NEWS President Hamid Karzai leveled particularly harsh accusations against the United States on Sunday, suggesting that the Americans and the Taliban had a common goal in destabilizing his country. The comments cast a shadow on the first visit by Chuck Hagel as defense secretary. Alissa J. Rubin and Thom Shanker report from Kabul.
An account of how the United States came to use a drone strike to kill the terrorist leader Anwar al-Awlaki, who was born in New Mexico, highlights the perils of a war conducted behind a classified veil. Mark Mazzetti, Charlie Savage and Scott Shane report from Washington.
As their country pospered, South Koreans have largely shrugged off the constant threat of a North Korean attack. But breakthroughs in the North’s missile and nuclear programs and fiery threats of war have heightened fears in the South that even small miscalculations by the new and untested leaders of each country could have disastrous consequences. Martin Fackler and Choe Sang-Hun report from Seoul.
The cardinals who enter the papal conclave on Tuesday will walk into the Sistine Chapel in a single file, but beneath the orderly display, they are split into competing lineups and power blocs that will determine which man among them emerges as pope. Laurie Goodstein and Elisabetta Povoledo report from Vatican City.
Radical Islamists in northern Nigeria have killed seven foreign construction workers who were kidnapped in February, a significant escalation of extremist violence in Nigeria’s continuing jihadist insurgency. Adam Nossiter reports from Dakar, Senegal.
Myanmar’s main opposition party ended a congress over the weekend with the party’s leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, calling for a “good relationship†with the powerful military. She vowed to infuse new blood into the party, which is still recovering from more than two decades of persecution under military rule. Thoms Fuller reports from Yangon.
Florian Homm, a flamboyant former hedge fund manager who spent the last five years in hiding, was arrested in Italy and faces extradition to the United States on securities fraud charges which could expose him to a lengthy prison sentence, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said. Jack Ewing reports from Frankfurt.
China’s economic surge â€" and vast wealth inequality â€" have bred a new type of matchmaker, referred to as love hunters. Brook Larmer reports.
EDUCATION In Hong Kong, students who are neither Chinese nor foreigners from wealthy families fall between the city’s two main school categories. Calvin Yang reports from Hong Kong.
The list of German politicians accused of plagiarizing doctoral theses continues to grow, almost two years after the spectacular flameout of one of the country’s most popular politicians at the time, Defense Minister Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg. Christopher F. Schuetze reports from The Hague.
ARTS Philip Clissett, the humble chair maker, inspired some of the leaders of the Arts and Crafts movement and left a lasting legacy in the world of craftsmanship. Alice Rawsthorn writes from London.
SPORTS ave Whelan’s soccer career ended when he was injured in the 1960 F.A. Cup final, but the club he now owns, Wigan, is headed to Wembley Stadium for the semifinals of the tournament this year. Rob Hughes reports from London.
England took another step toward its first European Six Nations grand slam in a decade, but it was a distinctly stuttering one as it defeated the underdog Italy, 18-11, at Twickenham on Sunday. Huw Richards reports from Edinburgh.
