New York Times intl News

New York Times intl News

Obama Has Plans to Cut U.S. Nuclear Arsenal, if Russia Reciprocates

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 07:28 PM PDT

In a speech in Berlin on Wednesday, the President Obama will resume a drive toward disarmament that had been largely shunted aside.
    

Islamists Press Blasphemy Cases in a New Egypt

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 05:58 PM PDT

The number of blasphemy cases, once rare in Egypt, has increased sharply as Islamists assert their new power in public life.
    

Irish Lawmakers Expected to Approve Limited Abortion

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 05:17 PM PDT

The legislation would allow terminations in cases when there is a real and substantial risk to the life of the mother, including the threat of suicide, and details the circumstances.
    

Venus Williams Will Skip Wimbledon

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 05:15 PM PDT

Williams, who has struggled with back problems and fatigue, announced her withdrawal on Tuesday, making this year's Wimbledon the first one she will miss since 1996.
    

Animal Kingdom Falls Flat at Ascot

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 04:02 PM PDT

A winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Dubai World Cup, the horse finished 11th on Tuesday in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, his final race.
    

Obama and Putin Signal a More Businesslike Path

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:30 PM PDT

At a joint appearance on the sidelines of the Group of 8 meeting, there was tension but also common ground, to the chagrin of human rights advocates.
    

Rebels in North Mali Sign Peace Deal Allowing In Government Troops

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 01:07 PM PDT

Rebels whose revolt last year split Mali signed a peace deal with the government, resolving a stumbling block to the West African nation's reconstruction.
    

Hungarian Charged With War Crimes for Actions in World War II

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 10:46 AM PDT

Laszlo Csatary, now 98, is accused of helping to send nearly 12,000 Hungarian Jews to Nazi death camps.
    

G-8 Meeting Ends With Cordial Stalemate on Syria

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 11:46 AM PDT

The United States and leaders of other major industrialized nations averted a clash with President Vladimir Putin of Russia by avoiding mention of the most contentious matters that divided them.
    

Suicide Bombers Kill 37 at Shiite Mosque in Baghdad

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 10:31 AM PDT

The mosque bombing made Tuesday the third consecutive day of sectarian attacks in Iraq this week.
    

Attack at Funeral in Pakistan Kills 28

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 10:15 AM PDT

Among the dead in Tuesday's suicide bombing was a provincial legislator once associated with a secular political party frequently attacked by the Taliban.
    

N.S.A. Chief Says Surveillance Has Stopped Dozens of Plots

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 10:04 AM PDT

Gen. Keith B. Alexander said on Tuesday that American surveillance had helped prevent "potential terrorist events over 50 times since 9/11."
    

India Ink: Twilight of India’s Telegram Operators

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 06:28 AM PDT

As the 163-year old telegraph service faces its end in July, operators recalled a time when a peasant and a prime minister were united in waiting for a telegram.
    

Vandals Hit Mixed Suburb of Jerusalem

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 08:06 AM PDT

Slashed tires and anti-Arab graffiti were found in Abu Ghosh, a village of 6,000 that many see as a symbol of coexistence.
    

Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 06:07 PM PDT

Demonstrators remained defiant Tuesday, pouring into the streets by the thousands and venting their anger over political corruption, the high cost of living and huge public spending for the World Cup and the Olympics.
    

Boeing Confirms Plan for Longer Dreamliner

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 08:33 AM PDT

The plane maker said its has received orders for 102 of the stretched 787s, which are designed to seat up to 330 passengers.
    

European Union Audit Criticizes Foreign Aid Program

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 08:27 AM PDT

The criticism will sting the bloc's authorities at a time when they are under intense pressure to justify their effectiveness amid rising disenchantment with the European Union.
    

India Ink: Fatal Floods Hit North India

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 11:00 AM PDT

Flash floods in northern India, which have killed at least 70 people over the past four days, have stranded 30,000 tourists and pilgrims in the Himalayan states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
    

Taliban Step Toward Afghan Peace Talks Is Hailed by U.S.

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 06:03 PM PDT

The Taliban announced the opening of a political office in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday and said they were prepared to talk, raising hopes for a break in long-stalled peace efforts.
    

Cricket: At Champions Trophy, All Eyes Are on the Skies

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 05:24 AM PDT

Rain is forecast over the next week in England, and that could shorten, or even wipe out, the semifinals and final of the cricket tournament.