J David Goodman New York Times

For some in the nonprofit world, the reaction to the success of an advocacy video about the African warlord Joseph Kony can be summed up in a word: envy.

Since three young filmmakers first traveled to Uganda in 2003, they have been determined to use film and activism to help stop the rebel leader Joseph Kony's brutal tactics and the use of children as soldiers. But it was not until this week that their nonprofit organization, Invisible Children, helped make Mr. Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resista...

Jason Russell said he never knew he was driving into a war zone. At 24, he had just graduated from the University of Southern California after studying film, he said, and was out looking for a story to tell.

The authorities in London arrested scores of people late Sunday night and early Monday morning in hopes of heading off further violence after this weekend's street riots, as evidence emerged suggesting that the unrest had been organized, at least in part, over private online messaging networks.

Norway attacks: The Norwegian police on Saturday charged a 32-year-old man, whom they identified as a Christian fundamentalist with right-wing connections, over the bombing of a government center here and a shooting attack on a nearby island that together left at least 91 people dead.

A loud explosion has shattered windows at the government headquarters in Oslo which includes the prime minister's office, injuring several people. Norwegian news agency NTB says the prime minister is safe.

An explosion tore through a busy cafe frequented by foreigners in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh on Thursday, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than a dozen others, Moroccan officials said.The blast, which occurred around lunchtime in the central Djemaa el Fna Square, appeared to be a deliberate attack on a popular destination in the tou...

A massive demonstration against Yemen's government turned into a killing field Friday as snipers methodically fired down on protesters from rooftops and police made a wall of fire with tires and gasoline, blocking a key escape route.At least 46 people died, including some children, in an attack that marked a new level of brutality in President Ali ...

Security forces and government supporters employed an escalating panoply of violent force - from tear gas and batons to shotguns and grenades - in pitched street battles with anti-government protesters in Libya, Bahrain  and Yemen  on Friday.The clashes followed a week of deepening unrest as protesters, emboldened by the toppling of forme...

The Egyptian military, complying with most of the principal demands of the opposition, said Sunday that it had dissolved the country's parliament, suspended its constitution and called for elections in six months, according to a statement by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces read on state television. It also said it would honor all of Egypt's...

Police in Sweden and Denmark on Wednesday arrested five men suspected of plotting an attack against the Danish newspaper that published cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed in 2005, security officials in those countries said.The officials gave no details on precisely how they believed the suspects were intending to attack the newspaper, which is...

Buried beneath white powder for more than 24 hours, New York area airports turned on Tuesday to the growing backlog of canceled flights, an accumulation that could take far longer to address than the snow itself.Even as flights resumed, ripple effects from more than 4,000 canceled flights threatened to leave passengers stranded through the New Year...

Sunshine and deep piles of sparkling snow blanketed the Northeast on Monday morning, but for frustrated commuters and holiday travelers struck by the winter's first ferocious storm, the beauty was short-lived.Gusting winds kicked up formidable snowdrifts further crippling an entire New York metropolitan region trying to dig out, shutting down the t...

Iran and the European Union agreed on Tuesday to a date and time for nuclear talks in Geneva next week, but President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted in a speech that Iran would not give "one iota" in the discussions.The meeting between Saeed Jalili, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, and Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, would ...

Some world leaders expressed anger on Monday over the disclosures in confidential American diplomatic cables, even as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she was confident that the administration's diplomatic relationships would withstand the upheaval. Mrs. Clinton's comments came as she prepared to set off on a trip to Central Asia and ...

For some in the nonprofit world, the reaction to the success of an advocacy video about the African warlord Joseph Kony can be summed up in a word: envy.

Since three young filmmakers first traveled to Uganda in 2003, they have been determined to use film and activism to help stop the rebel leader Joseph Kony's brutal tactics and the use of children as soldiers. But it was not until this week that their nonprofit organization, Invisible Children, helped make Mr. Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resista...

Jason Russell said he never knew he was driving into a war zone. At 24, he had just graduated from the University of Southern California after studying film, he said, and was out looking for a story to tell.

The authorities in London arrested scores of people late Sunday night and early Monday morning in hopes of heading off further violence after this weekend's street riots, as evidence emerged suggesting that the unrest had been organized, at least in part, over private online messaging networks.

Norway attacks: The Norwegian police on Saturday charged a 32-year-old man, whom they identified as a Christian fundamentalist with right-wing connections, over the bombing of a government center here and a shooting attack on a nearby island that together left at least 91 people dead.

A loud explosion has shattered windows at the government headquarters in Oslo which includes the prime minister's office, injuring several people. Norwegian news agency NTB says the prime minister is safe.

An explosion tore through a busy cafe frequented by foreigners in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh on Thursday, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than a dozen others, Moroccan officials said.The blast, which occurred around lunchtime in the central Djemaa el Fna Square, appeared to be a deliberate attack on a popular destination in the tou...

A massive demonstration against Yemen's government turned into a killing field Friday as snipers methodically fired down on protesters from rooftops and police made a wall of fire with tires and gasoline, blocking a key escape route.At least 46 people died, including some children, in an attack that marked a new level of brutality in President Ali ...

Security forces and government supporters employed an escalating panoply of violent force - from tear gas and batons to shotguns and grenades - in pitched street battles with anti-government protesters in Libya, Bahrain  and Yemen  on Friday.The clashes followed a week of deepening unrest as protesters, emboldened by the toppling of forme...

The Egyptian military, complying with most of the principal demands of the opposition, said Sunday that it had dissolved the country's parliament, suspended its constitution and called for elections in six months, according to a statement by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces read on state television. It also said it would honor all of Egypt's...

Police in Sweden and Denmark on Wednesday arrested five men suspected of plotting an attack against the Danish newspaper that published cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed in 2005, security officials in those countries said.The officials gave no details on precisely how they believed the suspects were intending to attack the newspaper, which is...

Buried beneath white powder for more than 24 hours, New York area airports turned on Tuesday to the growing backlog of canceled flights, an accumulation that could take far longer to address than the snow itself.Even as flights resumed, ripple effects from more than 4,000 canceled flights threatened to leave passengers stranded through the New Year...

Sunshine and deep piles of sparkling snow blanketed the Northeast on Monday morning, but for frustrated commuters and holiday travelers struck by the winter's first ferocious storm, the beauty was short-lived.Gusting winds kicked up formidable snowdrifts further crippling an entire New York metropolitan region trying to dig out, shutting down the t...

Iran and the European Union agreed on Tuesday to a date and time for nuclear talks in Geneva next week, but President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted in a speech that Iran would not give "one iota" in the discussions.The meeting between Saeed Jalili, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, and Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, would ...

Some world leaders expressed anger on Monday over the disclosures in confidential American diplomatic cables, even as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she was confident that the administration's diplomatic relationships would withstand the upheaval. Mrs. Clinton's comments came as she prepared to set off on a trip to Central Asia and ...