Attackers With Knives Kill 29 at Chinese Rail Station

Attackers With Knives Kill 29 at Chinese Rail Station
U.N. to Assess Residents’ Risk in Southern Yemen City
Antigay Laws Gain Global Attention; Countering Them Remains Challenge
Afghan Broadcaster Says U.S. Soldiers Abused Him
Pakistani Taliban, Announcing Cease-Fire, Urge the Revival of Peace Talks
‘Act of Killing’ Film Fails to Stir Indonesia
Pro-Hezbollah Song Opens Musical Front in Civil War Over Syria
Amid More Signs of Russian Force in Crimea, Delight Mixes With Dismay
Rise in Bigotry Fuels Massacre Inside Myanmar
The Lede: Latest Updates on Ukraine Crisis
Ukraine Finds Its Forces Are Ill Equipped to Take Crimea Back From Russia
Kremlin Deploys Military in Ukraine, Prompting Protest by U.S.
Missions Signal a Growing Role for Mormon Women
Excerpts from ‘Cycle of Lies’: End of the Ride for Lance Armstrong
Violence in Iraq Killed 703 in February, U.N. Reports
Memo From Kiev: After Initial Triumph, Ukraine’s Leaders Face Battle for Credibility
News Analysis: Making Russia Pay? It’s Not So Simple
Pampered Guests and Feuding Hosts at Claridge’s Hotel
Valery Kubasov, 79, Russian Who Helped Bring Cold War Thaw to Space, Is Dead
Ukrainian Ex-President Speaks Out From Russia
2 Ukrainian Mayors Play Different Hands in Crisis

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 07:49 PM PST

A group of assailants, dressed in black and wielding knives, stormed into a train station in Kunming in southwestern China, slashing employees and commuters.

U.N. to Assess Residents’ Risk in Southern Yemen City

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 07:18 PM PST

United Nations aid officials are preparing a mission to study the plight of residents of Al Dhale caught in the crossfire between government troops and rebels.

Antigay Laws Gain Global Attention; Countering Them Remains Challenge

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 06:35 PM PST

The United States, the European Union and the United Nations have made their advocacy of gay rights clear, but officials question how much they can really do to effect change.

Afghan Broadcaster Says U.S. Soldiers Abused Him

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 06:07 PM PST

A radio station has angered the Taliban by broadcasting pro-government ads, but that did not stop American Special Forces from raiding it.

Pakistani Taliban, Announcing Cease-Fire, Urge the Revival of Peace Talks

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 05:09 PM PST

The announcement of the truce came just hours after two bombings killed 13 people and wounded 10 in an attack on a polio vaccination team in the northwestern Khyber region.

‘Act of Killing’ Film Fails to Stir Indonesia

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 04:50 PM PST

The film recounts in graphic detail the killings of an estimated 500,000 or more Indonesians during state-sponsored purges of suspected Communists and their sympathizers in 1965 and 1966.

Pro-Hezbollah Song Opens Musical Front in Civil War Over Syria

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 04:11 PM PST

Where Sunni and Shiite singers once aimed their barbed lyrics at Israel, they now increasingly target each other.

Amid More Signs of Russian Force in Crimea, Delight Mixes With Dismay

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 04:06 PM PST

Russian-speaking armed men fanned out across Simferopol and pro-Russian forces were also said to have taken control of a government building in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city.

Rise in Bigotry Fuels Massacre Inside Myanmar

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 03:43 PM PST

Killings of the Rohingya minority are a test for Myanmar's government, which has done little to rein in the violence even as it pursues broad economic and political reforms.

The Lede: Latest Updates on Ukraine Crisis

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 02:33 PM PST

The Lede is following events in Ukraine and Russia on Saturday, following a unanimous vote in the upper house of the Russian Parliament approving a request from President Vladimir Putin to send a military force to Ukraine.

Ukraine Finds Its Forces Are Ill Equipped to Take Crimea Back From Russia

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 02:16 PM PST

In the autonomous region of Crimea, the Ukrainian military has only a token force with light weapons, and it lacks the country's advanced battle tanks, a Russian military expert said.

Kremlin Deploys Military in Ukraine, Prompting Protest by U.S.

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 02:13 PM PST

As Russian forces effectively seized control of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, the Russian Parliament granted President Vladimir V. Putin the authority he sought to use military force in response to the instability in Ukraine.

Missions Signal a Growing Role for Mormon Women

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 01:34 PM PST

After the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints lowered its age requirement for female missionaries in October 2012 to 19 from 21, the thousands of women who have signed up are expected to fundamentally alter this most American of churches.

Excerpts from ‘Cycle of Lies’: End of the Ride for Lance Armstrong

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 10:42 AM PST

Excerpts from Juliet Macur's new book, "Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong," examine the people closest to him and those involved in his clandestine doping.

Violence in Iraq Killed 703 in February, U.N. Reports

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 10:05 AM PST

The figures issued by the United Nations' mission to Iraq is close to January's death toll of 733, showing that a surge of violence that began 10 months ago with a government crackdown on a Sunni protest camp is not receding.

Memo From Kiev: After Initial Triumph, Ukraine’s Leaders Face Battle for Credibility

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 09:44 AM PST

Successful revolutions, as the interim government in Kiev has been learning, are a lot harder to maintain than it can seem in the bright dawn of first victories.

News Analysis: Making Russia Pay? It’s Not So Simple

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 09:09 AM PST

President Obama has warned Russia that "there will be costs" for a military intervention in Ukraine. But the U.S. has few options for imposing such costs, and recent history has shown that Russia has been willing to absorb any such fallout.

Pampered Guests and Feuding Hosts at Claridge’s Hotel

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 08:22 AM PST

British and Irish magnates are squabbling over the ownership of Claridge's, the London luxury hotel.

Valery Kubasov, 79, Russian Who Helped Bring Cold War Thaw to Space, Is Dead

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 10:15 PM PST

Mr. Kubasov was a cosmonaut when a Soyuz spaceship linked with an Apollo capsule in 1975, some 140 miles above the earth.

Ukrainian Ex-President Speaks Out From Russia

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 07:52 PM PST

Viktor F. Yanukovych, Ukraine's former leader, called on President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to act, but vowed to oppose military intervention by Russia or anyone else.

2 Ukrainian Mayors Play Different Hands in Crisis

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 07:29 PM PST

The mayors of an eastern and a western city face uneasy constituents, one group pulling toward Russia and the other oriented to the West.