Egyptian Judges Drop All Charges Against Mubarak
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and MERNA THOMAS
The court’s decision means former President Hosni Mubarak could go free for the first time since his 2011 removal from office.
The court’s decision means former President Hosni Mubarak could go free for the first time since his 2011 removal from office.
Amid growing acrimony among the fractious partners of Israel’s governing coalition, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also berated ministers for attacking him.
David Cameron's proposed policy to impose quotas on European Union immigrants would have flouted one of the European Union's core principles.
With a preliminary total of 64.5 percent of the votes, former President Nicolas Sarkozy gained control over the center-right opposition and established a steppingstone in his attempt to run the country again.
President Xi Jinping told Communist Party officials that China would be nice to its neighbors in Asia but that he would be relentless in promoting his idea of China’s rejuvenation onto the world stage.
The police used pepper spray to try to subdue thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators who surged around the city leader’s offices in an escalation of the protests.
Even as United Nations negotiators gathering in South America this week expressed a new optimism that they may finally achieve an elusive deal, experts caution that it probably will not be enough to stave off the near-term impact of global warming.
Mexico has passed laws to regulate emissions and promote renewable energy, but some analysts doubt it will commit the resources to meet its much-lauded goals.
Experts question whether the plans that the Continent has sketched out to achieve a 40 percent cut are strong enough to meet its goal.
A group of police officers with links to the family is accused of corruption, including running illegal casinos and oil smuggling.
China's president said Beijing should "promote peaceful resolution of differences and disputes between countries.''
An appeals court found Matthew and Grace Huang of Los Angeles innocent of any wrongdoing and ordered them released, but the Huangs were later stopped from leaving Qatar.
Jordan’s Royal Desert Forces, descended from a camel corps, still rely on the animals for work like catching smugglers and recovering stolen cars on rough terrain.
Expeditions to the South Pacific island where many thousands died reflect a surge in interest among young Japanese in World War II.
Seizing on a generally sleepy time in Brazil, congressional leaders in the capital, Brasília, are pushing ahead with legislation to raise their own salaries as much as 34 percent.
The election results signaled that Taiwan’s governing Chinese Nationalist Party, known as the Kuomintang, would be hard-pressed to retain the presidency in the 2016 election.
The continent’s writers are being celebrated, but only for catering to Western tastes.
The traditional social fabric has become shredded — and the results are most obvious in the countryside.
His rule saw the formation of a land with a strong national consciousness, a legacy that Putin prefers to ignore.
A mine fire in May killed 301 men, making it the worst industrial disaster in Turkish history. This is the story of two men who lived through it.
A look at how ProPublica and Frontline collaborated to explore, through the lives of several subjects, the controversial relationship between Firestone and Charles Taylor of Liberia.
Should Russian actions in Ukraine scuttle U.S. cooperation on securing and cutting nuclear stockpiles?
