The New York Times
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:16
The case being heard on Monday relates to violence that flared in mid-July near a Brotherhood protest camp at Cairo University. Badie faces charges including inciting the violence.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:13
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told skittish Gulf allies who gathered in Bahrain on Friday and Saturday that the United States would maintain military pressure on Iran while giving diplomacy a chance to work.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:02
A series of attacks on Sunday against markets, shopping areas and auto repair shops in largely Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad killed at least 45 people and wounded dozens more, the police and medical officials said.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 00:00
Glasnost it is not, say Cuban intellectuals and analysts. But glimpses of candor in the official news media and audacious criticism from people who, publicly at least, support the revolution suggest widening tolerance.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 00:00
As a monument to futility and legislative malpractice, however, it achieves perfection.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 00:00
Mr. Maduro's United Socialist Party had received 44 percent, compared with 41 percent for the main opposition coalition. Other parties, including some allied with the government, received the remainder.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 00:00
The group was arrested Thursday night and taken to a hospital in Pachuca, 60 miles north of here and not far from the small town where the truck and the material, cobalt 60, were found.
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 09:00
Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president and an enduring icon of the struggle against racial oppression, died on Thursday, the government announced, leaving the nation without its moral center at a time of growing dissatisfaction with the country’s leaders.
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 06:22
Egyptian police used tear gas on Friday to end clashes in Cairo between supporters and opponents of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, the state news agency MENA said.
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 06:14
U.S. officials said that he will stress America's commitment to the region, including sales of military weapons and ongoing efforts to improve the region's ability to defend itself.