JERUSALEM — The chairman of the opposition in the Israeli Parliament agreed early Tuesday morning to join the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a surprise that staves off early elections.
BEIJING — The expulsion, reportedly over a program on forced labor, among other programs, was seen as a signal of growing sensitivity about foreign news coverage.
BEIJING — Chen Guangcheng, whose flight to an American Embassy triggered a diplomatic crisis, said officials were helping him seek approval to go to the United States.
WASHINGTON — Terrorists in Yemen planned to smuggle an experimental bomb aboard an airliner bound for the United States.
GUANGZHOU — The unexpected decline in export orders at the Canton Fair is seen as a sign of trouble for the overall Chinese economy. Above, picnic backpacks on display at the Canton Fair.
ATHENS — A day after the election, the prospect of the country leaving the euro zone loomed large. Above, Alexis Tsipras, of Syriza, the left-wing, anti-austerity party that came in second.
LIMA, Peru — Months after dolphins and seabirds began washing ashore, Peruvian officials are still trying to determine a cause, fueling suspicions among the public and scientists.
JERUSALEM — An Israeli court refused to release two Palestinians held without charge and who have been on hunger strike for 69 days. Above, soldiers fired tear gas to disperse protesters outside Ofer Prison.
SUMNER, Tex. — Julia Trigg Crawford and her family have had multiple visits from TransCanada representatives regarding land rights to their farm in Sumner.
Postrevolution young adults have been boxed in by Iranian politics and the pressures of foreign governments.
LOS ANGELES — North America’s second-largest movie theater chain may be sold to a Chinese company.
Some scientists are asking whether airplane seat rules are strong enough to protect today’s heavier travelers.
By helping News Corporation confront a phone-hacking scandal in Britain, Joel I. Klein has delayed his ambitions to improve the company’s efforts in education.
HAVANA — Cuba’s success in limiting the epidemic stems partly from harsh early tactics and universal basic health care.
As the rate of H.I.V. infections grew, the Cuban government imposed quarantines and set up a network of sanitariums.
New owners want to revive CBGB with a summer festival and new location.
The author has never been more scared than she was as she waited for her 10-year-old daughter to make it out of the anti-Putin protests.
As independent filmmakers break away from formulaic productions, a Philippine film is getting released in North America.
The reaction to Obama’s eating dog meat as a child relate to anxieties over race, assimilation and citizenship.
Defenders of the native habitat fear the herd’s current size strains the ecosystem.
By voting for François Hollande, French citizens delivered a rebuke to the idea that economic austerity is the solution to Europe’s financial crisis.
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