A cargo ship sits in the port in Iskenderun, Turkey. (Jahi Chikwendiu/Post)
Turkish trade undeterred by detours
Instead of crossing Syria, Turkey’s truckers now sail around it, driving home an age-old truth: In war, commerce improvises.
Improvising in a time of war
At the Turkey-Syria border, cheap cars bought from Europe are sold for sometimes triple the price.
Japan booms after years of decline
Under “Abenomics,” the prime minister’s radical economic policy plan, country sees signs of revival.
IMF chief to be witness, not suspect, in French arbitration case
The magistrates’ decision signals they do not believe there is credible evidence Lagarde broke the law.
Cameron faces conservative backlash
British prime minister who built coalition by embracing liberal social issues is now criticized by right.
Indian cricket tournament under threat amid latest scandal
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North Pole research camp to close before it falls through the cracks
Russian drift station, which went into operation Oct. 1, is threatened by the rapid melt of the Arctic ice sheet.
British air force jets divert Pakistani plane after alleged threat
Two passengers are arrested after the Manchester-bound flight is escorted to a London airport.
Assad agrees ‘in principle’ to join talks
Moscow relays the Syrian regime’s tentative openness to peace conference, but rebels remain wary.
Kerry: ‘Peace is actually possible’
He asks Israelis and Palestinians to refrain from “provocative” actions in hopes of relaunching peace talks.
A 2009 redux on Guantanamo Bay
President’s plan to shutter the military detention center in Cuba sets stage for a new political battle.
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Two in custody after UK-bound plane from Pakistan diverted
Two men were arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft Friday after a U.K. fighter jet was scrambled to divert their plane as it traveled from Pakistan to Britain, officials said.
80-year-old conquers Mount Everest
80-year-old Japanese mountain climber Yuichiro Miura reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday, making him the oldest person to ever reach the summit.
Birds’ eye view of deadly London crime scene
Two men attacked a man believed to be a British soldier near a London military barracks Wednesday, in what British authorities were investigating as a possible terror act.
Volcano spewing smoke in Costa Rica caught on tape
Plumes of smoke rose from Costa Rica's Turrialba volcano as it erupted on Tuesday, cloaking nearby peaks and blocking out the sun.
Looking for love on Prague’s metro
The Prague metro system plans to introduce a designated car on each train that is for single people only.
Wave of violence kills dozens in Iraq
A wave of attacks killed at least 86 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 230 and extending some of the worst sectarian violence the country has seen
Amateur video shows fierce bombing in Qusair, Syria
Syrian state media reports government forces are pushing deeper into Qusair, a strategic opposition-held town near the Lebanese border. Amateur video, shot over the weekend, shows rebels under attack as the area was shelled.
Hot air balloons collide in Turkey
A mid-air collision between two hot air balloons carrying tourists in Turkey has left one tourist dead and about two dozen injured.
U.S. diplomat accused of spying reportedly leaves Russia
Russian TV aired video of the U.S. Embassy employee, Ryan Fogle,at Moscow airport. The U.S. Embassy in Moscow has refused to comment on spying allegations against Fogle.
Gun scare mars Cannes Film Festival
A live outdoor television broadcast from the Cannes Film Festival was briefly interrupted on Friday when what sounded like gunshots sent crew and spectators scurrying for cover.
One million evacuated as cyclone hits Bangladesh
Cyclone Mahasen struck the southern coast of Bangladesh Thursday, lashing remote fishing villages with heavy rain and strong winds that flattened mud and straw huts and forced the evacuation of more than one million people.
Suicide bomber in Afghanistan kills at least 10
A suicide bomber rammed his car into a U.S. convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 10 people including four NATO service members and six Afghan civilians, officials said.
Russia detains U.S. diplomat accused of syping
A U.S. diplomat disguised in a blond wig was caught trying to recruit a Russian counterintelligence officer in Moscow. Russia's security services claim the American was a CIA officer. This video was altered at the source.
Hong Kong’s giant rubber duck meets sorry end
The giant, globe-trotting rubber duck that was towed into Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour in early May left hundreds of tourists disappointed on Wednesday as it floated deflated and flat. Organizers said it was deflated for maintenance.
From rubble of death, survivor in Bangladesh
As the number of dead from the collapse of a garment factory building in Bangladesh soars past 1,000, there's a remarkable story of survival. A woman was found alive today in the wreckage of the building.
40 dead in Turkey car bombings near Syria
Turkey's interior minister says the death toll in the explosions in a town across the border from Syria is around 40, according to private NTV television. Muammer Guler said Saturday around 100 other people were injured car bomb explosions.Photos from Around the World
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Week of rioting in Stockholm suburbs
Immigrant youths take to the streets and set fire to cars in protest of a police shooting in a suburb of Sweden’s capital.
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Terrorism cited in London attack
Two assailants hacked to death a British soldier on a busy southeast London neighborhood street Wednesday afternoon.
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Ethiopia’s salt trail
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Wave of attacks hit Iraq
Attacks, which hit market places and crowded bus stops, pushed death toll in Iraq since Wednesday to more than 200.
Americans are not coming for the rescue
With U.S. air support vanishing, Afghan soldiers will have to rely on their own air force and unarmored ambulances.
A Czech taxidermist’s success story
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Cyclone Mahasen loses power
The cyclone weakens into a tropical storm and then dissipates, causing far less damage than had been feared.
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Turkey grapples with refugee crisis
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Africa
- Tunisian feminist faces 6-month prison sentence for carrying pepper spray
- Nigeria's military says it has rescued women and children held hostage by Islamic extremists
- With French help, Niger kills last jihadists in Agadez attack, frees hostages
- Advocacy group: Kenya's mental hospital confines, drugs patients
Middle East
- Russia says Syrian government agrees to peace talks, but skepticism persists on both sides
- Iran presidential candidate vows policy of resistance against the West if elected
- Syria says Israeli vehicle entered its territory and was targeted heading to a rebel village
- Egypt: 10 men suspected of killing of 3 female family members in 'honor' crime
Europe
- UK braces for unrest after soldier's slaying while also reviewing whether it missed warnings
- IMF chief Lagarde named key witness in investigation of payoff to French business tycoon
- UK Parliament speaker's wife settles libel case after court rules her tweet was defamatory
- IMF chief to be witness, not suspect, in French arbitration case
The Americas
- Ex-Guatemala president extradited to US to face embezzlement, money-laundering charges
- Honduran gangs plan to sign a truce to cut violence in one of world's most dangerous countries
- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denies allegations that he smokes crack cocaine
- Mexico interior secretary says far fewer people have disappeared in drug war than once feared
National Security
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