Sanctions Revive Search for Secret Putin Fortune

Sanctions Revive Search for Secret Putin Fortune
N.B.A. Probing Racial Remarks Tied to Clippers Owner
South Korean Prime Minister Offers to Resign Over Deadly Ferry Disaster
Mahmoud Abbas Shifts on Holocaust
Scots Ponder: Should They Stay or Should They Go?
Afghan Voters Signaling a Turn
Militants Resist Calls to Free European Military Observers Held in Eastern Ukraine
Attack on Journalist Starts Battle in Pakistani Press
Five Killed in Fierce Gun Battle in Kashmir
Slow, Grinding Strategy of Inflicting Syria Misery
As Parents Make Their Own Baby Food, Industry Tries to Adapt
News Analysis: For Russia, Negatives Seem to Outweigh Positives of an Invasion
News Analysis: On a Trip That Avoids Beijing, Obama Keeps His Eye on China
School Stabbing Suspect Likely to Be Charged as Adult
Obama Opens Long-Awaited Visit to Malaysia
Popes John XXIII and John Paul II to Be Canonized
5 NATO Troops Killed in Afghan Helicopter Crash
Australia May Expand Search for Jet
City Hall Memo: For de Blasio, Carriage Horse Ban Is No Walk in the Park
Sinosphere Blog: After ‘Cadmium Rice,’ now ‘Lead’ and ‘Arsenic Rice’
On Swimming: Michael Phelps’s Return Brings More Eyes to Young Swimmers
U.S. Says It Built Digital Programs Abroad With an Eye to Politics
Refugees of Irish Famine to Get a Proper Burial

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 11:00 PM PDT

President Obama's response to the Ukraine crisis, while derided by critics as slow and weak, has reinvigorated a 15-year global hunt for the Russian leader's hidden wealth.

N.B.A. Probing Racial Remarks Tied to Clippers Owner

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 08:08 PM PDT

The N.B.A. has started an investigation into racially charged comments allegedly made in a recording by Donald Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers.

South Korean Prime Minister Offers to Resign Over Deadly Ferry Disaster

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 08:00 PM PDT

Prime Minister Chung Hong-won, the No. 2 official in the South Korean government, offered "an apology to the people."

Mahmoud Abbas Shifts on Holocaust

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 07:04 PM PDT

The president of the Palestinian Authority planned to issue a formal statement calling the Holocaust "the most heinous crime to have occurred against humanity in the modern era."

Scots Ponder: Should They Stay or Should They Go?

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 06:28 PM PDT

Over the last six months the momentum has shifted toward independence, but some fear the fervor that it is creating on either side of the campaign.

Afghan Voters Signaling a Turn

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 02:35 PM PDT

In preliminary results released Saturday, Abdullah Abdullah, a longtime opponent of President Hamid Karzai's and an ardent supporter of the United States, won 45 percent of the votes in the presidential election, but not enough to avoid a runoff.

Militants Resist Calls to Free European Military Observers Held in Eastern Ukraine

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 01:49 PM PDT

At least seven officers from Germany, Poland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Denmark were said to have been detained at a checkpoint outside of Slovyansk. The rebels suggested that they would consider a prisoner exchange.

Attack on Journalist Starts Battle in Pakistani Press

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 12:14 PM PDT

Accusations that the country's spy agency was involved in the attack have led to a divisive debate and demands that a television station be shut down.

Five Killed in Fierce Gun Battle in Kashmir

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 10:37 AM PDT

Three suspected rebels and two Indian Army soldiers were killed in a fierce gun battle in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Saturday.

Slow, Grinding Strategy of Inflicting Syria Misery

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 09:55 AM PDT

The government may have the upper hand, but its forces are worn down, heavily dependent on outside assistance and unable to reclaim large sections of the country from rebels.

As Parents Make Their Own Baby Food, Industry Tries to Adapt

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 09:37 AM PDT

Sales of commercially prepared baby food have been steadily falling since 2005 as parents take a do-it-yourself approach.

News Analysis: For Russia, Negatives Seem to Outweigh Positives of an Invasion

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 09:29 AM PDT

The reasons for Vladimir V. Putin to refrain from further military adventurism make a long, tangled list.

News Analysis: On a Trip That Avoids Beijing, Obama Keeps His Eye on China

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 09:13 AM PDT

Perhaps no country has more to gain from a new Cold War than China, which has historically benefited from periods of conflict between the United States and Russia, analysts say.

School Stabbing Suspect Likely to Be Charged as Adult

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 08:57 AM PDT

The young man, who is accused of killing a classmate at a high school on the morning of the junior prom, is being held at a medical facility under psychiatric evaluation, his lawyer said.

Obama Opens Long-Awaited Visit to Malaysia

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 07:47 AM PDT

In the first visit to the country by an American president in nearly half a century, President Obama landed in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday and planned economic and security talks with Prime Minister Najib Razak.

Popes John XXIII and John Paul II to Be Canonized

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 06:57 AM PDT

John XXIII, revered by Roman Catholic liberals, and John Paul II, beloved by conservatives, will be recognized as saints at a Mass on Sunday as Pope Francis pushes his own vision of a church under a big tent.

5 NATO Troops Killed in Afghan Helicopter Crash

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 06:35 AM PDT

Five NATO troops died in a British helicopter crash Saturday in southern Afghanistan, authorities said, the single deadliest day this year for foreign forces as they prepare to withdraw from the country.

Australia May Expand Search for Jet

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 10:35 PM PDT

A search of the area where the missing Malaysia Airlines flight most likely went down is nearly complete, but no wreckage has been found.

City Hall Memo: For de Blasio, Carriage Horse Ban Is No Walk in the Park

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 08:25 PM PDT

The New York City mayor has seemingly avoided Central Park and is struggling to turn public attention toward other issues on his agenda: housing and wages.

Sinosphere Blog: After ‘Cadmium Rice,’ now ‘Lead’ and ‘Arsenic Rice’

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 07:34 PM PDT

A study of soil, water and rice grown around a metals smelter in Hunan Province shows high levels of toxic pollutants, adding to a growing body of evidence that China's soil is badly degraded in many areas.

On Swimming: Michael Phelps’s Return Brings More Eyes to Young Swimmers

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 07:13 PM PDT

Michael Phelps has brought attention to the pool; now it is up to swimmers like Justin Lynch and Michael Andrew to rise to the challenge of sending him back into retirement.

U.S. Says It Built Digital Programs Abroad With an Eye to Politics

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 06:40 PM PDT

The United States built Twitter-like programs in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but like a similar program in Cuba, they were shut down for lack of money, officials said.

Refugees of Irish Famine to Get a Proper Burial

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 06:25 PM PDT

On Sunday, deceased immigrants, who died in quarantine after sailing into the New York Harbor, will be given a more formal ceremony at Moravian Cemetery on Staten Island.