New York Times intl News

New York Times intl News


War Machines: Recruiting Robots for Combat

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 05:10 PM PST

New robots — none of them very human-looking — are being designed to handle a broad range of tasks, despite controversy about the impact on future warfare.

For ‘Lost Boy,’ Vote in Sudan Is Homecoming

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 05:51 PM PST

Southern Sudanese will soon hold a referendum to decide if they will split from the north. On the occasion of the vote, Joseph Gatyoung Khan came home.

South Korea Experiences a Stirring for Revenge

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 05:40 PM PST

The ferocity of the attack on Yeonpyeong Island, appears to have started a shift in South Koreans' conflicted emotions about their countrymen in the North

Group Votes to Keep Fishing Levels of Bluefin Tuna Stable

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 05:35 PM PST

Allowable fishing levels for an endangered species will remain roughly the same as in 2010.

Cargo Plane Crashes Into Pakistani Housing Complex

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST

A cargo plane crashed into a housing complex in Karachi, killing all eight crew on board, the civil aviation authority said. Casualties on the ground appeared likely.

A Bully Finds a Pulpit on the Web

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 04:53 PM PST

Vitaly Borker welcomes customer complaints, saying they vault his business higher in Internet search results.

Hindu Group Stirs a Debate Over Yoga’s Soul

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 05:06 PM PST

A small foundation has generated buzz with a campaign asserting that "Hinduism has lost control of the brand."

The Trouble With Asking China to Act Like the U.S.

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 03:24 PM PST

How do you persuade a rising power to scrap its own agenda on currency, Korea and Iran? You probably don't.

Poland, Lacking External Enemies, Turns on Itself

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 04:10 PM PST

Poles have sound reasons to celebrate, but they are feeling uncertain about the future, and turning on one another.

Iraq Leader Pledges New Government

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 01:34 PM PST

Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki acknowledged the frustration of Iraqis who remained without a government.

Demonstrators in Ireland Protest Austerity Plan

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 05:31 PM PST

Protesters voiced dismay and outrage over planned cuts to jobs and welfare spending.

Venice in Winter

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 08:52 AM PST

In summer, Venice is torrid, stuffed to the gills with the 18 million tourists that overwhelm it each year. But in winter, it is a city of church bells, haze and a slow pace that reveals its soul.

F.B.I. Says Oregon Suspect Planned Attack of ‘Grand Scale’

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 05:08 PM PST

F.B.I. officials said a Somali-born suspect thought he was detonating a car bomb in a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland on Friday night, when in fact he had been set up in a sting operation.

U.S. and South Korea Begin Joint Naval Exercises

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 05:58 PM PST

The planned exercises were meant as a warning to North Korea and stirred speculation of whether it would respond violently. China had also warned against "any military act" in its economic zone.

Mexican Politician Released in Mexico

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 07:50 AM PST

Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, a Mexican politician and former presidential candidate who was kidnapped in May, has been released, daily El Universal reported.

Exhibition Review: Masters of Math, From Old Babylon

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 07:46 AM PST

A remarkable selection of Old Babylonian tablets at New York University shows how sophisticated the society's mathematics was and how many similarities to later Western systems existed.

In a Sleepy Russian City, Not All Welcome a Cultural Revolution

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 02:02 AM PST

What began as an initiative to add luster to an unglamorous Russian city has turned into a culture war of sorts.

Second Rail-Equipped Drug Tunnel Found at Mexican Border

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:21 AM PST

Twenty tons of marijuana was found less than a block from another passage where 32 tons was found earlier this month.

Somali-Born Teenager Held in Oregon Bomb Sting

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 07:00 AM PST

Federal prosecutors say a Somali-born teenager plotted a car bomb attack at a crowded Christmas tree lighting in Portland but the bomb was part of a sting.

Debt Crisis Highlights I.M.F.’s Renewed Role

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:39 PM PST

Given the shift in growth momentum to the emerging markets from the West, the next head of the I.M.F. may come from one of the developing nations.