KABUL, Afghanistan — An aide to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan being investigated for corruption is paid by the Central Intelligence Agency, officials said, underscoring deep contradictions in American policy there.
ISLAMABAD — Aid workers pleaded for more help and helicopters to reach hundreds of thousands of people isolated by floods.
PUNE, India — India, which is flooded with software engineers, lacks skilled professionals interested in overhauling the nation’s decaying highways, power plants and railroads.
For some around the world, the dispute over an Islamic center near ground zero is a confirmation of their views. Above, a mosque in Rome.
PARIS — Investors appear reluctant to take on additional debt from “peripheral” economies like Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Greece, economists and analysts say.
AL ARAQIB, Israel — A tug of war between Israeli bulldozers and Bedouins who rebuild has turned into a symbol of a larger land dispute.
SYDNEY — The Australian media have been scrambling to get a fix on the three once-obscure lawmakers who may have to resolve the stalemate in Parliament.
BEIJING — China’s largest passenger airline deemed nighttime landings at an airport in northeastern China unsafe a year before a jet crashed there on Tuesday.
MOSCOW — A Russian court sent a leading human rights activist and Kremlin critic to jail for three days for taking part in an unsanctioned protest demonstration in Moscow.
BAGHDAD — With a withering wave of assaults on security forces, which killed dozens, insurgents proved their ability to launch attacks virtually anywhere in Iraq.
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — The United Nations sent an e-mail alerting staff members that Rwandan rebels were in the area, but it did not mention rape; at least 179 women were attacked.
MEXICO CITY — Seventy-two people whose bodies were found Tuesday were killed by gunmen who tried to take their money.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A Florida minister is drawing support and criticism from around the world for planning an anti-Muslim rally to memorialize the Sept. 11 attacks.
“I didn't know there was such a thing as an American name, unless one means native American,” writes EKNY.
“If I apply for a job and [am] rejected, can I then sue the company because they MIGHT have seen some photos of me on Facebook? Can I sue myself into a job?” writes Martin in Germany.
A new book traces the life of Serge Diaghilev, impresario of the Ballets Russes.
As refugees suffer, the military and politicians have other priorities.
A variety of options for foreign language classes are available, even online.
If the lies about President Obama continue to gain traction, we’re all going to pay a price, writes Timothy Egan.
A variety of effects may help you escape with art of a sort, or at least a laugh.
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has become one of the main obstacles to rooting out corruption in his government.
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