photo: AP / Hussein Malla, File
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan: A senior Pakistani Taliban commander welcomed the government's recent offer to hold peace talks, raising the possibility the militant group has changed its stance after shunning negotiations earlier this year. Asmatullah Muawiya, head of the Taliban's faction of fighters...
photo: AP / Ishtiaq Mahsud
The U.S. soldier who massacred 16 Afghan civilians during pre-dawn raids last year apologized for the first time for his "act of cowardice," but could not explain the atrocities to a military jury considering whether he should one day have a shot at freedom. Staff Sgt. Robert Bales said he would...
photo: AP / Ted S. Warren
JOHANNESBURG — Robert G. Mugabe was sworn in as president of Zimbabwe on Thursday in a pomp-filled ceremony in the capital, Harare, that extends by five years his 33-year rule. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and...
photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi
Google has marked the 151st anniversary of the birth of French composer Claude Debussy with a musical doodle. The works of Achille-Claude Debussy were considered a seminal force in the classical music of the 20th Century. His highly influential and original system of harmony and musical structure...
photo: Creative Commons / Elenagm
William Ide BEIJING — The trial of fallen political star Bo Xilai has begun in the eastern Chinese coastal city of Jinan - one of China’s biggest political cases in decades. And while direct access to the hearing has been tightly controlled, the Chinese public is being given an...
photo: AP / Andy Wong, File
