Saturday, January 4, 2014 - Last Update:
Reasons for the increase in cases of malnutrition are either uncertain or in dispute, but what is clear is that, despite years of Western involvement and billions of dollars in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, children’s health is a growing problem.
Hospitals are reporting more and more cases of severe malnutrition, but doctors and other officials are not certain why, or even how many children are affected.
The blast hit one of the entrances of Camp Eggers, a predominantly American military base in Kabul, but the extent of the explosion or the cause was not immediately clear.
Cambodian police officers on Saturday cleared protesters from a Phnom Penh park that has been the staging ground for antigovernment demonstrations.
With no plans for American military intervention, the United States is frantically brokering peace talks between the warring factions while trying to fortify a United Nations peacekeeping force.
Doubts nagged at Greggor Ilagan, a councilman in Hawaii, about what the risks were, if any, of genetically altered crops when a bill to ban them was introduced.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia eased the ban, although demonstrations will require approval.
The assassination of Hassane Laqees, Hezbollah’s master technician and logistics expert, has exposed a convulsing region’s tangled and shifting alliances and enmities.
In an attempt to attract a younger crowd, Marriott International is trying to shed its boring image and making a turn toward flash.
Songs by Mr. Everly and his older brother, Don Everly, carried the close fraternal harmonies of country tradition into pioneering rock ‘n’ roll.
A frosty family trip in pursuit of the aurora borealis slides between watching and waiting, panic and prayer.
Exploring the many dimensions of what it’s like to see the world as a black traveler, from discovering liberation to experiencing healing.
From philo-Semitism to wanting to move on, a nation struggles with its past.
