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He signed the historic free trade agreement with the United States and Mexico but was shadowed by scandal. Brian Mulroney, Canada's 18th prime minister, whose statesmanship on what he called [...]

Handpicked by his socialist predecessor, Julius K. Nyerere, Mr. Mwinyi was credited with reforms, among them permitting the sale of mobile phones and computers. Ali Hassan Mwinyi, a schoolteacher turned [...]

Handpicked by his socialist predecessor, Julius K. Nyerere, Mr. Mwinyi was credited with reforms, among them permitting the sale of mobile phones and computers. Ali Hassan Mwinyi, a schoolteacher turned [...]

The fourth Baron Rothschild, he left the family banking dynasty to start his own company, becoming a powerful financier, patron of the arts and philanthropist. Jacob Rothschild, a wealthy financier, [...]

He made strides to end the sectarian violence that plagued Northern Ireland through the 1990s by collaborating with both Britain and the Irish Republican Army. John Bruton, a former Irish [...]

He made strides to end the sectarian violence that plagued Northern Ireland through the 1990s by collaborating with both Britain and the Irish Republican Army. John Bruton, a former Irish [...]

He documented the cruelties of white South African rule, and he was made to pay for it, enduring beatings and 586 consecutive days in solitary confinement. Peter Magubane, a Black [...]

Byline: Alan Cowell An important figure in the reunification of East and West Germany, he played a key role in shaping German politics for decades and was once seen as [...]

An important figure in the reunification of East and West Germany, he played a key role in shaping German politics for decades and was once seen as a likely chancellor. [...]

Byline: Alan Cowell He was defense minister when Iraq invaded his tiny but oil-rich country, and he became ruler in his 80s. Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, the emir of [...]

He was defense minister when Iraq invaded his tiny but oil-rich country, and he became ruler in his 80s. Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, the emir of Kuwait who took [...]

The wife of the Labour leader Neil Kinnock, she carved her own leftist identity with a seat in the European Parliament and as a British government minister. Glenys Kinnock, a [...]

The wife of the Labour leader Neil Kinnock, she carved her own leftist identity with a seat in the European Parliament and as a British government minister. Glenys Kinnock, a [...]

As the government's chief financial cabinet member, he helped stave off a broader economic collapse amid the global turmoil set off in 2008 Alistair Darling, a British lawmaker and cabinet [...]

As the government’s chief financial cabinet member, he helped stave off a broader economic collapse amid the global turmoil set off in 2008 Alistair Darling, a British lawmaker and cabinet [...]

A former president of Finland, he played a prominent role in talks that led to independence for Namibia and an end to ''the Troubles'' in Northern Ireland. Martti Ahtisaari, a [...]

Adamantly progressive, openly gay and politically fearless, he cast a sharp eye on the country's post-apartheid politics and culture. Eusebius McKaiser, a South African writer and broadcaster who focused a [...]

Adamantly progressive, openly gay and politically fearless, he cast a sharp eye on the country’s post-apartheid politics and culture. Eusebius McKaiser, a South African writer and broadcaster who focused a [...]

Byline: Alan Cowell King Charles III's coronation will be disseminated across numerous platforms to a less sympathetic public than when his mother was crowned in 1953. The mystique around the [...]

Byline: Alan Cowell An Australian, he assisted South African dissidents like the journalist Donald Woods, whose story was told in the movie 'Cry Freedom.' Bruce Haigh, an Australian diplomat who [...]

An Australian, he assisted South African dissidents like the journalist Donald Woods, whose story was told in the movie ''Cry Freedom.'' Bruce Haigh, an Australian diplomat who brushed aside the [...]

He denied that he was Stakeknife, the code name of a high-ranking British mole in the Irish Republican Army during the Northern Ireland conflict. He died as he lived, in [...]

He denied that he was Stakeknife, the code name of a high-ranking British mole in the Irish Republican Army during the Northern Ireland conflict. He died as he lived, in [...]

As chancellor of the Exchequer, he helped lift Britain with tax cuts and other Conservative measures -- the ''Lawson Boom'' -- but harder times followed, and he resigned in bitterness. [...]

As chancellor of the Exchequer, he helped lift Britain with tax cuts and other Conservative measures — the “Lawson Boom” — but harder times followed, and he resigned. LONDON — [...]

As a member of the White Rose, a small anti-Nazi resistance group, she used peaceful tactics to try persuading Germans to turn against Hitler. Traute Lafrenz, the last survivor of [...]

Byline: Alan Cowell and Stephen Kinzer Mr. Musharraf took power in a bloodless coup in late 1999 but resigned under threat of impeachment in 2008. He drew fire for his [...]

Mr. Musharraf took power in a bloodless coup in late 1999 but resigned under threat of impeachment in 2008. He drew fire for his ties to Washington. Pervez Musharraf, the [...]

Byline: Alan Cowell She experienced the inequities of the job firsthand in South Africa and helped build national and international unions to address them. Myrtle Witbooi, a South African labor [...]

Byline: Alan Cowell By turns elusive and confessional in public, she used dark satire to explore the divides between men and women. LONDON - Fay Weldon, a British novelist and [...]

By turns elusive and confessional in public, she used dark satire to explore the divides between men and women. LONDON -- Fay Weldon, a British novelist and dramatist who explored [...]

By turns elusive and confessional in public, she used dark satire to explore the divides between men and women. LONDON — Fay Weldon, a British novelist and dramatist who explored [...]

For 70 years, Elizabeth II was the anchor of a nation's identity. Charles III now will take on, or recast, that role. LONDON -- It has become a kind of [...]

She ruled for seven decades, unshakably committed to the rituals of her role amid epic social and economic change and family scandal. LONDON -- Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch, [...]

A radicalized Egyptian physician, he was regarded as the intellectual spine of Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization, and ran it after Bin Laden was killed in 2011. Ayman al-Zawahri, the [...]

A onetime Protestant firebrand, he surprised adversaries when he helped broker peace in Northern Ireland with the Good Friday pact of 1998. LONDON -- David Trimble, a onetime Protestant firebrand [...]

As a founder of La Repubblica, one of the country's major newspapers, and later as a columnist, he left a mark on civic life. Eugenio Scalfari, one of Italy's best-known [...]

Byline: Alan Cowell As Angola's president for 38 years, Mr. dos Santos ended the country's civil war. He also launched an economic boom, but it mainly benefited his family and [...]

As Angola's president for 38 years, Mr. dos Santos ended the country's civil war. He also launched an economic boom, but it mainly benefited his family and friends. José Eduardo [...]

Colquhoun campaigned for women's rights in Britain's male-dominated Parliament. But her political career came to an end when she was outed as a lesbian. This article is part of Overlooked, [...]

In provocative, sometimes linguistically playful experimental fiction, a Vienna-born American traced the complex interplay of modern Germany and its Nazi past. Walter Abish, a widely admired if not widely read [...]

The events themselves took a matter of minutes to unfold in a paroxysm of one-sided gunfire that snuffed out more than a dozen lives, each one of them a new [...]

A former South Africa bureau chief for The Times recalls telling moments with the anti-apartheid religious leader. Alan Cowell was the South Africa bureau chief for The New York Times [...]

His work -- difficult and often contentious -- was likened to the prose of James Joyce for its sense of place. He was also a translator of ancient texts, including [...]

His work -- difficult and often contentious -- was likened to the prose of James Joyce for its sense of place. He was also a translator of ancient texts, including [...]

Byline: Alan Cowell The iconoclastic niece of Winston Churchill, she was married to Prime Minister Anthony Eden, who was at the helm during the Suez crisis. LONDON - Clarissa Eden, [...]

The iconoclastic niece of Winston Churchill, she was married to Prime Minister Anthony Eden, who was at the helm during the Suez crisis. LONDON -- Clarissa Eden, an elegant and [...]

Byline: Alan Cowell He campaigned for human rights during the Soviet era and continued his activism in the post-Communist years under Boris A. Yeltsin and Vladimir V. Putin. Sergei A. [...]

He campaigned for human rights during the Soviet era and continued his activism in the post-Communist years under Boris A. Yeltsin and Vladimir V. Putin. Sergei A. Kovalev, a dogged [...]

The article highlights the life and legacy of South African bishop and theologian Desmond M. Tutu, who died on December 26, 2021. Highlights include the Nobel Peace Price he won in 1984, his non-violence campaign in the anti-apartheid movement, and his recognition as the first Black general secretary of the South African Council of Churches in 1978.