Saturday, June 21, 2014 Last Update:
Large sections of Baghdad and southern Iraq’s Shiite heartland have been swept up in a mass mobilization, energized by a fatwa urging able-bodied Iraqis to take up arms against Sunni extremists.
Supporters of Abdullah Abdullah protested across Kabul on Saturday demanding that the government address the presidential candidate’s accusation that ballot counting in the runoff election was fraudulent.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia proffered a carrot and a stick to Ukraine, accepting the premise of a peace plan proposed by Ukraine’s president but putting Russian troops on combat alert.
A hunt was underway late Saturday for a South Korean Army sergeant who military officials said opened fire along the border with North Korea and killed five of his fellow soldiers and wounded five others.
Vedad Ibisevic of Bosnia did manage to score against Argentina, but it was largely because of keeper error. Bosnia will be looking to do better, with forward Senad Lulic a key man.
Funeral services in New Orleans and Puerto Rico pose the dead to play host at their own wakes, propped up in a familiar tableau.
Supporters hope the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, opening Monday, will fuel tourism, broaden the city’s reputation and host international human rights events.
Roosevelt Island was famously conceived as a utopia for working- and middle-class New Yorkers, and, despite several luxury developments, its character has been preserved.
Proper protocol is good business for a British company.
Having a dad around is great, unless he’s a violent abuser.
Historically, technology lifted us all by creating new jobs and greater efficiency.
Some metrics that we cling to in our financial lives can end up being wildly counterproductive.
A capsule look at some of the players to keep a close eye on in London, starting Monday.
She will play what is likely her final round in the United States Women’s Open.
This week’s homes include a townhouse in Washington, D.C., a Tudor in Louisville, Ky., and a contemporary in Arkansas.
The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S550 isn’t merely a new version of the company’s largest sedan, but a technological leap beyond its ancestors.
Loral’s former chief executive says he looked for optimism in the people he would hire.
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