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Egypt’s Security Forces Begin to Clear Muslim Brotherhood Sites
After weeks of street-level standoffs and multiple ultimatums, Egyptian security forces raided a pair of long-term protest sites in Cairo held by the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of deposed president Mohammed Morsi early …
Norwegian Prime Minister’s Taxi Stunt Involved Paid Actors
Updated: Aug. 13, 2013.
It appears Prime Minister Stoltenberg’s taxi stunt may have been a little less incognito than previously thought. The Norwegian tabloid Verdens Gang (VG) revealed Monday that five of the 14 passengers …
Moment of Impact Caught on Camera as Spanish High-Speed Train Derails [VIDEO]
A speeding train slammed into a concrete wall Wednesday as it approached Santiago de Compostela, a small city in northwest Spain. The train was reportedly traveling at 190 km/h (120 mph) as it rounded a corner, speeding at more …
The Royal Baby Has a Name: His Royal Highness Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge
Kensington Palace has just announced that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their firstborn son — and third in line to the British throne — George Alexander Louis. The child’s official title will be His Royal Highness Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge, but will most likely be known as Prince George.
While …
First Glimpse of the Royal Baby
Prince William and Duchess Catherine emerge from St. Mary’s Hospital in London with their baby boy, who has yet to be named. This is the first public appearance of the royal baby, but certainly not the last.
Addressing the weary press outside St. Mary’s Hospital, Prince William finally presented his newborn son and apologized for …
WATCH: Welcoming the Royal Baby, At Home and Abroad
The revelers were rowdy and the champagne was flowing as word of the baby prince spread around London and the world. Everyone seemed to have an opinion on the royal birth.
Canada and New Zealand, both former British …
Great Expectations: Well-Wishers Descend on Hospital as the Duchess of Cambridge Goes Into Labor
The wait for the world’s most anticipated child is drawing to a close. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, was admitted to a central London hospital in the early stages of labor early today, royal officials announced.
Officials …
Russian Court Jails Putin’s Most Influential Opponent
There were moments during the trial of Alexei Navalny, leader of the Russian opposition movement, when his dark realism seemed to lift, allowing him to believe that the Kremlin would not go so far as to throw its fiercest critic …
Mexico’s Feared Narcos: A Brief History of the Zetas Drug Cartel
Mexican marines arrested the boss of the country’s cruelest drug cartel early Monday, a triumph for the Mexican government even as the bloody drug war shows few signs of slowing. Miguel Angel Treviño Morales, the notorious …
Egypt’s Crisis: Ramadan Heat Cools Tensions in Cairo, for Now
With the onset of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Egypt‘s explosive political crisis—which this week saw pitched street battles and dozens killed—has settled down to a slightly less volatile simmer. In what has become a …
‘The Whole Sky Was Burning’: A Lac-Mégantic Resident Recalls the Tragedy
Adrien Aubert was moments away from death. At around 1 a.m. on July 6, the 29-year-old, who works for the social network Plogg, was having a beer with friends outside his home in Lac-Mégantic, Québec, a town about 250 …
TIME Cover Story: What’s Next for Egypt’s Turbulent Revolution
On July 3, a military intervention many label a coup ousted Egypt’s first democratically-elected President, Mohamed Morsi, and suspended the constitution Morsi and his Islamist allies had forced through with a hasty referendum …