President acknowledges demonstrators' grievances as thousands hold rallies for a second night over poor governance.

6/18/2013 11:41:35 PM

White House announcement coincides with opening of political office by Afghan anti-government group in Qatari capital.

6/18/2013 10:44:01 PM

Leaders back peace talks "as soon as possible" and call for pact on transitional government "formed by mutual consent".

6/18/2013 6:23:33 PM

General Keith Alexander says electronic surveillance helped thwart more than 50 attacks since September 11, 2001.

6/18/2013 1:54:52 PM

Interior minister says 85 arrested in police raids across cities following two weeks of anti-government protests.

6/18/2013 7:31:46 PM

Death toll rises to 64 as army scrambles to rescue thousands stranded due to flooding and landslides.

6/18/2013 4:13:20 PM

Republican-sponsored symbolic legislation limiting abortion to first 20 weeks after conception faces presidential veto.

6/18/2013 9:56:18 PM

Two people killed in gunfight between pro-Hezbollah group and followers of Sunni cleric in Sidon, local media reports.

6/18/2013 12:40:10 PM

Deal would pave way for army and civilian administrators to return to rebel-held region before planned polls next month.

6/18/2013 4:16:30 PM

Foreign ministers try to quell tensions over Ethiopia's plans to divert Blue Nile in controversial dam project.

6/18/2013 9:40:22 AM

Stunt double for Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie accuses Rupert Murdoch's media company of hacking into her phone.

6/18/2013 3:54:31 PM

Thousands of civilians flee Nigerian military offensive against Boko Haram as new refugee crisis beckons in Africa.

6/18/2013 12:36:42 PM

The agency’s Global Trends report indicated that about 7.6 million people around the world were displaced last year because of conflict or persecution.

6/18/2013 10:51:13 PM

Dignitaries and celebrities gathered to fete President Shimon Peres of Israel, already the world’s oldest leader, who turns 90 in August.

6/18/2013 9:38:25 PM

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

6/18/2013 7:58:07 PM

At least two people were reported killed in sectarian clashes in the Mediterranean port of Sidon, underscoring the Syrian conflict’s effects in Lebanon.

6/18/2013 2:16:33 PM

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

6/18/2013 12:31:09 PM

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

6/18/2013 10:06:08 AM

With hours to go before the end of a two-day summit meeting, officials were struggling to draft a statement on the conflict that would be acceptable to Russia.

6/18/2013 6:58:43 AM

The Israeli divide was on stark display last week, as several right-wing ministers in the government professed their opposition to a Palestinian state.

6/17/2013 11:46:51 PM

The new governor of Luxor, Adel Asaad Khayyat, comes from the political arm of an Islamist group that once carried out terrorist attacks.

6/17/2013 11:18:59 PM

Three separate bombings killed a total of 15 people on Monday, officials said.

6/17/2013 9:12:36 PM

A warlord turned politician and a provincial governor gave differing accounts of a meeting that turned violent at the governor’s home in northern Afghanistan.

6/17/2013 7:48:28 PM

The bombing near the northern city of Aleppo appeared to be part of an effort by the Syrian insurgency to regain momentum after a series of defeats.

6/17/2013 6:41:10 PM

At a news conference broadcast live on Iranian state television, a man called on Iran’s president-elect, Hassan Rowhani, not to forget the detained opposition leader Mir Hussein Moussavi.

6/17/2013 5:18:00 PM

Tim Hsia and Jared Sperli write that the next few decades will be dominated by advancements in software and hardware (cyber and robotics, including drones) just as the last decade was dominated by counterinsurgency.

6/17/2013 4:51:57 PM

Speaking for the first time since his election victory, Hassan Rowhani called Iran’s nonexistent ties with the United States a “wound” that must be healed.

6/17/2013 12:43:28 PM

Analysts say a priority of Iran’s president-elect, Hassan Rowhani, will be mediating the strained relationship between the citizens and the conservative leadership.

6/16/2013 9:30:17 PM

The opposition had asked the court to reject changes to the way votes are cast, saying that the new system will make it more difficult to form alliances.

6/16/2013 8:56:25 PM

President Obama’s top foreign policy aides said they planned to press Hassan Rowhani, Iran’s president-elect, to resume negotiations over his country’s nuclear program.

6/16/2013 8:51:28 PM

Bombs exploded in five southern Shiite provinces, killing civilians, and attacks near Tikrit and Mosul struck security forces, officials said.

6/16/2013 11:45:10 AM

Two volunteers who were assisting in a polio immunization campaign were shot to death in the Swabi district of northeastern Pakistan.

6/16/2013 7:34:19 AM

The move came as efforts were being made on multiple fronts to increase the pressure on the government of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria.

6/15/2013 7:02:03 PM

Hassan Rowhani, who advocates greater personal freedoms and a more conciliatory approach to the world, avoided a runoff in the election to replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

6/15/2013 6:54:48 PM

The Lede followed developments in Iran on Saturday, where Hassan Rowhani, a moderate cleric supported by the country’s reformist movement, was declared the winner of Friday’s presidential election.

6/15/2013 4:08:52 PM

The Lede is following developments in Iran, where voters went to the polls on Friday in the first presidential election since the disputed contest in 2009.

6/15/2013 3:40:05 PM

Militants set off two bombs in Quetta, the provincial capital of Baluchistan, that left more than 20 dead, and they destroyed a national monument in another part of the province.

6/15/2013 2:06:33 PM