Protests Erupt in Iranian Cities After Woman’s Death in Custody
The 22-year-old’s death sparked outrage across social, religious and political factions. Four people were reported to have been killed by the security forces.
In One Corner of Kosovo, Cheers Still Ring Out for Putin
Many ethnic Serbs, nursing grievances against NATO for a 1999 bombing campaign that broke Serbia’s grip on the territory, see President Vladimir V. Putin’s Russia as a potential savior.
Sweden’s Far Right Is Rising
The idea of Sweden as a land of equal opportunity, safe from the plagues of extreme left or extreme right that haunt other countries, is gone.
Valery Polyakov, Who Took the Longest Journey in Space, Dies at 80
Seeking to demonstrate the safety of long space missions, he worked out on his trip and returned 437 days later looking “like he could wrestle a bear,” one astronaut said.