The English writer visited Iraq multiple times in the first half of the 20th century and set some of her mystery novels there. The house in Baghdad where she once lived now sits abandoned and crumbling.
World
International news
World · page 36
With street talk and tactics from the far-right’s playbook, André Janones used a WhatsApp channel to help organize millions of Brazilians online.
After a high-speed collision near Toledo, Spain, killed at least 69 people, rail safety experts said the rough consensus that it is best to sit in the middle of a train has its limits.
The question of who should become Germany's new presiden is becoming pressing. Many want to see Germany's first female head of state. Chancellor Friedrich Merz is keeping his cards close to his chest.
Bowing in apology before reporters, John Lee pledged to make reforms advocated in a scathing report on the residential blaze that killed 168 people last year.
A rare localized cease-fire announced by the first lady offered a brief respite for Kherson, Ukraine, where Russian drones and artillery have long terrorized civilians.
The suspect, identified only as Kévin T., admitted to planning the attacks near Paris last week, the prosecutor said. One person was killed and seven wounded.
The Chinese leader is tightening his grip on the Communist Party with relentless purges and new strictures on discipline.
The train collision in Spain that killed at least 68 people and injured dozens more sparked a protest outside the country's transport ministry. Leigh Kiniry reports.
Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition falls short of a majority as Arab parties surge to 19 seats, giving the opposition a potential 67-seat block.
A deadly strike was a grim reminder that despite a rare local cease-fire around the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky, other communities remained under fire.
Americans are stranded in Cambodia after a luxury cruise line said it ran out of money over surging fuel prices during its "endless" around-the-world voyage. Cristian Benavides reports.
China's top leaders have elevated the only remaining general of the body that oversees the country's military to its Politburo, the Communist Party's top governing body
The Volkswagen Group has filed its worst quarterly performance since the height of the "Dieselgate" scandal in 2015. Share prices climbed in response, however, perhaps because the bad news was so well signposted.
Mr. Cárdenas, the only son of a Mexican president, never won the office but became a leading figure in the country’s democratic transformation.
Karl Bushby has walked 31,000 miles, crossing some of the world’s harshest landscapes. He plans to reach his mother’s house in England next week.
France’s national counterterrorism prosecutor has asked for a 39-year-old suspect to be held in pretrial detention over a suspected racist attack in the Paris suburbs
The US is reportedly considering ways to convert "dark tankers" into legitimate vessels, allowing them to transport crude oil that is not subject to sanctions.
The growth is pushing hopes for a continued expansion across the eurozone as a whole, despite higher energy costs.
An Estonian addict could barely keep pace with the new drugs flooding the market. His terrifying accounts of the cruel toll they took on his body held his country in its grip.















