The main opposition demanded a recount and warned that the vote might cement authoritarian rule within one of the critical power brokers of the Middle East.
The women of Bihar State, one of India’s poorest, have enthusiastically welcomed a strict prohibition law, and often take matters into their own hands.
The Walled Off Hotel, opened by the British artist Banksy across an alley from the West Bank wall that separates Israelis from Palestinians, bears witness and whimsy.
Our reporter Patrick Kingsley describes the source of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's popularity in this last installment of our State of Emergency series.
What happens to a country battling ISIS and an insurgency? In Turkey, it means thousands of traumatized Kurdish families, and young people afraid to go out at night.
Since 2015, migration between Turkey and Greece has fallen sharply, and a smuggler says he has left the business. Homeless in Turkey, a Syrian refugee boy must continue to roam for work.
Our correspondent Patrick Kingsley shares the story of a curious gift he received from Turkish diplomats that sets the tone for this tumultuous moment in the country’s civic life.
German officials believe that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose power could be expanded by a vote on Sunday, is using a decades-old arrangement between the countries to spy on opponents.
As the standoff grows under a new American president, a mix of national ambitions, personal ego and deadly weapons is creating opportunities for miscalculation.
By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD
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President Trump’s national security adviser urged Pakistan to crack down on militants as the administration reviews its role in Afghanistan and the Taliban resurgence there.
At a recent military parade, North Korea displayed several missiles at a time of heightened tensions with the United States. Here's a closer look at what some of them are designed to do.
The prime minister stopped construction on a $10 billion plant, aiming to prevent a spill like the one last year at another steel plant that caused an environmental disaster.
Video showing the man apparently being used as a human shield heightened tensions with Kashmir’s separatist movement, which has repeatedly called for election boycotts.
Aya Hijazi, who founded a nonprofit to care for street children in Cairo, was accused of human trafficking in a case rights groups called “a travesty.”
A mountain of evidence has been compiled against Syrian officials for war crimes from torture to summary killings. But there is no clear path to justice.
A storage freezer in the Canadian Ice Core Archive failed this month, resulting in the loss of millennia-old samples gathered from around the Canadian Arctic.
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG
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Readers find their most interesting and memorable dining experiences not just in pricey special-occasion restaurants but also in unassuming bistros and coffee shops.
The former governor of Veracruz state, accused of diverting millions of dollars meant for social programs, was found in Guatemala after disappearing in October.
The number of Mexicans kicked out of the United States actually fell at the start of President Trump’s term, but politicians and others in Mexico have seized on the issue.
By ELISABETH MALKIN
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As a microbiologist, he found that the drug Lamivudine was effective against H.I.V., and he later became a global champion of AIDS treatment and awareness.
Two people were held in connection with the murders last month of officials sent to investigate a rebellion, although one suspect subsequently escaped.
Despite government promises, more than 200 girls kidnapped from their school in Chibok, Nigeria, are still prisoners of a marauding, murderous terror group.
More than 100 were injured in the blaze, and others were still missing, after the government had warned religious leaders about potential fire hazards.
The country’s top prosecutor sought this week to use a colonial-era law to commit a prominent critic of President Yoweri Museveni after a series of Facebook posts.
By KIMIKO de FREYTAS-TAMURA
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CreditGianluigi Guercia/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. Technology by Samsung.
A program to offer developers jobs was flooded with more than 48,000 applications as many in the field look for distance from the political polarization in the United States and Europe.
A nation working to be a tech hub is finding that part of what makes it attractive to potential hires is its distance from some of the world’s frustrations.
In this week’s newsletter, a Sydney professor returns from confinement in China, Australia struggles with race, and we ask readers: How should we cover food in Oz?
With the surrender of stockpiles of arms comes a chance for lasting peace.
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Op-Ed Contributor
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L’entreprise de sape menée par le Kremlin en France est un travail de longue date.
By CÉCILE VAISSIÉ
Op-Ed Contributor
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