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Party leaders had given the embattled president until noon Monday to resign or face impeachment in Parliament, but the president said he would preside over a party congress in a few weeks.
Mr. Tillis found a way to turn his speech impediment into an asset by getting audiences to laugh along with him.
The embattled president was also set to meet with the military commander who placed him under house arrest to negotiate his departure.
Here’s what you need to know about the week’s top stories.
The government and Tepco officials designed radiation-hardened machines to search for the fuel that escaped the plant’s ruined reactors.
“S.N.L.,” where Senator Al Franken became famous as a comedy writer and performer, used its “Weekend Update” segment to criticize him over recent allegations of sexual misconduct.
When our travel editor, Monica Drake, said she wanted the new writer-at-large to be someone who had it all, the internet responded.
After a respite that began before the Olympics, Brazil’s showcase city is reeling as ever more neighborhoods fall under the control of drug gangs.
Argentina’s Defense Ministry said Saturday night it had detected seven communication attempts from an Argentine Navy submarine with 44 crew members aboard, raising hopes of a rescue.
The designer insisted on his freedom and worked, argued, and cooked on his own schedule.
Too many children still need parents. Why did we stop making them part of our families?
Questions are swirling about why Saad Hariri spent two weeks in Saudi Arabia, where he announced his resignation.
Questions are swirling about why Saad Hariri spent two weeks in Saudi Arabia, where he announced his resignation.
A new type of coach teaches courtship in a country where the one-child policy left a deficit of women and where flirting remains relatively new.
Tens of thousands of people marched alongside soldiers on tanks and called for President Robert Mugabe to step down after a military takeover.
