By STEPHEN CASTLE

With a wolf population that is resurgent and now protected, Sweden has a conflict that pits farmers and hunters against environmentalists and European officials, who object to culling the animals.

Published: August 16, 2015 at 12:00AM

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By CHOE SANG-HUN

Kim Ryen-hi, a 45-year-old dressmaker from North Korea, says that her defection to South Korea four years ago was a terrible mistake, and that she has been trying to return to be with her family.

Published: August 16, 2015 at 12:00AM

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By REUTERS

At least 46 people were killed in recent days in clashes among the Libyan branch of the Islamic State, a rival Islamist group and forces loyal to the internationally recognized government in two Libyan cities, residents and medics say.

Published: August 16, 2015 at 12:00AM

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By JODI RUDOREN and MAJD AL WAHEIDI

The Red Cross developed its program in conjunction with Islamic scholars. So far this year, it has conducted six sessions for a total of 210 fighters from Hamas’s Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades and two other Gaza armed groups

Published: August 16, 2015 at 12:00AM

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By JONATHAN SOBLE

Emperor Akihito, whose father announced his exhausted country’s surrender in World War II 70 years ago, expressed “deep remorse” for the conflict on Saturday at a memorial service marking the anniversary of the war’s end.

Published: August 16, 2015 at 12:00AM

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By AMIR JALAL ZERDOUMI

A century-long ebb and flow of migrants has created a population of Franco-Algerians and Algerian-French whom neither country fully embraces.

Published: August 16, 2015 at 12:00AM

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By ANDREW JACOBS

A news conference in Tianjin was stormed by distraught relatives holding up lists of names, demanding information about dozens of missing firefighters.

Published: August 16, 2015 at 12:00AM

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