Canada arrests two suspects in a bomb plot and claim they are linked to al-Qaeda and Iran — even though the terrorist group …
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France Legalizes Gay Marriage Despite Vocal and Angry Opposition
France’s leftist-controlled legislature passes law legalizing marriage and adoption rights for same-sex couples, but the deep division the measure produced across France will linger.
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Paraguay’s new president needs to tackle the country’s poverty, continued hikes in food prices could destabilize Iran before its presidential election and North Korea has rejected U.S. calls to show it’s serious about abandoning …
Burma Accused of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Rohingya Muslims
Burma’s quasi-civilian government has been hit by allegations of “ethnic cleansing” and “crimes against humanity” this week as Human Rights Watch released its report into the sectarian violence that ravaged the …
Rape of 5-Year-Old Indian Girl Sparks New Outrage, Old Questions
Dozens of news vans are again camped in front of a major hospital in New Delhi, jockeying for space behind the yellow police barricades so ubiquitous in the Indian capital in recent months. Inside, the 5-year-old victim of …
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A record number of civil war victims are found in Syria, Denmark tries to lean its citizens off generous government benefits and a Chinese official has called for the country’s 100 million religious believers to abandon their …
Bird Flu: China Reports 102 H7N9 Cases, 20 Deaths
Experts are suspecting human-to-human transmission, but there is no evidence confirming this yet
No Exit: Syria’s War Through the Eyes of a Fighter on Both Sides
When Siraj heard the news earlier this month that al-Qaeda had embraced Jabhat al-Nusra, a jihadist group recognized in Syria for its discipline and fighting prowess, but deemed a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department, he …
More Pain in Sichuan: Earthquake Kills at Least 192
Updated with latest figures on Tuesday morning.
Two days after a magnitude 7.0-earthquake struck China’s Sichuan province, residents are still awaiting rescue as well as essentials like drinking water, food, medicine and …
Tsarnaev Neighbors: Older Bombing Suspect Spent Time in Dagestan Helping Dad With Construction
“He was a normal son helping his father,” Agayev, a neighbor who lives in the same apartment building as Anzor Tsarnaev, the brothers’ father, told TIME on Sunday
Chechnya’s History of Violence: Did It Influence the Tsarnaev Brothers?
As more is learned about the background of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the alleged suspect in the Boston bombings who is now the subject of an unprecedented manhunt, the teenager’s ethnic Chechen heritage has led to a frenzy of …
In the Shadow of Boston, Runners and Police Prepare for the London Marathon
Security is the top priority for the competitors and spectators expected in the British capital on Sunday
The Brothers Tsarnaev: Clues to the Motives of the Alleged Boston Bombers
The land of their ancestry is fertile ground for rebellion and jihad but not everything that has emerged so far wraps up their motivations in a neat theory
After Venezuela’s Election, Chavistas and the Opposition Ready for Long Fight
On a hill in west of Caracas, the 23 de Enero slum stands as the flagship of Hugo Chávez’s socialist dream. His body currently lies in a military museum here which overlooks el comandante‘s former presidential home, …