Protesters Killed, Cleric’s House Bombed in Deepening Iraqi Chaos
BAGHDAD — Unknown assailants killed a dozen unarmed anti-government protesters in the Iraqi capital in an attack the president blamed on criminal gangs, and an unmanned drone bombed...
Violence Drives a Swell in Mexican Migration
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — A crackdown on illegal immigration has sharply curbed the number of Central Americans and others trying to enter the United States. But Mexicans, who...
France’s Weekend of Discontent: Yellow Vest and Pension Protesters Gather
PARIS — One protest movement started a year ago in France and drew hundreds of thousands at its peak to roundabouts across the country in angry “Yellow Vest”...
U.K. Halts Torture Case Against Ex-Wife of Liberia’s Charles Taylor
LONDON — A British judge has dismissed torture charges against the ex-wife of a former Liberian president before her trial next month over accusations relating to the country’s...
In Prisoner Swap, Iran Releases American Held Since 2016 Into U.S. Custody
WASHINGTON — Iran on Saturday freed an American graduate student who had been imprisoned in Tehran for more than three years on suspicion of being a spy, in...
Hundreds Will Spend the Night in Sleeping Bags on Times Square
In Britain, men and women who have nowhere to live except sidewalks and parks are known as rough sleepers. In the United States, those in similar circumstances are...
Abandoned Baby Giraffe Dies With Dog by Its Side
JOHANNESBURG — A baby giraffe that was befriended by a dog after he was abandoned in the wild has died, a South African animal orphanage said. The giraffe,...
Help! I am Allergic to Apples and Was Kicked Off a Plane
Passengers traveling with carriers based in the United States, or with foreign carriers going to or from the United States, can file official disability-related complaints with the Transportation...
Call It a Crime of Pasta
BARI DISPATCHThe famous pasta-making women of Bari, Italy, are worried that a crackdown on contraband orecchiette pasta could threaten their way of life.BARI, Italy — The grandmothers set...
The Interstellar Comet Has Arrived in Time for the Holidays
It came out of the Northern sky, a frozen breath of gas and dust from the genesis of some distant star, launched across the galaxy by the gravitational...