AirAsia Flight From Indonesia Is Missing, Airline Says

AirAsia Flight From Indonesia Is Missing, Airline Says
AirAsia Plane With 162 Aboard Missing in Indonesia
Flight From Indonesia to Singapore Said to Lose Contact
As Crisis Saps Economy, Belarus Replaces Premier
Television: Bake-Off in a Tent
Sweden Strikes Deal to Avoid Vote Expected to Strengthen Far Right
In Limbo, a City in China Faces Life After Graft
As Syria’s Revolution Sputters, a Chaotic Stalemate
At Funeral for Officer Rafael Ramos, N.Y.P.D.'s Solidarity Is on Display
Putin's Way: Even Loyalty No Guarantee Against Putin
Japan Unveils $29 Billion Stimulus Package
Syria to Discuss Russia Peace Plan Talks
Letter From Europe: Shining Light on an Era’s Darker Side
Double Blow for Parents of Jihadists: Losing Children, Then Their Community
A Leader of Shabab Surrenders
A Former Ground Zero Goes to Court Against the World’s Nuclear Arsenals
That Debt From 1720? Britain’s Payment Is Coming
Prototype: Out of Tragedy, a Protective Glass for Schools
Syria Says to Discuss Russia Peace Plan Talks, Opposition Rejects
North Korea Accuses U.S. of Staging Internet Failure

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 09:19 PM PST

Air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane, Flight QZ8501, after it left the Indonesian city of Surabaya with about 160 people onboard and was bound for Singapore, the airline said.

AirAsia Plane With 162 Aboard Missing in Indonesia

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 08:00 PM PST

An AirAsia plane with 162 people aboard lost contact with ground control on Sunday after takeoff from Indonesia on the way to Singapore, and the airline said search and rescue operations were underway.

Flight From Indonesia to Singapore Said to Lose Contact

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 07:47 PM PST

An AirAsia flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday, Indonesian media said, citing a Transport Ministry official.

As Crisis Saps Economy, Belarus Replaces Premier

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 04:04 PM PST

President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus dismissed his prime minister and the head of the country's central bank on Saturday as part of a sweeping and unexpected government reorganization.

Television: Bake-Off in a Tent

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 01:27 PM PST

In "The Great British Baking Show," contestants wield homey back stories while sweating over their mixers in a tent plopped down at Welford Park in Berkshire.

Sweden Strikes Deal to Avoid Vote Expected to Strengthen Far Right

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 12:49 PM PST

Sweden's mainstream political parties announced a deal on Saturday to preserve a minority center-left government by adopting the center-right's budget for next year.

In Limbo, a City in China Faces Life After Graft

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 12:18 PM PST

The town of Lüliang in Shanxi Province, whose coal helped fuel China's economic boom, is at the center of a crackdown that challenges the close ties between business and government.

As Syria’s Revolution Sputters, a Chaotic Stalemate

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 12:11 PM PST

The battleground of Syria's war is increasingly divided between the government and extremists, leaving many Syrians feeling that the revolution on which they gambled has failed.

At Funeral for Officer Rafael Ramos, N.Y.P.D.'s Solidarity Is on Display

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 11:42 AM PST

The service for Officer Rafael Ramos, who was fatally shot in his patrol car last Saturday, was held at the Christ Tabernacle Church in Glendale, Queens.

Putin's Way: Even Loyalty No Guarantee Against Putin

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 10:36 AM PST

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, who wields virtually unchallenged power to reward a new class of oligarchs, also uses the same instrument to punish those who oppose him.

Japan Unveils $29 Billion Stimulus Package

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 10:17 AM PST

Analysts were skeptical about how much the spending, which avoided issuing fresh debt and included subsidies, merchandise vouchers and lower mortgage rates, could spur growth.

Syria to Discuss Russia Peace Plan Talks

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 08:51 AM PST

Members of the Western-backed Syrian opposition dismissed the Russian plan on Saturday, however, saying there was "no initiative."

Letter From Europe: Shining Light on an Era’s Darker Side

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 08:25 AM PST

The death of Mandy Rice-Davies, who played a starring role in the Profumo affair, evoked much more than a vicarious return to moments that defined their times.

Double Blow for Parents of Jihadists: Losing Children, Then Their Community

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 08:13 AM PST

After a Muslim family's twin daughters left England for Syria in order to join the Islamic State, they faced isolation from those in their community who feared even a tangential connection to terrorism.

A Leader of Shabab Surrenders

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 07:59 AM PST

Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, who had a $3 million bounty on his head, turned himself in to the Somali police, an intelligence official said.

A Former Ground Zero Goes to Court Against the World’s Nuclear Arsenals

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 07:56 AM PST

The Marshall Islands, the Pacific atolls where Americans once conducted nuclear tests, want to spur global disarmament in a case before the world's top court.

That Debt From 1720? Britain’s Payment Is Coming

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 07:44 AM PST

Prompted by record low interest rates, the British government is planning to pay off debts it racked up over hundreds of years.

Prototype: Out of Tragedy, a Protective Glass for Schools

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 07:35 AM PST

The killer at Sandy Hook Elementary School shot through a window, a detail that stuck with the co-founder of School Guard Glass, maker of a strong glass intended to thwart intruders.

Syria Says to Discuss Russia Peace Plan Talks, Opposition Rejects

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 05:59 AM PST

Syria said on Saturday it is willing to participate in "preliminary consultations" in Moscow aimed at restarting peace talks next year to end its civil war.

North Korea Accuses U.S. of Staging Internet Failure

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 05:27 AM PST

The North rejected accusations that it was behind the hacking of Sony Pictures and it called President Obama reckless "like a monkey in a tropical forest."