World
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‘They Are Gone, Vanished’: Missing Persons Haunt Ukrainian Village
In a Russian-occupied village, five men went off to feed cattle. Their family and neighbors are wondering what happened to them. By Thomas ...
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The World’s Broken Promise of Asylum
For more than 70 years, the world has enshrined, in national laws and global agreements, a promise that was presented as vitally important ...
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Rare Overlap of Holy Days Shows Jerusalem’s Promise and Problems
JERUSALEM — On Friday morning, as clashes flared at the Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem, Muslims inside and outside the mosque were ...
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Israeli Police Stop Muslim Worshipers From Entering Holy Site
JERUSALEM — Israeli police stopped Muslim worshipers from entering the Aqsa Mosque compound early Sunday morning and brief clashes broke out in ...
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North Korea Launches 2 Short-Range Missiles
SEOUL — North Korea has carried out its 12th missile test of the year, launching what appeared to be a pair of short-range projectiles off its ...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Approves Republican-Drawn Legislative Maps
The conservative majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court voted to adopt new state legislative maps drawn by Republicans who control the ...
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Before Charges in a Subway Attack, Decades of Disputes and Petty Offenses
Frank R. James never seemed to stay in one place for very long. But as he drifted from the East Coast to the Midwest over the course of his adult ...
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Prized Russian Ship Was Hit by Missiles, U.S. Officials Say
WASHINGTON — The Moskva was the pride of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, a symbol of the country’s dominance of the region and a powerful war machine ...
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South Carolina Prisoner Chooses to Be Executed by Firing Squad
A condemned South Carolina man who was directed to choose between being executed by electrocution or firing squad has chosen to be shot, setting ...
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Liz Sheridan, Who Played Jerry Seinfeld’s Mom, Dies at 93
Liz Sheridan, a stage, film and television actress best known for playing Helen Seinfeld, Jerry’s mother on the acclaimed sitcom “Seinfeld,” died ...