Gunfire rings out. Rumors spread of a military takeover. The president is nowhere to be seen. The nation turns on the television and collectively switches
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Separatists Kill 10 Pakistani Soldiers in Attack on Outpost
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The assault on a military post in a remote southwestern district lasted for several hours. Dozens of attackers, belonging to a Baluch
Francis Bacon’s Animal Paintings, Analyzed by Animal Experts
LONDON — The painter Francis Bacon was never “particularly fond of animals,” recalled Michael Peppiatt, one of his biographers, in a recent telephone interview. Bacon
Record Payout Awarded to Sexual Abuse Victims in India
NEW DELHI — Survivors of a particularly grim corner of India’s welfare system have been awarded thousands of dollars in compensation, a national human rights
ISIS Fighters Get Ultimatum in Syria Prison Standoff
HASAKA, Syria — A U.S.-backed militia in Syria delivered a surrender-or-die ultimatum on Friday to dozens of Islamic State fighters holding out in a prison
Russia Says U.N. Security Council Meeting Is Just a U.S. Stunt
Russia on Friday denounced a scheduled U.N. Security Council meeting on Ukraine as a “clear P.R. stunt” orchestrated by the United States, and signaled Moscow’s
The U.K. police ask that some details be omitted from a report on Downing Street parties during a lockdown.
LONDON — The British police said on Friday that they had asked for critical details to be withheld from an eagerly awaited government investigation of
U.K. Police Ask for Report on Boris Johnson to Withhold Details
LONDON — The British police confirmed on Friday that they have asked for critical details to be withheld from an eagerly awaited government investigation of
The New Spy Wars
When an Israeli company released a new spyware product known as Pegasus in 2011, it changed cyberwarfare. Pegasus could reliably decipher the communications of smartphones
Live Updates: Russia Adds Forces to the Front; Biden Seeks to Reassure Ukraine
A meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York last year.Credit…Pool photo by John Minchillo Acting to escalate diplomatic pressure on Russia, the