Commentary / World Nov 22, 2020
Trump’s Afghan troop withdrawal puts Biden in a jam
by Eli Lake
Avoiding calamity is not the same as wise statecraft. Trump’s final military act is reckless, particularly in Afghanistan.
Commentary Nov 15, 2020
Macron doesn’t need to insult Islam to defend free speech
by Pankaj Mishra
It is one thing to defend freedom of expression — an obligation of all democratic leaders. It is quite another to deploy a whole nation behind a particular expression of that freedom.
World Nov 14, 2020
Al-Qaida’s No. 2, accused in U.S. Embassy attacks, is secretly killed in Iran
by Adam Goldman, Eric Schmitt, Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman
Israeli agents shot Abu Muhammad al-Masri on the streets of Tehran at the behest of the U.S., intelligence officials have confirmed.
World / Politics Nov 14, 2020
Biden to be briefed by national security experts next week, transition official says
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will be briefed by national security experts next week, Biden transition official Jen Psaki said Friday, amid concerns that being out of the loop due to delays to the transition could be a national security risk. Biden's team is pressing ahead ...
World / Crime & Legal Nov 12, 2020
The arrests followed raids, some by heavily-armed special units, which hit 13 locations in six German states.
Asia Pacific Nov 7, 2020
U.S. removes shadowy group blamed by China from terrorist list
The United States said Friday it had removed from its list of terror groups a shadowy faction regularly blamed by China to justify its harsh crackdown in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang region. In a notice in the Federal Register, which publishes new U.S. laws and rules, ...
World Nov 4, 2020
Until the deadly shooting in the heart of the Austrian capital Vienna on Monday night, the country had in recent decades been spared the shock and mayhem wreaked by major terrorist attacks — but experts say the horrific events shouldn't have come as a ...
World Nov 3, 2020
Gunman on the run after Vienna 'terror attack' leaves two dead
A huge manhunt was under way Tuesday after gunmen opened fire at multiple locations across central Vienna, killing at least two people and wounding several more in what Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz describes as a "repulsive terror attack." One of the gunmen was shot dead ...
World Nov 1, 2020
A total of six people are being held for questioning to understand if they were linked to the Tunisian man alleged to have carried out the knife rampage early Thursday.
World | FOCUS Nov 1, 2020
As election looms, U.S. authorities seek to separate bluster from threats
by Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke and Ned Parker
Law enforcement, which has warned of potential violence around the Nov. 3 vote, must prepare for a range of potential threats, officials say.
Commentary / World Oct 30, 2020
Terror attacks in France demand statesmanship, not demagoguery
by Bobby Ghosh
What leaders say at moments like these matters. And all the more so now because too many leaders have recently been unable or unwilling to say the right things.
World Oct 30, 2020
Latest terror attacks leave France embattled at home and abroad
by Norimitsu Onishi and Constant Meheut
A terror attack that killed three people in Nice on Thursday left France increasingly embattled at home and abroad, as the government called for toughening measures against Islamist extremism, amid rising tensions with Muslim nations. A knife-wielding assailant left two people dead in Nice’s towering ...