The West End theater, which originally opened in 1901, was packed for an evening performance
How the World’s Newest Country Is Destroying Itself
Ethnically charged violence has already left hundreds dead and threatens to plunge the new country into chaos
U.N. Says Peacekeeping Base Attacked In South Sudan
Amid continuing fighting that has left as many as 500 dead
Turkey’s House of Cards Moment: Arrests and Scandal Signal a Crisis for Erdogan
An astonishing series of arrests this week hint at a power struggle between Turkey’s Prime Minister and the Gulenists, an influential Islamist movement that was once his ally — but which now could provoke a political meltdown in Ankara
Central African Republic Leader Announces Election in 2014
Announcement comes after meeting with U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
Khodorkovsky’s Pardon: Another Sign Putin Is Winning
As part of a wider amnesty, the Russian President announced he intends to release his greatest political rival, the jailed oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky. It’s a mark of just how comfortable Putin is in power.
Dennis Rodman Not Talking Politics in North Korea
‘I’m just going over there to do a basketball game and have some fun’
Cuba To Ease Curbs on Car Sales
First time since the 1959 revolution
Fake Interpreter From Mandela Memorial Enters Psychiatric Hospital
He says he had a schizophrenic episode during the memorial.
Two Convicted in Brutal Murder of British Soldier
Drove into victim as he crossed the street and then hacked him to death
Putin To Pardon Jailed Oil Tycoon
Mikhail Khodorkovsky was the richest man in Russia before he was imprisoned almost 10 years ago
Prince William Called Kate Middleton ‘Babykins’ in Hacked Conversation
Prosecutors said for the first time Thursday that then-girlfriend Middleton’s phone was hacked.
2013: The Year in Global Protest
Three years after crowds in Tunisia forced long-time dictator President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali into flight, and kicked off what would later be termed the “Arab Spring,” the world’s streets remain alive with protest. The year …