President Xi Jinping of China Pledges $2 Billion to Fight Poverty

President Xi Jinping of China Pledges $2 Billion to Fight Poverty
Partnership Aims to Bolster Local Health Care Providers
Cease-Fire Broken in Northwestern Syria, Monitor Says
Russia and Estonia Swap Prisoners Accused of Spying
U.N. Summit Meeting on Women’s Rights Highlights More Tension Between U.S. and China
U.S. Is Struggling in Its Effort to Build an Afghan Air Force
Shifting Direction, Kerry Aims to Include Iran in Efforts to End the Conflict in Syria
Money Flows With Refugees, and Life Jackets Fill the Shops
As Indonesia Prospers, Air Pollution Takes Toll
Thousands Enter Syria to Join ISIS Despite Global Efforts
Mark Zuckerberg Announces Project to Connect Refugee Camps to the Internet
Sports of The Times: FIFA’s Captain Clings to the Helm of His Sinking Ship
Hospitals Devastated in Syria, War-Wounded Seek Treatment in Jordan
Donald Trump Sees in Marco Rubio a New Rival to Taunt, but Gets Plenty of Salvos in Return
Against Odds, Seeking Hope for Mexican Students Who Vanished a Year Ago
Francis in America: A Pastoral Pope, Slipping Conservatives’ Grasp
As Volkswagen Pushed to Be No. 1, Ambitions Fueled a Scandal
Pope Offers a Vision of Religious Freedom
Pope Offers a Vision of Religious Freedom

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 08:02 PM PDT

Mr. Xi told the United Nations that China would pledge $2 billion as an initial investment for development assistance to the poorest countries.

Partnership Aims to Bolster Local Health Care Providers

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 05:59 PM PDT

A collaboration of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank and the World Health Organization will focus on medical care in poor and middle-income countries.

Cease-Fire Broken in Northwestern Syria, Monitor Says

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 05:42 PM PDT

A ceasefire in northwest Syria, part of a wider deal that included cessation of hostilities in the area as well as in a town near the Lebanese border, was broken late on Saturday, a monitoring group said.

Russia and Estonia Swap Prisoners Accused of Spying

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 04:22 PM PDT

Russia's Federal Security Service said it handed over an Estonian security officer detained by Russia last year in exchange for a former Estonian official who was arrested in 2012.

U.N. Summit Meeting on Women’s Rights Highlights More Tension Between U.S. and China

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 04:19 PM PDT

President Xi Jinping of China is a co-host of the meeting, even though his country imprisoned five feminists this year, and President Obama will not attend.

U.S. Is Struggling in Its Effort to Build an Afghan Air Force

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 03:50 PM PDT

Efforts to build an effective air force began late, and, in the view of some Afghan officials, have gone nowhere, even as the Afghans fight the Taliban mostly alone.

Shifting Direction, Kerry Aims to Include Iran in Efforts to End the Conflict in Syria

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 03:38 PM PDT

The secretary of State reached out to the Iranians at the United Nations on Saturday despite concerns about the country's support for the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad.

Money Flows With Refugees, and Life Jackets Fill the Shops

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 02:29 PM PDT

Smugglers solicit refugees, clothing stores display life vests and inner tubes, and tour buses and taxis shuttle passengers to remote launch sites along the coast.

As Indonesia Prospers, Air Pollution Takes Toll

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 02:00 PM PDT

Years of robust economic growth have put more vehicles in reach and on roadways, and more hazardous pollutants in the air.

Thousands Enter Syria to Join ISIS Despite Global Efforts

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 02:00 PM PDT

Nearly 30,000 foreign recruits have now poured into Syria to join the civil war, stark evidence that an international effort to enforce antiterrorism laws is not diminishing the militants' ranks.

Mark Zuckerberg Announces Project to Connect Refugee Camps to the Internet

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 01:28 PM PDT

The connectivity ambitions are at the center of Mr. Zuckerberg's advocacy effort, Internet.org, whose principal goal is to offer Internet access to about four billion people who cannot afford it.

Sports of The Times: FIFA’s Captain Clings to the Helm of His Sinking Ship

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 12:54 PM PDT

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has hinted he might try to extend his reign, even as a corruption scandal engulfs the organization, which apparently lacks an internal candidate free of controversy to replace him.

Hospitals Devastated in Syria, War-Wounded Seek Treatment in Jordan

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 12:33 PM PDT

More people injured in the Syrian war are seeking treatment in Jordan, where health care facilities are more secure and a new reconstructive surgery hospital opened this month.

Donald Trump Sees in Marco Rubio a New Rival to Taunt, but Gets Plenty of Salvos in Return

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 11:43 AM PDT

After training his fire for much of the summer on former Gov. Jeb Bush, Donald J. Trump has found a new favorite Republican rival to taunt: Senator Marco Rubio of Florida.

Against Odds, Seeking Hope for Mexican Students Who Vanished a Year Ago

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 10:18 AM PDT

This weekend families of the missing are commemorating the disappearance of their sons, all students at a teachers' college in Ayotzinapa, in rural Guerrero State.

Francis in America: A Pastoral Pope, Slipping Conservatives’ Grasp

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 09:49 AM PDT

Church conservatives are hoping that Pope Francis has saved his sharpest, clearest expression of doctrine, on topics like same-sex marriage and women in the priesthood.

As Volkswagen Pushed to Be No. 1, Ambitions Fueled a Scandal

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 09:42 AM PDT

Volkswagen's unbridled ambition — aiming to triple sales in a decade and overtake top carmaker Toyota — is central to what is shaping up to be one of the great corporate scandals of the age.

Pope Offers a Vision of Religious Freedom

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 09:40 AM PDT

Religious freedom means the right to worship God, "as our consciences dictate," Francis said, but he also warned about its perversion "as a pretext for hatred and brutality."

Pope Offers a Vision of Religious Freedom

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 09:40 AM PDT

On the final leg of his trip in Philadelphia, Pope Francis on Saturday called religious freedom a "fundamental right" and warned about its perversion "as a pretext for hatred and brutality." Later, he urged, "Let's protect the family."