Coach Jurgen Klinsmann said on Wednesday that he must plan how to approach upcoming tournaments, important steps before the next World Cup. Credit Julio Cortez/Associated Press. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story.

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has tightened passenger screening on many United States-bound flights from Europe, Africa and the Middle East in response to intelligence reports of an increased threat from Al Qaeda's affiliate in ...

Israel's justice minister denounced an Israeli Facebook campaign on Wednesday that called for soldiers to take “revenge” on the Palestinian community as tensions spiked in Jerusalem, where an Arab teenager was kidnapped and killed hours after the ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The murder of three settlers in the West Bank has given Israel the excuse it was waiting for to set a huge military operation in motion. Even before the bodies of the missing young men were discovered on Monday, an Israeli ...

The killing of a Palestinian teenager today — possibly in retribution for the deaths of three Israeli teenagers — has not just escalated tension between Israel and Palestinians. “It may prove as dangerous to the internal Israeli dynamic,” says Jodi Rudoren, our ...

The killing of a Palestinian teenager today — possibly in retribution for the deaths of three Israeli teenagers — has not just escalated tension between Israel and Palestinians. “It may prove as dangerous to the internal Israeli dynamic,” says Jodi Rudoren, our ...

Grigor Dimitrov celebrated after defeating Andy Murray in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. Credit Image by Andrew Yates/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story ...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast on Sunday, flouting a United Nations ban on the country testing such missiles. The test came four days before President Xi Jinping of China was scheduled to visit Seoul, South ...

After losing Saturday in a third-round match at Wimbledon, Serena Williams has not reached the quarterfinals in the year's first three Grand Slam tournaments. Credit Carl Court/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. Continue reading the main story.

BRUSSELS — Despite bitter opposition from Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain, European Union leaders voted on Friday to name Jean-Claude Juncker as the next president of the bloc's powerful bureaucracy, bringing an end to a struggle that had ...

Iraqi politicians have begun to position themselves as possible replacements for the embattled Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki. These are the four contenders. Credit By Christian Roman and Carrie Halperin on Publish Date June 20, 2014. Credit.

Rafael Nadal was demonstrative in celebrating his victory over Lukas Rosol at Wimbledon Thursday. Credit Pavel Golovkin/Associated Press. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story Share This Page.

To save Iraq from Sunni extremists, Iran is mobilizing its allies in Iraq and promoting collaboration between Iraq's government and Syria. Washington, meanwhile, has dispatched military advisers to Baghdad. On their own, these efforts are valiant. But without ...

Senator Thad Cochran during a campaign stop June 11 in Jackson, Miss. Credit William Widmer for The New York Times. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story Share This Page. Continue reading ...

Rafael Márquez, a four-time World Cup participant, will lead Mexico's defense against Croatia on Monday. Credit Kai Foersterling/European Pressphoto Agency. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main ...

Rafael Márquez, a four-time World Cup participant, will lead Mexico's defense against Croatia on Monday. Credit Kai Foersterling/European Pressphoto Agency. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main ...

The line on Friday to cross into Russia from Izvaryne, Ukraine. Russia has complained about demands that it tighten control of its border with Ukraine. Credit Evgeniy Maloletka/Associated Press. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main ...

Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday. The military broadened its search for three kidnapped teenagers, tightening checkpoints in Hebron and arresting 240 Palestinians. Credit Hazem Bader/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images.

In the southern Iraq city of Basra, Shiite tribal fighters on Monday chanted slogans against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Credit Nabil Al-Jurani/Associated Press. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the ...

SAN ANTONIO — In a corner of the San Antonio Spurs' locker room, there is a framed quotation from the muckraking social reformer Jacob Riis. “When nothing seems to help,” it reads, “I go back and look at the stonecutter hammering away at his rock ...