New York Times intl News

New York Times intl News

South Korea and Japan Fight Over Rocky Islets

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 07:40 PM PDT

The dispute over the Dokdo/Takeshima islets reflects Seoul's anger over its treatment when Japan ruled the Korean Peninsula as a colonial power.

Iranians Offer 9-Step Plan to End Nuclear Crisis

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 07:07 PM PDT

With sanctions contributing to major protests in Iran, officials have drawn up a plan to defuse the nuclear crisis with the West, but it requires many concessions.

India Moves Again to Ease Way for Foreign Investment

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 06:43 PM PDT

In its second major effort to revive a flagging economy, the Indian cabinet proposed letting foreign investors take a bigger stake in insurance and pension companies, but passage of the measure by Parliament is far from certain.

For Obama and Romney, Campaign Gains New Intensity in Debate’s Wake

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 07:15 PM PDT

President Obama and Mitt Romney confronted what one feared and the other hoped was an altered campaign after a debate in which Mr. Obama's performance was widely panned.

Glut of Solar Panels Is a New Test for China

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 06:45 PM PDT

Although global demand for solar panels and wind turbines has grown rapidly in recent years, China's manufacturing capacity grew faster, creating an oversupply and a price war.

Russians Smuggled U.S. Microchips, F.B.I. Says

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 06:18 PM PDT

The scheme described by law enforcement focused on microchips and other electronic components that circulate freely in the United States market, but still require a license to export.

World Briefing | Middle East: Egypt: 2 Coptic Boys Freed for Now

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 06:18 PM PDT

Egyptian authorities on Thursday released two Coptic Christian boys detained after they were accused of urinating on a Koran, but they will remain under investigation.

F.B.I. Agents Scour Ruins of Attacked U.S. Compound in Libya

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 07:01 PM PDT

Security fears had kept the agents from traveling from the American Embassy in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, to collect evidence in Benghazi.

Los Angeles Police to Revise Immigrant Detention Policy

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:31 PM PDT

The police will soon stop turning over illegal immigrants arrested for low-level crimes to federal immigration officials for deportation, Police Chief Charlie Beck said on Thursday.

Global Food Prices on the Rise, U.N. Says

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:20 PM PDT

Heat and drought in the United States, Russia and Europe led to record highs in the prices of corn and soybeans, the United Nations food agency reported.

In Myanmar's Makeover, Politics Is Just the Beginning

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 07:20 PM PDT

Myanmar has begun to search for a national identity defined by its people, not the cloistered vision imposed by military governments that took power in 1962 and only relinquished control last year.

The Caucus: Before a Broader Audience, Romney Changes His Tone

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:14 PM PDT

Many conservatives, who have long viewed Mitt Romney's ideological commitment with some skepticism, might have been less than thrilled with his tone.

Google Deal Gives Publishers a Choice: Digitize or Not

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 06:14 PM PDT

After seven years of litigation, Google and book publishers said that they had reached a settlement to allow publishers to choose whether Google digitizes their books and journals.

Human Rights Watch Says Its Moscow Researcher Threatened

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 01:12 PM PDT

Human Rights Watch says that a staff member received repeated threats this week of an attack focused on her pregnancy.

Obama Team Tries to Change Course After Debate Disappoints

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 04:47 PM PDT

The Obama campaign came out swinging, including stronger rhetoric, a new television ad and a conference call questioning Mr. Romney's truthfulness.

Tehran Merchants Reopen, With Police Watching

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 12:38 PM PDT

Witnesses said that protests did not resume over the devaluation of the currency, the rial, and black-market money traders and prospective customers stayed away.

Debate Praise for Romney as Obama Is Faulted as Flat

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 10:53 AM PDT

Republicans, along with many Democrats, accused President Obama of delivering an uninspired and defensive performance at the first presidential debate on Wednesday night.

Optimism From Draghi on the Financial Health of Europe

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 06:14 PM PDT

Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, said that troubled countries had made "significant progress" remaking their economies.

Egypt: 2 Coptic Boys Are Held as Contempt-of-Religion Cases Rise

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 01:10 PM PDT

The detention of the two Egyptian youths, ages 9 and 10, is part of a spate of recent cases involving accusations that people have insulted Islam.

Human Rights Watch Report Critical of Hamas Justice System in Gaza

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 11:00 PM PDT

The group says the system is rife with arbitrary arrests, torture and unfair trials, but Hamas officials challenged Human Rights Watch's work.