World News (NY Times)

Argentina Train Crash Kills Dozens and Injures 600

1 hour 10 min ago

The train crashed at a busy central station in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, killing 49 passengers and injuring more than 600 people.

Memo From Jerusalem: Israel Both Hopeful and Fearful About Unrest in Syria

1 hour 17 min ago

The fall of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria would be welcome in Jerusalem, but the prospect of chaos across the border worries officials.

Lens Blog: Remembering a French Photographer Killed in Syria

1 hour 24 min ago

Remi Ochlik, a 28-year-old French photographer, was killed in Syria on Wednesday. Friends and fellow photographers remember his work.

Two Western Journalists Killed in Syria Shelling

1 hour 25 min ago

As Homs was shelled for the 19th day by Syrian forces, activists reported the deaths of 80 people, including two journalists whose work foiled Syria’s efforts to limit coverage.

E.U. Threatens to Suspend Subsidies to Hungary

2 hours 1 min ago

Once again, Hungary's leader, Viktor Orban, is pitted against the executive arm of the European Union, this time over the state of the country's public finances.

Medvedev Honors Ali Ukla Ursan, a Controversial Syrian Writer

2 hours 11 min ago

Ali Ukla Ursan, who received the Pushkin Medal, has publicly applauded the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and expressed strong anti-Semitic views.

At War Blog: Supreme Court Takes Up Stolen Valor Case

2 hours 19 min ago

The federal government on Wednesday mounted a vigorous defense in the Supreme Court of the Stolen Valor Act.

Kevin Rudd, Australia’s Foreign Minister, Resigns

2 hours 19 min ago

Mr. Rudd resigned on Wednesday amid speculation that he was seeking to topple Prime Minister Julia Gillard and regain the country’s leadership role.

In Aung San Suu Kyi’s Myanmar: Two New Films

2 hours 23 min ago

Two new films, a documentary and a biopic about Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, portray Myanmar (formerly Burma), a land long isolated from the West.

Amalia de Fortabat, 90, Dies; Noted for Art and Scandal

2 hours 33 min ago

Mrs. Fortabat married a cement tycoon, expanded his empire after his death and became an art collector and philanthropist as well as the richest woman in Argentina.

Chávez Appears to Use Venezuelan Fuel to Help Syria’s Assad

2 hours 44 min ago

The Venezuelan shipment under President Hugo Chávez flies in the face of international efforts to isolate President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and pressure him to step down.

Seoul Asks China to Not Repatriate North Korean Refugees

3 hours 22 min ago

President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea urged China on Wednesday to follow “international norms” in its treatment of North Korean refugees.

TIMESCAST: TimesCast | Journalists Die In Syria

3 hours 25 min ago

The Lede’s Robert Mackey discusses the final dispatches from Marie Colvin and Rémi Ochlik, two journalists killed in Homs, Syria.

The Lede Blog: American Reporter Marie Colvin's Final Dispatches From Homs

3 hours 33 min ago

Hours before her death in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, Marie Colvin, an American reporter, described the death of a boy in telephone interviews with the BBC, CNN and Britain's Channel 4 News.

Koran Burning in NATO Error Incites Afghans For 2nd Day

3 hours 35 min ago

A day after NATO officials apologized for the burning of Korans, American Embassy officials were on lockdown and hundreds of Afghans were marching on a NATO camp near Kabul.

Nanjing Suspends Ties Over Japanese Mayor’s Massacre Denial

3 hours 40 min ago

The Chinese city of Nanjing suspended its sister-city relationship with Nagoya after the Japanese city’s mayor expressed doubts over whether the 1937 Nanjing Massacre happened.

The Lede Blog: At least 49 dead, 550 injured in train crash in Once Station in Buenos Aires

3 hours 46 min ago

A 7-year-old boy was among the first of the 49 people confirmed killed in a train crash in Buenos Aires that also left at least 550 people injured, according to local media reports.

Khader Adnan, Palestinian Hunger Striker, to Be Freed

4 hours 13 min ago

Israeli authorities agreed to release Khader Adnan, who fasted for 66 days to protest being detained without charges, in April if no major new evidence is brought against him.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn Held in French Prostitution Case