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Silvio Berlusconi has failed in his attempt to topple the Italian government, leaving him weaker than ever and zapping the aura of invincibility that has surrounded him for two decades as he faces the possible loss of his Senate seat and a ban from ...
Hatsudai has a lot going for it. This quiet low-rise residential neighborhood just minutes west of Shinjuku boasts a friendly traditional shōtengai (shopping street) and a lively annual Awa Odori dance festival. Now add to that a really outstanding restaurant. Anis opened in early ...
International events undermine Japan's democracy. Shame on the International Olympic Committee for being a party to it.
In the glitzy and gossipy world of Japanese celebrity, hardly a week goes by without revelations being made about — or made by — Ichikawa Ebizo XI. For years, the charismatic young star of the kabuki world has never long been out of the ...
Reigning champion Kei Nishikori made quick work of Feliciano Lopez, walloping the Spaniard in a straight-sets victory Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Rakuten Japan Open. The world No. 13 Nishikori needed little over an hour to put away Lopez, 7-6 (7-4), 6-0 ...
The commandant of the Marine Corps on Monday took the extraordinary step of firing two generals for not adequately protecting a giant base in southern Afghanistan that Taliban fighters stormed last year, resulting in the deaths of two marines and the destruction of a ...
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban, has been honored as Harvard University’s humanitarian of the year. Malala, an outspoken proponent for girls’ education, was at Harvard on Friday to accept the 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award. ...
The death toll from a twin suicide bombing on a church in Pakistan rose to 81 Monday, as Christians protested across the country to demand better protection for their community. The attack on All Saints Church in the northwestern city of Peshawar after a ...
In a move welcomed by Kabul, which hopes it will encourage peace talks with the insurgents, Pakistan on Saturday released Abdul Ghani Baradar, its most senior Afghan Taliban detainee, a senior official said. Baradar, a one-time military chief often described as the militants’ former ...
Pakistan is to release its most senior Afghan Taliban detainee, Abdul Ghani Baradar, a former military chief often described as the insurgents’ ex-second in command, officials said. The Afghan government has long demanded that Islamabad free Baradar, whose arrest in January 2010 saw Pakistan ...
Pakistan on Saturday announced the release of seven senior Afghan Taliban figures to help the peace process in war-torn neighbor Afghanistan, the Foreign Ministry said. “In order to further facilitate the Afghan reconciliation process, Pakistan is releasing seven Taliban detainees, namely, Mansoor Dadullah, Said ...
A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban on Saturday denied media reports that the government is holding peace talks with the insurgent group. Pakistani private media and most Urdu- and English-language dailies Saturday ran headlines reporting the start of peace talks with the Taliban while ...
It took 22,500 kg of American explosives to level Niaz Mohammad’s village. It had become a Taliban stronghold, a virtual factory for bombs that killed and maimed American soldiers. At the height of the U.S. offensive in late 2010, commanders chose what they considered ...
Visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai held talks Monday with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, seeking help to open communication with the Taliban to end 12 years of war. It is Karzai’s first visit to Islamabad in 18 months and signals a desire by both ...
India strongly condemned a deadly suicide bomb assault on its consulate in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Saturday, vowing the raid will not stop it from helping rebuild the war-torn nation. Suicide bombers detonated an explosives-packed car, killing nine civilians, including seven children, ...
Pakistan cricket hero Imran Khan is launching a hunt for sporting talent as a flagship counterterrorism policy in the northwest province governed by his political party, an aide said Friday. “Terrorism has been very destructive for sports. . . . That is why we ...
President Hamid Karzai on Monday gave a lukewarm response to Pakistan’s invitation to visit Islamabad, setting conditions for any high-level talks designed to mend increasingly frosty relations. Pakistan is willing to help jump-start long-stalled peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban to ...