WASHINGTON — The Senate’s 74-to-26 vote to pass the budget deal on Tuesday, a day after a similarly bipartisan vote in the House, belied the intensity of a fight that has bruised both parties.
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 266 points, and all the major indexes shed over 2 percent.
UNITED NATIONS — The country’s diplomatic isolation deepened after a military assault on Hama.
PARIS — As Washington finally signed off on a last-minute deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, traders renewed their attacks on Italy and Spain. Above, job seekers in Madrid.
ROME — The financial pressure on Italy is rising and politicians say it will need to pass new austerity measures.
LONDON — British news organizations identified a man taken into custody as Stuart Kuttner, who resigned as managing editor of the News of the World in 2009.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Officials say the groups are little more than gangs that wreak havoc, clashing with each other and collecting illegal taxes from local residents.
TOKYO — The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant measured its highest radiation levels since the devastating earthquake.
Critics of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan say resignations by Turkey’s military leaders may give Mr. Erdogan too much power.
CAIRO — Thousands of soldiers and officers backed by 50 tanks and armored vehicles are to be deployed along the route where Egypt’s deposed president, Hosni Mubarak, will be transported to court.
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Shabab Islamist insurgent group is imprisoning displaced and starving Somalis who were trying to escape Shabab territory.
MADERA, Calif. — At the flea market in Madera, Calif., Mexican-Indian farm workers can find food, entertainment and community.
SEATTLE — “D.B. Cooper,” who in 1971 demanded $200,000 and a parachute, then jumped out of a plane and into legend, has never been found. Could that be about to change?
The wine snob’s worst nightmare, boxed wine has made strides in the past five years. The panel recently tasted 20 reds and whites from producers who were striving for quality.
Cooking pork in a fire pit is ideal for those who crave big flavors.
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An Indian Muslim family broke their fast at sunset on the first day of Ramadan iin New Delhi.
Washington should seize all Iranian assets in the U.S. and ban as many Iranian officials as possible from our soil, a former Treasury official writes.
Flea market in California are transformed into a reminder of life in Mexico.
With a relationship as combustible as that between India and Pakistan, it’s progress just to get the two sides in a room.
FIFA’s friendly international games, which are organized for fundraising, affect the clubs whose players are borrowed.
Fasting is a physical and spiritual challenge. But Ramadan is a good thing for Muslims, Americans and the world.
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