When President Obama agreed to send small arms and ammunition to Syrian rebels, he had to be almost dragged into the decision from advisers, critics and even Bill Clinton.
A rebel stronghold convulsed with some of the heaviest fighting in months, as activists debated how the United States’ decision to send arms would affect their fight to topple the Syrian president.
Syria said the Obama administration was “full of lies” in alleging the use of chemical weapons, and American allies were trying to decide what to do.
Voters cast their ballots on Friday in Iran.
Anecdotal evidence suggested Tehran’s mayor and a moderate cleric were garnering the strongest support as electoral authorities extended voting after a late surge of interest.
A day before the presidential election, many of the generation born after the revolution say their viewpoints are ignored.
Mark Kitto moved out of his home in Moganshan, China, in May.
Mark Kitto, an entrepreneur, is leaving China after 16 years, saying the government protects its power at the expense of its people and citing concerns about raising his children.
The documentarian Laura Poitras says her role in the leaking of U.S. surveillance programs was “not something I was seeking out.”
While it is too early to know whether large numbers of Europeans will stop using American Internet services, the official European reaction has been loud and angry.
New revelations by Edward J. Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor believed to be in Hong Kong, may make China more apt to help him.
A court decision expected Monday might lead to temporary revival of ERT, even as a prosecutor begins investigating the broadcaster’s finances.
The measure, long sought by President Rafael Correa, would impose fines for coverage deemed by regulators as unfair.
Prosecutors said the nine intelligence agents used Internet postings to attack the domestic opposition as South Koreans prepared to vote for president.
The arrests of several officials have threatened the fragile government of Prime Minister Petr Necas, which has already been shaken by a series of disagreements.
The reports in state media are the closest thing to an official Chinese response to the revelations, which have come at an uncomfortable time for the United States.
A semiofficial campaign has gathered steam to question Japanese rule over the Ryukyu chain, including the strategic island that is home to 27,000 American troops.
The protests have been notably unruly in Brazil’s largest city, São Paulo, where police officers arrested dozens of protesters on Thursday night. Demonstrations also took place in Rio de Janeiro.
Consumption in the country has decreased so much over the decades that the nation recently fell from its perch as the world’s top per capita consumer of beef.
A Culture Ministry team is trying to keep Peru’s ancient riches from being spirited out by mail, battling a depletion that began nearly 500 years ago with the Spanish conquest.
When Davide Martello hauled a grand piano into Taksim Square in Istanbul and started playing, protesters and the police alike shared hours of calm.
Readers of The New York Times responded to a request to send in photographs that spoke to the kinds of change that sparked protests around Turkey.
Video posted online on Friday showed an apparent anti-Iran protest in Bustan al-Qasr, a rebel-held part of Aleppo.
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A steady proliferation of books and films try to make sense of what drives suicide bombers. But few get it right.
Iran’s Islamic revolution has forgotten about the working class.
If the first wave of the women's movement sought to secure women seats at the table, the latest wave attempts to reimagine what goes on at the table, now that some women are sitting there.
Territorial Disputes Involving Japan 
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