Fighting in Qusayr, described as a turning point in Syria’s ongoing civil war, saw increasing casualties for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah as it joined its biggest battle yet in support of President Bashar al-Assad.

A day after the killing of a prominent opposition party figure, turnout in a wealthy district of Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, was minimal.

The State Department is racing to fulfill recommendations on diplomatic security, but its ability to carry out the changes has come under attack from House Republicans.

A cyberunit of the People’s Liberation Army in China appears to have resumed its attacks using different techniques, hitting several of the same victims it has gone after in the past.

The Communist Party has referred the case for a criminal investigation as it continues a drive to combat corruption.

The owner of the Chinese vessel seized by North Korea voiced concern about the safety of the detained fishermen.

The North has been firing short-range projectiles off its east coast since Saturday, leaving regional officials puzzled over its motives.

The explosions in Makhachkala came the same day that Russian security officials announced that they had prevented a terrorist attack in Moscow.

A visit to Dagestan last year by Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a suspect in the Boston bombings, has drawn attention to the guerrilla conflict in the North Caucasus.

Thomas Firestone, a former Justice Department official who had been working in Moscow as a lawyer, was declared “persona non grata” this month, possibly because he reportedly had rebuffed an effort to recruit him as a spy.

Yair Lapid, the popular television host whose political rise has been undercut by the austerity budget he presented as finance minister, is trying to take the long view.

A new report by the Israeli government called into question a well-known image of a Palestinian boy and his father caught in the crossfire of a gun battle in Gaza.

A suicide bomber killed 14 people Monday in Baghlan Province, including Rasul Mohseni, who was widely seen as the most powerful man in the province.

A series of car bombs in Baghdad and Basra deepened worries that Iraq is spiraling toward levels of violence not seen since 2006.

An inquiry into the attack that included rock-throwing priests caught on television cameras has led to no arrests.

The prime ministers of India and China papered over their recent border dispute on Monday with a friendly joint statement and an array of promises.

Suspected militants fired on a polio vaccination team Monday, killing one person and underscoring the threat to one of the region’s most urgent health campaigns.

The Swedish retail giant H&M faced public pressure to accelerate its efforts to improve garment-factory conditions, though it had no ties to a disaster in Bangladesh.

Suharto, the army leader turned president, resigned 15 years ago on Tuesday, and his legacy stirs conflicting emotions among Indonesians.

As a fellow Conservative accused Prime Minister David Cameron of “running scared” from the party’s right wing, that right wing continued to show its displeasure.

A document due Monday is the latest study by the British government meant to sway opinion in Scotland ahead of a planned referendum next year on independence.

Indian officials welcomed Prime Minister Li Keqiang for talks focused on economic ties, though a recent border dispute still resonates.

A study pinpoints just four microbes as the most common causes of severe and fatal diarrhea among the world’s infants.

The plan that is starting to take shape would essentially carve up the global solar panel market into a series of regional markets.

Porter Airlines’ plan to expand Toronto’s downtown airport, in part by filling in a bit of Lake Ontario, is raising tensions.

New rules announced six months ago to ease the naturalization process have yet to be put into practice.

The Coen brothers’ “Inside Llewyn Davis,” which follows a New York folk musician, injected some levity into the Cannes Film Festival.

A council representing 12,000 officers who issue documents will join a council representing 7,700 deportation agents in fighting a Senate proposal.

The 10-week and yearlong courses introduce students to the history of fashion, designers, fashion journalism, retail, business, marketing and public relations.

McGill University in Montreal and its affiliated teaching hospitals will be working with the Rossy Cancer Network.

At every major stop on the long line from Peshawar to the turbulent port city of Karachi lie reminders of why the country is a worry to its people, and to the wider world.

Even the European Union’s supporters are suggesting that the alliance’s bureaucrats might have better things to do than tampering with the way olive oil is served in the Continent’s restaurants.

David Cameron’s woes; Afghan women’s rights; H&M in Bangladesh; study abroad and the safety factor; the Cohen brothers at Cannes; wind-limit questions at the America’s Cup.

As China absorbs the news that quite a bit of its rice contains too much of the toxic metal cadmium, the state-run media are advising people to diversify the geographical sources of their food, to reduce risk.

Questions have been raised about Mayor Rob Ford’s conduct, temperament and public statements since his early days as a member of the Toronto City Council.

Wrestling officials, diplomats and reporters filed video, photographs and text updates on a wrestling match between Iran and the United States in New York’s Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday.

One aspect of suicide statistics that is often overlooked is the number of National Guard and Reserve members who commit suicide when they are not on active duty.

A Marine veteran haunted by his service writes that the time has come to change the perception of post-traumatic stress disorder to allow greater honesty and healing.

Mark Wise, a former Army officer, will trek alongside other wounded veterans through some of the harshest climates on the planet.

Tibetans protest Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to India.

Amitabh Bachchan stopped being awesome a while ago, but it hasn’t affected the Idea of Bachchan, the author argues.

Close on the heels of a border dispute, the two countries signed eight new deals in New Delhi on Monday.

Spreading violence into Turkey and other countries is a key part of the Assad regime's strategy to keep its neighbors from intervening in Syria's civil war.

Can Mali, or any country, survive if militants ban all music?

A judge's ruling that evidence could be excluded at the inquest into the death of a former K.G.B. agent was arguably a triumph of official opacity in a struggle over what the public should be allowed to know.