Korean Air Faces Flight Suspensions Over Executive’s Snack Tantrum

Korean Air Faces Flight Suspensions Over Executive’s Snack Tantrum
Taliban Storm Pakistani Army-Run School, Kill 21
DealBook: 3 Banks Fall Short in Bank of England Stress Test
ArtsBeat: Lou Reed, Green Day and Bill Withers to Join Rock Hall of Fame
2 Military Bases in Syria Fall to Rebels
Interest Rate Raised to 17% in Russia
Gunman in Sydney Had Long History of Run-Ins With the Law
The Mumps, a Scourge of Dormitories, Spreads Through the N.H.L.
Iraq’s Premier Has Narrowed Nation’s Divide
Bits Blog: Lawyers in iPod Trial Await Jury Decision
Wife of Bill Cosby Places Fault With News Media
Market Turmoil: Vladimir Putin vs. the Currency Markets: What to Know About the Ruble’s Collapse
U.S. Caught Between Support for Israel and European Push for Peace Talks
Iran’s President Pledges to Face Down Forces Opposing a Nuclear Deal
U.S. Seeks to Use Letters Found in Bin Laden Raid in Terrorism Trial
Turning #IllRideWithYou Into Real-World Action in Australia
ArtsBeat: ‘The Last Ship’ Rises With Sting in the Cast
Lens Blog: Pictures of the Day — Dec. 15, 2014
Nonemployed: As Robots Grow Smarter, American Workers Struggle to Keep Up
Homeland Security Chief Opens Largest Immigration Detention Center in U.S.

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 01:02 AM PST

The South Korean government is investigating whether a vice president of the airline who berated crew members broke laws banning onboard disturbances.

Taliban Storm Pakistani Army-Run School, Kill 21

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 12:58 AM PST

Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing 20 students and one soldier, officials said, in the highest-profile militant attack to hit the troubled region in months.

DealBook: 3 Banks Fall Short in Bank of England Stress Test

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 12:52 AM PST

The Royal Bank of Scotland, the Lloyds Banking Group and the Co-operative Bank would not have had sufficient capital to comfortably weather a sharp financial downturn at the end of 2013, the Bank of England found.

ArtsBeat: Lou Reed, Green Day and Bill Withers to Join Rock Hall of Fame

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 11:00 PM PST

Nominees that didn't make the final cut this year include Nine Inch Nails, Sting, N.W.A, Chic and Kraftwerk.

2 Military Bases in Syria Fall to Rebels

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 06:36 PM PST

At least 43 deaths were reported in Monday's assaults, which were led by the Nusra Front, and at least 15 Syrian soldiers were said to have been captured.

Interest Rate Raised to 17% in Russia

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 06:35 PM PST

Western sanctions and the collapse in the price of oil have weighed on the economy and hurt the ruble.

Gunman in Sydney Had Long History of Run-Ins With the Law

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 06:29 PM PST

The gunman who seized hostages in downtown Sydney was known as a deeply troubled man with a pending case involving the murder of his former wife.

The Mumps, a Scourge of Dormitories, Spreads Through the N.H.L.

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 05:46 PM PST

About 20 players and two on-ice officials have or are suspected of having had mumps, an illness that affects a few hundred people a year, mostly on college campuses.

Iraq’s Premier Has Narrowed Nation’s Divide

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 05:13 PM PST

The early performance of Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, has encouraged Iraqi and Western officials, but enemies remain and one-third of the country is beyond his control.

Bits Blog: Lawyers in iPod Trial Await Jury Decision

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 04:49 PM PST

A class-action suit nearly a decade in the making has finally headed to the jury room in a federal court in Oakland, Calif.

Wife of Bill Cosby Places Fault With News Media

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 04:23 PM PST

Camille O. Cosby faulted the news media for what she said was a failure to scrutinize the women who have made sexual assault accusations against her husband.

Market Turmoil: Vladimir Putin vs. the Currency Markets: What to Know About the Ruble’s Collapse

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 03:58 PM PST

Raising interest rates by 6.5 percentage points in the middle of the night is a sure sign of an emerging-markets currency crisis.

U.S. Caught Between Support for Israel and European Push for Peace Talks

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 03:45 PM PST

Secretary of State John Kerry tried to find a way forward as Palestinians pressed for a United Nations Security Council resolution and Europe drafted its own resolution.

Iran’s President Pledges to Face Down Forces Opposing a Nuclear Deal

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 03:31 PM PST

Hassan Rouhani said he was determined to reach an agreement with the West in order to have sanctions lifted.

U.S. Seeks to Use Letters Found in Bin Laden Raid in Terrorism Trial

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 02:42 PM PST

Federal prosecutors say the correspondence reveals "powerful direct proof" of Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai's "knowing and intentional participation" in Al Qaeda's conspiracies to bomb and kill Americans.

Turning #IllRideWithYou Into Real-World Action in Australia

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 02:21 PM PST

After a gunman's siege in Sydney set off fears of repercussions, an effort to show solidarity with Muslims was amplified on Twitter.

ArtsBeat: ‘The Last Ship’ Rises With Sting in the Cast

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 02:19 PM PST

Ticket sales rise for the musical "The Last Ship" now that Sting has joined the cast.

Lens Blog: Pictures of the Day — Dec. 15, 2014

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 01:28 PM PST

Photos from Australia, Hong Kong, Turkey and Germany.

Nonemployed: As Robots Grow Smarter, American Workers Struggle to Keep Up

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 12:59 PM PST

Concern about technology — the printing press, the steam engine or the computer — supplanting humans is not new. But this time may be different.

Homeland Security Chief Opens Largest Immigration Detention Center in U.S.

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 12:40 PM PST

Jeh Johnson, the Homeland Security secretary, presided over the opening of the center to draw more attention to the border security pieces of President Obama's executive actions.