European Rift on Bank’s Role in Debt Relief

By JACK EWING and NICHOLAS KULISH

The financial stability of Europe has come down to one institution, the European Central Bank, which is under heavy pressure to rescue the euro.

• Task Force Urges Greece to Improve Tax Collection 9:26 PM ET
• Euro Debt Worries Shift to Spain and France

Italy’s New Premier Offers Broad Plan to Reform Finances and Spur Growth

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO and RACHEL DONADIO

Prime Minister Mario Monti said his government intended to change Italy’s labor market and pension system, fight tax evasion and make it easier for businesses to grow.

• Facing Crisis, Technocrats Take Charge in Italy

Words of a Euro Doomsayer Have New Resonance

By LANDON THOMAS Jr.

Bernard Connolly’s proposition that foisting a common currency upon many disparate nation states would end in ruin is getting a much wider hearing.

• Socialists Brace for Resounding Loss in Spain
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Clinton Set to Visit Myanmar as Obama Cites Progress

By THOMAS FULLER 12:33 AM ET

The first visit by a secretary of state in 50 years is the most significant sign of a changing relationship between the United States and Myanmar.

Smiles Hide Fears as Clinton Visits Flood Victims

By THOMAS FULLER

Thai government officials selected a group of polite flood victims to meet with Hillary Clinton during her visit to a Bangkok evacuation center, but some evacuees could barely contain their anger.

U.S. Military Goes Online to Rebut Extremists’ Messages

By THOM SHANKER and ERIC SCHMITT

A team at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida is scanning the Web to counter radical ideology and explain American actions in the Middle East and Central Asia.

African Union Considers Sending Ethiopian Troops to Somalia

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN

The African Union’s peacekeepers are already battling militants in Mogadishu, the capital, and Kenyan forces have recently begun fighting them in southern Somalia.

Hamas-Appointed Court Fines Gaza Banks

By FARES AKRAM and ETHAN BRONNER

The ruling comes just before a planned meeting between the leaders of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas aimed at advancing plans for a unity government.

Armed Groups Are on Rise in Syria, as Are Civil War Fears

By NADA BAKRI

Recent attacks by Syrian Army defectors suggest a growing boldness in the face of a deadly crackdown by the government of President Bashar Al-Assad.

Nuclear Watchdog Seeks Mission to Iran

By ALAN COWELL

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Thursday that he wanted an investigation into whether Iran had engaged in secret efforts to construct a nuclear weapon.

Kuwait Tightens Security After Protest in Parliament

By RICK GLADSTONE

Dozens of protesters, including some lawmakers, muscled their way into the Parliament building, demanding the prime minister’s resignation.

U.N. Court in Cambodia Recommends Freeing Defendant Ill With Dementia

By SETH MYDANS

A United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal announced Thursday that Ieng Thirith, the former minister for social affairs for the Khmer Rouge, should be unconditionally released.

Rwandan Is Convicted in 1994 Killings

By JOSH KRON

Rwandan officials welcomed the verdict against Grégoire Ndahimana, a Hutu, by the United Nations’ Rwandan war crimes court, but expressed dismay at the 15-year sentence.

Pakistani Envoy Offers to Resign Over Memo

By SALMAN MASOOD

The ambassador, Husain Haqqani, has denied involvement in the mysterious memo, but said he would quit to end the resulting controversy.