Maimed Defending Afghanistan, Then Neglected
By ROD NORDLAND
The number of Afghan soldiers and policemen who have permanent disabilities has soared, overwhelming resources available from the government and charitable organizations.
The number of Afghan soldiers and policemen who have permanent disabilities has soared, overwhelming resources available from the government and charitable organizations.
A week after a severe earthquake struck Nepal, a growing number of its capital’s millions of residents were packing up their tents, checking out of hospitals and preparing for the workweek.
After Iran seized a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz this week, the United States Navy has accompanied American-flagged vessels to protect against harassment.
One option would put in writing, but not send to Congress, language agreeing to the defense of Arab allies if they came under attack from outside forces.
A group of nuns have opened their doors to African migrants who have found themselves caught up in the sex trade after arriving in Italy vulnerable and penniless.
Britain’s political parties have become even more reliant than their American counterparts on social media as a way to mobilize supporters for next week’s election.
The organizers of a conference on business innovation preach diversification of the economy and optimism in the face of government warnings.
As nearby conflicts have reshaped Europe’s migrant flows recently, the current state of Libya has created migrants who might have had no other choice.
Alan Gross, an American who was imprisoned in Cuba for five years, is helping a new political action committee raise money to support freer trade and travel to the island.
Brazil’s political establishment was shaken on Friday after federal prosecutors opened an investigation into Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The toll from attacks by the American-led coalition on Friday included at least nine children, a rights group reported on Saturday.
Ms. Rendell, a Labour Party member of the House of Lords, was a prolific writer of intricately plotted mystery novels that combined psychological insight, social conscience and teeth-chattering terror.
Prosecutors said that the Islamic law student was beaten to death in an attack that was set off by a false accusation that she had burned a copy of the Quran.
North Korea said that Joo Won-moon had been detained after crossing into the country from the Chinese town Dandong.
The impending birth was cause for much excitement in Britain, not least among bookmakers.
Michael G. Vickers retired this week as under secretary of defense for intelligence.
It was a rare fatal attack on a military aircraft during an outbreak of violence in Jalisco State that left banks and gas stations ablaze.
Diplomats from all over the world went to Katmandu after the quake to account for their citizens, many relying on only rough estimates of their numbers.
Ms. Barry, the South Asia bureau chief for The Times, answers questions on Facebook about Nepal almost a week after an earthquake killed thousands.
The Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism leads visitors through the role that Munich and its society played in the rise of the Nazi movement.
It’s an award for courage, not cartoons.
Men like Oskar Grönning remind Germans why they can never forget.
The Times produced more than 400 articles, including about 50 front-page stories from inside the Ebola-afflicted countries themselves. Here is a sample of work.
A collection of work by the photographer Daniel Berehulak, who has been capturing lives touched by the Ebola virus across West Africa since August.
The earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25 flattened sections of Katmandu’s historic center, where many structures were made with bricks.
Maps show the landscape of temporary shelters, the epicenter of the earthquake and its aftershocks.
There were about 17 times as many refugee deaths from January to April this year as there were during the same period last year.
Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East, is embroiled in a struggle for power that has serious implications for the region and the security of the United States.
A look at where Iran exerts influence across the region and at the emerging Saudi coalition.
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.
