Assange: A Self-Proclaimed Foe of Secrecy Who Inspires Both Admiration and Fury
The shaky video clips of Julian Assange’s arrest flashed around the world on Thursday, the white-bearded prophet of the age of leaks being hauled by...
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After Tight Race, Netanyahu Appears Poised to Form Israel’s Next Government
JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s conservative prime minister for the past decade, appeared poised to win a fourth consecutive term in office, and a fifth...
News Analysis: In Trump, Netanyahu Sees an Ally Who Helps Him Push the Envelope
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow for Israel to annex parts of the West Bank would flout four decades of American policy, under both...
In China, an App About Xi Is Impossible to Ignore — Even if You Try
CHANGSHA, China — Inside a fishing gear store on a busy city street, the owner sits behind a counter, furiously tapping a smartphone to improve...
Ethiopian Crash Report Indicates Pilots Followed Boeing’s Emergency Procedures
Boeing dismissed concerns about a powerful new anti-stall system on the 737 Max for months, insisting that pilots could deal with any problems by following...
Ethiopian Crash Investigators Call for Inquiry Into Boeing Max Controls
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A new Ethiopian Airlines Boeing jet crashed last month after experiencing “repetitive, uncommanded aircraft nose-down conditions,” Ethiopia’s transportation minister said on...
Theresa May Will Reach Out to Corbyn in Bid to Avoid Disorderly Brexit
LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday broke with her own party, appealing to the opposition to work with her on a plan in...
Twitter Network Uses Fake Accounts to Promote Netanyahu, Israel Watchdog Finds
TEL AVIV — An Israeli watchdog group has found a network of hundreds of social media accounts, many of them fake, used to smear opponents...
Russia Ordered a Killing That Made No Sense. Then the Assassin Started Talking.
RIVNE, Ukraine — The target lived on the sixth floor of a cheerless, salmon-colored building on Vidinska Street, across from a thicket of weeping willows....
‘We’re in the Last Hour’: Democracy Itself Is on Trial in Brexit, Britons Say
LONDON — This week, as two members of Parliament interrupted a debate on Brexit to rib each other about the elite boarding schools they attended...