Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection
The writing on an ancient stone may contribute to a re-evaluation of popular and scholarly views of Jesus.
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A Side Competition in Beijing: Island vs. Mainland
As Taiwan?s athletes prepare for the Olympics, its officials fear that China will use the Games for political purposes.
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Iraqi Parties, After Meetings in Finland, Agree on Principles to Guide Further Talks
The document that Iraq?s fractious groups agreed upon was the first step in a process that experts in reconciliation say could take decades.
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Export Tax That Angers Farmers Advances in Argentina
After Argentina?s lower house of Congress approved agricultural export tax increases, farm leaders reacted cautiously.
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Departing Rights Official Raised Volume on Issues
Louise Arbour leaves her post as the United Nations high commissioner for human rights having raised her office?s profile by increasing its budget and raising her own voice.
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Iran Says Its Nuclear Policy Has Not Changed
Iran?s nuclear policy has not been changed by incentives, an Iranian government spokesman said, confirming that Iran would not comply with Security Council resolutions.
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Explosion Kills Somali Official
An explosion killed a Somali official, his wife and four other people on Saturday in Mogadishu, witnesses and officials said.
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India Leader Swaps Allies in Push for Nuclear Pact
India?s governing Congress Party has swapped coalition allies in a last-ditch effort to push through a nuclear deal with the United States.
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Police Kill 9 Inmates During Prison Riot in Syria
Syrian military police officers fired on Islamist inmates during a riot at a prison outside Damascus.
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Checking In: Trump?s Adventures in the Land of Golf
Donald Trump?s project for a golf resort on the northeast coast of Scotland, near Aberdeen, hangs in the balance as environmentalists say the rugged coastline should be left undisturbed.
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Wax Hitler Figure Is Beheaded at Museum?s Opening in Berlin
A man tore off the head of a wax figure of Hitler at Madame Tussauds? new branch in Berlin in what appeared to be a symbolic protest at the museum?s opening on Saturday.
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The World: For Some Foes the Chat, Some the Cold Shoulder
The U.S. didn?t talk to Castro. But it did talk to Mao, and that is the path most taken.
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The Other Front: Back in Kabul, Never at Peace
A photographer navigates the Afghan capital with his camera.
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Ancestral Journeys
In tracing his family?s history in Lebanon and beyond, Amin Maalouf also traces the changing nature of Arab identity.
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An American in China
Michael Meyer, a resident of Beijing, records the demolition of the city?s ancient neighborhoods.
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Thai Museum at Angkor Raises Ire in Cambodia
With few artifacts remaining at the site of the Angkor temples, a Thai company?s new museum there is being criticized for everything from politics to its displays.
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On Film, a Monk?s Passion and Protest
With the help of a New York-based producer, a documentary profiling the life of Palden Gyatso, a 77-year- old former political prisoner in China, will open in August.
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