Malaysian Prime Minister Says Missing Jet Was Deliberately Diverted

Malaysian Prime Minister Says Missing Jet Was Deliberately Diverted
N.B.A. Looks to Asia for Next Growth Spurt
As Syria Prepares for Election, U.N. Envoy Plans Trip to Its Ally Iran
DealBook: China’s Online Goliaths Prepare Public Offerings in U.S.
U.S. to Cede Its Oversight of Addresses on Internet
End of Gulf Ban Allows BP to Expand in Familiar, Lucrative Territory
Egypt Asks U.S. to Impose Sharp Curbs on Importing of Antiquities
Radar Suggests Jet Shifted Path More Than Once
Shock as Militants Attack Nigerian Military Prison
Pressure and Intimidation Sweep Crimea Ahead of Secession Vote
Satellite Firm Says Its Data From Jet Could Offer Location
German Soccer Icon Accepts Jail Term for Tax Evasion
Common Sense: An Underling Among the Officials Accused of Fraud at Dewey
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Who Guided Sierra Leone to Peace, Dies at 82
High Levels Of Pollution Spur Paris To Action
Video: Times Minute | High Tension in Crimea
For Myanmar Muslim Minority, No Escape From Brutality
220 Are Detained in Raid on a Thai Jungle Camp
The Psychomagical Realism of Alejandro Jodorowsky
Look: Basic Training With the New York City Ballet
Japan Stands by Apology to Its Wartime Sex Slaves
More Hope Than Headway So Far in U.S.-Europe Trade Talks
Pakistan Court Issues Arrest Warrant Without Bail for Musharraf

Posted: 15 Mar 2014 12:00 AM PDT

Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia said Saturday that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 left its planned route as the result of deliberate action by someone aboard.

N.B.A. Looks to Asia for Next Growth Spurt

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 09:38 PM PDT

With China as the big revenue prize, the National Basketball Association is steadily stoking interest and wooing fans across the region.

As Syria Prepares for Election, U.N. Envoy Plans Trip to Its Ally Iran

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 08:14 PM PDT

Lakhdar Brahimi, the Syria mediator for the United Nations, is scheduled to arrive in Tehran on Sunday to urge Iran to help in peace talks on Syria.

DealBook: China’s Online Goliaths Prepare Public Offerings in U.S.

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 06:07 PM PDT

The Chinese e-commerce titan Alibaba is said to be planning to follow the social network Weibo into filing for an initial public offering in New York, rather than in Hong Kong.

U.S. to Cede Its Oversight of Addresses on Internet

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 05:39 PM PDT

An international group, not yet determined, will take over the task of assigning names and numbers for Internet addresses.

End of Gulf Ban Allows BP to Expand in Familiar, Lucrative Territory

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 05:29 PM PDT

The chance to add new drilling sites in the Gulf of Mexico is a milestone in the company's recovery from the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

Egypt Asks U.S. to Impose Sharp Curbs on Importing of Antiquities

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 03:09 PM PDT

Egypt's antiquities minister has asked the Obama administration for fast action to stop the sales of stolen cultural treasures.

Radar Suggests Jet Shifted Path More Than Once

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 01:56 PM PDT

A military radar track appeared to show that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 climbed to 45,000 feet after disappearing from civilian radar and altered its course as if still under a pilot's command.

Shock as Militants Attack Nigerian Military Prison

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 12:54 PM PDT

Militants suspected of being members of Boko Haram attacked a military prison in northern Nigeria, freeing some of their comrades but also suffering heavy losses.

Pressure and Intimidation Sweep Crimea Ahead of Secession Vote

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 11:58 AM PDT

With the implicit threat of force, the Kremlin has succeeded in recreating the constrained conditions of Russia's own civic sphere.

Satellite Firm Says Its Data From Jet Could Offer Location

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 11:41 AM PDT

As the hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet pushed into the Indian Ocean, a satellite company, Inmarsat, said it had recorded electronic signals that could prove to be the first big break in helping narrow the search.

German Soccer Icon Accepts Jail Term for Tax Evasion

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 11:26 AM PDT

Uli Hoeness said that he would resign as president of Bayern Munich and that he would not appeal his sentence of three and a half years in prison.

Common Sense: An Underling Among the Officials Accused of Fraud at Dewey

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 11:06 AM PDT

Zachary Warren, a low-level employee at the legal behemoth Dewey & LeBoeuf, was the unwitting target of an increasingly common prosecutorial tactic called parallel construction.

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Who Guided Sierra Leone to Peace, Dies at 82

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 10:38 AM PDT

As president of the West African nation, Mr. Kabbah ended an 11-year civil war, though he could not lift the country from poverty.

High Levels Of Pollution Spur Paris To Action

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 09:47 AM PDT

Unusually high levels of air pollution, which prompted warnings from the Health Ministry, were expected to continue unabated through the weekend.

Video: Times Minute | High Tension in Crimea

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 09:27 AM PDT

As Crimea prepared for Sunday's referendum, the mood on the ground, last-minute diplomacy and the question of Putin's next move.

For Myanmar Muslim Minority, No Escape From Brutality

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 09:24 AM PDT

Rohingya Muslims, denied citizenship in Myanmar, pass through Thailand on their way to relative safety in Malaysia or, if they cannot afford to pay unscrupulous brokers, languish there.

220 Are Detained in Raid on a Thai Jungle Camp

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 08:33 AM PDT

Those arrested are thought to be Uighurs, a Turkic people from western China who have suffered repression from the ethnic Han who rule China.

The Psychomagical Realism of Alejandro Jodorowsky

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 07:30 AM PDT

The "father of the midnight movie" is back with his first film in 23 years.

Look: Basic Training With the New York City Ballet

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 07:30 AM PDT

A rare glimpse into a windowless theater.

Japan Stands by Apology to Its Wartime Sex Slaves

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 07:25 AM PDT

The apology admitted Japan's military had at least an indirect role in forcing women to provide sex to Japanese soldiers.

More Hope Than Headway So Far in U.S.-Europe Trade Talks

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 07:17 AM PDT

Eliminating tariffs on all goods between the trans-Atlantic trading partners remains doubtful. So does the 2015 target for completing a deal.

Pakistan Court Issues Arrest Warrant Without Bail for Musharraf

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 06:58 AM PDT

A special court on Friday issued the order after Pervez Musharraf, the former military ruler of Pakistan, failed to appear in court to face treason charges.