Shabab Gunmen Are Said to Mount Deadly Attack on University in Kenya
By ISMA’IL KUSHKUSH and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
News reports said at least 14 people were killed and scores more wounded after attackers forced their way into student dormitories.
News reports said at least 14 people were killed and scores more wounded after attackers forced their way into student dormitories.
In remarks in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, Mr. Buhari bluntly enumerated two scourges: the ruthless onslaught of the Boko Haram militant group; and the “evil of corruption.”
A general statement describing a preliminary agreement was expected to be made public Thursday, but it was unclear whether it would mention any specific limits.
Secretary of State John Kerry extended his stay for another day as he met with his Iranian counterpart on Wednesday night for what diplomats said could be a series of pivotal sessions.
The information was discovered in the browser history on an iPad found by investigators searching the co-pilot’s apartment in Düsseldorf.
The move is part of an antitrust inquiry into whether the search giant has used its dominant position to give preferential treatment to its own services.
Neil Bantleman, a Canadian guidance counselor at the Jakarta Intercultural School, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank attracted 46 founding members, among them 14 advanced economies of the Group of 20, including Brazil, France, Germany and Russia.
Pemex said that there was no evidence of a major spill, but that the blast had forced the evacuation of more than 300 workers from the rig.
DNA and photographs confirmed the death of Zulkifli bin Hir, a Malaysian bomb-maker, in a Jan. 25 raid that left dozens of police officers dead, experts said.
Two simultaneous assaults left at least 13 Egyptian soldiers and two civilians dead, security officials said, ending a weekslong lull in such violence.
Zhang Lei got his break as an intern for Yale’s endowment, which he impressed so much with his detailed reports that it gave him $20 million to invest.
Hundreds of inmates were let go amid an assault on several government buildings in Al Mukalla, which had been spared much of the recent fighting.
Interviews with relatives and neighbors of the gunmen who killed 22 people in a rampage at the National Bardo Museum in Tunis last month betrayed equal measures of shock and shame.
Dozens of others were wounded in the city of Khost, including a member of Parliament, at a demonstration seeking the removal of a provincial governor.
The French police asserted that the reports about it were false and the French prosecutor leading the crash investigation said no videos had been recovered.
The race is a hemmed-in affair, much like the city where it is run, which is exactly why the organizers of the Right to Movement: Palestine Marathon chose to stage it in Bethlehem, West Bank.
Officers shot and killed a woman carrying a rifle, two hand grenades and a handgun near Istanbul’s main police station.
Although petroleum prices are down worldwide, the business of sending supertankers across the seas has never been brisker — or more global.
Regulators rejected four applications filed by ATR, which members of the Tatar minority said reflected a continuing pattern of discrimination.
Federal authorities in South Carolina, Florida, Georgia and Ohio have settled these export disputes by returning all of the seized cars.
The Palestinians refrained from immediately asking the court to look into cases that may implicate Israeli officials in what they say are war crimes.
The Russian moves have set off debate over military spending and highlighted how quickly President Vladimir V. Putin has shredded the certainties of the post-Cold War era.
Cultural figures in Russia describe a climate of anxiety as laws banning obscenities have made them compromise their work or face harsh penalties.
In an echo of debates elsewhere, the chairman of English soccer’s governing body is trying to restrict the number of foreigners.
Islamic State militants are reported to have launched offensives on two fronts — in the province of Hama and near Damascus, residents said.
The American House speaker and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel seemed to take pains to avoid stirring any new controversy.
President Obama signed an executive order that would impose financial and travel sanctions against foreign-based hackers targeting the United States.
Fierce street battles and high civilian casualties were reported in the fight between rebels and forces loyal to the exiled president.
State encroachment on freedom and privacy is worsening under President Park.
The moderate parties must stop the National Front from stealing the ideals that define the nation.
The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent has written his last dispatch for The New York Times — for now.
A guide to help you navigate the talks between Western powers and Tehran.
As Iran and world powers including the United States try to reach a deal on nuclear controls in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, Iranians from all walks of life are watching and hoping for a new start.
A look at where Iran exerts influence across the region and at the emerging Saudi coalition.
A reporter took to the streets to cover the changes in the capital, Sana, after Houthi militants took full control of the city.
Dozens of Iraqi villages that were under the control of the Islamic State suffered from looting and extensive property destruction after being retaken by pro-government forces, a study says.
When militants from the Islamic State in Libya killed 21 Egyptian Christians, Jonathan Rashad went to the village many called home to understand the devastating impact.
A look at the conflict that has dismembered Syria and inflamed the region with one of the world’s worst religious and sectarian wars.
The Times investigated secret casualties of Iraq’s abandoned chemical weapons and the Pentagon’s response, including follow-up care for those exposed.
A collection of work by the photographer Daniel Berehulak, who has been capturing lives touched by the Ebola virus across West Africa since August.
