As Afghans Resist Taliban, U.S. Spurs Rise of Militias
The Americans hope the militias will encourage an increasingly demoralized Afghan population to take a stake in the war against the Taliban. |
Cleric Wields Religion to Challenge Iran?s Theocracy
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who played a role in the founding of the Islamic Republic, has emerged as the spiritual leader of the opposition. |
Survey of Pakistan?s Young Predicts ?Disaster? if Their Needs Aren?t Addressed
A majority of the country?s young people think the nation is on the wrong course, and they are divided between a preference for democracy and Islamic law, a report says. |
In Turkey, Trial Casts Wide Net of Mistrust
The investigation of an underground group known as Ergenekon has strained ties between a secular elite and a growing population of observant Muslims. |
A Terror Suspect With Feet in East and West
The profile that has emerged of David Headley, a U.S. citizen accused of plotting revenge against a Danish newspaper, suggests a man pulled between two cultures. |
Israeli Aircraft Strike Gaza Targets
Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapon factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip in what the military said was retaliation for rocket fire. |
At Least 87 Die in Chinese Mine Explosion
The explosion on Saturday was unusual in that it involved a large mine operated by one of China?s biggest state-owned companies. |
Benedict Woos Artists, Urging ?Quest for Beauty?
The Vatican pulled out all the stops Saturday at a meeting that aimed to revive the age-old ties between the Catholic Church and artists. |
Fatal Blast Rocks Northeast India
Three bombs exploded in India?s restive northeast Sunday, killing at least five people and wounding more than 25, police said. |
Indonesian Ferry Sinks With Hundreds On Board
Indonesian television says a passenger ferry with more than 200 people onboard sank in rough waters near Sumatra island. |
Top Iranian Reformer Jailed for Six Years
Mohammad Ali Abtahi, a former vice president accused of fomenting widespread street unrest after Iran?s June election has been sentenced to six years in jail, Iranian media said on Sunday. |
3 Suspected Militants Blow Themselves Up in Pakistani Kashmir
The suspects were being pursued by the police after weapons were reported dumped along a road. |
Chávez Offers Public Defense for Carlos the Jackal
President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela heaped praise on Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, describing him as a ?revolutionary fighter.? |
Italy Arrests 2 Over Attacks in Mumbai
The authorities arrested a Pakistani father and son accused of providing logistical support and money for a terrorist strike in India. |
Medvedev Says ?Backwardness? Undermines Party
President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia warned leaders of his party that they must learn to win elections honestly if it is to survive. |
Italian Prosecutors Ask for Life Sentence in Trial of U.S. Student
Prosecutors asked an Italian court to hand down life sentences to an American student and her former boyfriend for their alleged roles in a fatal stabbing. |
Sri Lanka Plans to Let Tamils Leave Camps
Sri Lanka plans to release refugees still in government camps where they have been detained since the country?s civil war ended six months ago, a top official said. |
Anglican Leader and Pope Hold ?Cordial? Talks
Benedict XVI and Archbishop Rowan Williams met a month after the Vatican announced a new Anglican rite within the Roman Catholic Church. |
Iran Plans Military Drills to Guard Nuclear Sites
The air defense war games reflected a concern in Tehran that Israel could carry out its threats to strike militarily. |
Currents: Are Metrics Blinding Our Perception?
Welcome to the Age of Metrics - or to the End of Instinct. |
Plotting Thrillers in the Fog of China
So much of what is known of China?s beating Communist heart is guesswork. But not for the spy novelist. |
Haleh Esfandiari: Prisoner of Tehran
A love of Iran underlies a scholar?s memoir of surreal interrogation and solitary confinement in Tehran. |
