The New York Times

The president sent a strikingly hostile message to leaders at the APEC forum in Vietnam, many of whom once had high hopes for an American-led trade pact.

Terrorism and shifting politics have left mainstream Muslims feeling wary in one of the Western cities that has been most open to them.

Once a vital American war base, the city is host to an APEC summit where Vietnam will reaffirm warmer ties with the United States and seek help with China.

Delhi’s pollution has made headlines in recent days, but experts say the air in Pakistan’s second-largest city rivals the Indian capital’s for toxicity.

Analysts say that a war in the region is unlikely, but the escalation of tensions in a bewildering crisis involving the two Arab nations raises the risk.