Women in Pakistan die every day for supposedly dishonoring their families, and arrests are rare. But Bano Bibi’s defiant last words were caught on video.
A protest last month in Quetta, Pakistan, against the killings of Bano Bibi and Ehsanullah Samalani, who had been accused of having an affair. A tribal leader ordered their execution, according to a police report.
Prime Minister Mark Carney suggested he’s unlikely to add additional retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, but he is trying to help affected companies develop new products and find new buyers.
The Brazilian Supreme Court justice’s order could complicate efforts to negotiate over President Trump’s punishing tariffs, set to go into effect this week.
The Royal Ballet and Opera said it was scrapping performances in Tel Aviv next year, after nearly 200 staff members signed an open letter criticizing its stance on the war in Gaza.
As a three-term president, he guided the country toward democracy, but he was called an authoritarian at heart and accused of brutality during the revolt that put him in power.
President Ion Iliescu of Romania at the Presidential Palace in 1993. He oversaw the country’s transition to democracy after the overthrow of the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989.
Fogging with insecticide at a hospital in the Chinese city of Foshan, where officials are battling an outbreak of chikungunya, a painful mosquito-borne viral disease.
A picture from the Indian Army shows houses partially buried by a mudslide in Dharali in the state of Uttarakhand, India, on Tuesday, after flash floods.
Imports from other countries fell around 4 percent from the previous month as President Trump’s steep tariffs discouraged businesses from ordering goods.
Widely regarded as the inspiration for the recast of the James Bond character “M,” she was the first British spy chief to be publicly named and photographed.
A business called Northern Lights is seen as a model for efforts to pump carbon dioxide deep into wells, but high costs remain an obstacle.
Northern Lights, backed by the Norwegian government, is using a process known as carbon capture and storage to clean up industries like cement and fertilizer that pump out huge amounts of carbon dioxide.
Record-setting rain has brought chaos to parts of Hong Kong, with submerged streets, stranded buses and landslides. Residents were advised to avoid going out.
Water spilling onto a street in the Quarry Bay area of Hong Kong on Tuesday. Parts of Hong Kong were brought to a standstill by flooding caused by days of heavy rains.
Seeking food at a charity kitchen in Gaza on Monday. More than one in three people in the enclave are not eating for days in a row, according to the U.N. World Food Program.
The crash of Jeju Air Flight 2216 was the deadliest on Korean soil, killing 179. The disaster may have been worsened by construction choices at the airport.
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced the deal on Monday, calling it the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state.
Former President Jair Bolsonaro, whose case has partly motivated President Trump’s tariffs on Brazil, was ordered to remain under house arrest as he awaited trial.
The abductees, including an Irish missionary who directs care for children with special needs, were taken from an orphanage serving about 270 children.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said intermediate-range ballistic missiles would be deployed to Belarus, which shares a border with three NATO countries.
The Rybachiy base, which hosts nuclear-powered submarines from Russia’s Pacific Fleet, lies in a cove about 80 miles from the powerful earthquake that struck near the Kamchatka peninsula last week.
Once a cog in the Malaysian economy, the solar industry profited from Chinese investment. Now it’s becoming a case study of what happens when the United States closes its markets.
Kuala Lumpur. Over the last decade, Malaysia rose to become one of the world’s biggest makers of solar panels, but only two solar panel makers remain today.
The Lebanese militant group has lost much of its power since the recent war with Israel. But it is balking at demands to surrender whatever is left of its once formidable arsenal.
Kong Nay, a blind lute player who endured the horrors of a totalitarian regime, exposed a new generation of Cambodians to their country’s traditional music.
The Gulf of Aden seen from Sirah Island, Yemen. Crossing the gulf is the first step in one of the world’s most dangerous journeys for migrants. Tens of thousands attempted the trip last year.
She became suspicious when she discovered large deposits in the bank account of Aldrich Ames, whose betrayal cost the lives of at least eight double agents.
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