls, several officials who served in the departing president's cabinet are on trial or facing prosecutions that could bring long sentences.

News Analysis: In Spy Uproar, ‘Everyone Does It’ Just Won’t Do

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 08:29 PM PDT

The uproar in Europe has obscured a new reality: The digital age has merely expanded the ability of nations to do to one another what they have done for centuries.

Following Dear Leader, Kim Jong-un Gets Title From University: Dr. Leader

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 08:00 PM PDT

Despite his country's poverty and dysfunction, Kim Jong-un was awarded an honorary doctorate in economics by a Malaysian university.