Friday, 21 June 2013

Jewish Man Is Killed at Western Wall in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM — An Israeli security guard shot and killed a Jewish man at the back of the Western Wall plaza early Friday after apparently sus...

Israeli Police Say Man Shot Dead at Western Wall

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Thursday, 20 June 2013

Marijuana Crops in California Threaten Forests and Wildlife

Jim Wilson/The New York Times Marijuana crops on private land in Humboldt County, Calif. Some medical marijuana growers follow state r...

Game 7: Heat 95, Spurs 88: Frantic to the Finish: Heat Repeat as Champions

Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images LeBron James of the Miami Heat drives to the basket against the San Antonio Spurs during Game 7 of the N.B.A...

Oil Wealth Reduced, Russia Needs to Lure Foreign Capital

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — For more than a dozen years, it has been impossible to miss Russia’s soaring, often ostentatious, energy wealth —...

Documents Detail Restrictions on N.S.A. Surveillance

WASHINGTON — Since the disclosure of National Security Agency surveillance documents by the British newspaper The Guardian began this mon...

Global Market Turmoil Shows Reach of Fed Beyond U.S.

Michael Appleton for The New York Times Traders at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, a day when the Standard & Poor’s 500-s...

Nearing the One-Year Mark, Morsi Is Besieged by Critics in Egypt

Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York Times Protesters in Cairo, unhappy with President Mohamed Morsi, have occupied the offices of h...

Czech Premier Candidate Seen as Honest but Inexperienced

PRAGUE — Miroslava Nemcova, the governing party’s candidate to become the next prime minister of the Czech Republic , is a former bookshop...

Amsterdam Journal: The Dutch Prize Their Pedal Power, but a Sea of Bikes Swamps Their Capital

Pavel Prokopchik for The New York Times Amsterdam is trying to keep its hordes of bikes under control. In a city of 800,000, there are...

Obama to Pick Bush-Era Justice Dept. Official to Lead F.B.I.

WASHINGTON — President Obama on Friday plans to announce the nomination of James B. Comey, a senior Justice Department official under Pres...

Palestinian Prime Minister Offers Resignation After 2 Weeks in Office

JERUSALEM — The new prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, Rami Hamdallah, submitted his resignation on Thursday after only two week...