Malala Yousafzi, the 15-year old Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head in October by a Taliban assassin, has been …
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The Argentine president renews a dispute over the control of the Falkland Islands, the Vatican goes cash-only and
Hugo Chávez’s Constitution Is a Muddled Map Out of Venezuela’s Crisis
As the socialist President fights to recover from cancer surgery in Cuba before his Jan. 10 inauguration, his 1999 charter leaves Venezuela in governmental limbo
Syria’s Rising Death Toll: The Darkness Before the Dawn or Sign of a Grinding Stalemate?
At least 60,000 Syrians have been killed in the country’s civil war since March 2011, U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay reported Wednesday. Despite that death toll, which Pillay described as “truly shocking,” U.N. envoy …
Afghanistan’s IED Complex: Inside the Taliban Bombmaking Industry
“I am here in Kandahar on a short vacation,” says the young man, about 27, who we will call Mullah Kalam. His beard is trimmed neat; he is wearing a black leather jacket and a striped beige turban. Kalam has been a student for …
Hong Kong’s Embattled Leader Faces More Protests
Mass demonstrations took place on New Year’s Day, with tens of thousands calling for the leader of China’s freest city to step down and demanding that the post be filled on a directly elected basis
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Laos pays the price of Chinese rail expansion in Southeast Asia, Africa’s energy consumption is growing fastest in the world and Latvians buckle down to weather an economic crisis.
The West Bank’s 2012: The Year of the Israeli Settlement
At the start of 2012, the Israeli advocacy group Peace Now, which seeks a two-state solution, warned that the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was building Jewish settlements on the West Bank at a pace that, if …
Destination Kurdistan: Is This Autonomous Iraqi Region a Budding Tourist Hot Spot?
Kurdistan in northern Iraq — an autonomous region that retains a considerable amount of political freedom from Baghdad — is by far the safest and most accessible area of Iraq to visit
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Three of China’s most populous regions will ease school entry restrictions for children of rural migrants and the use of torture in Mexico reached a peak during the ex-president’s tenure.
The Hunt for the Vicuña: Can This Andean Creature Be a Cash Cow?
Jhonn Gonzales etches the attack plan into the dirt. His lookout gives a nod from behind binoculars, and the troop fans out silently across the parched plains. Then, commotion as the target appears: one dozen sprinting vicuñas …
France’s 75% Income Tax on the Rich Overturned as Unconstitutional
Socialist President François Hollande’s promise to create social “justice” by raising taxes on France’s wealthy overturned on constitutional grounds–for now.
India Demands Change as It Mourns Gang-Rape Victim
The brutal rape of a student has flamed violent protests across New Delhi, where people – especially youths — turned out in droves to demand justice for the girl, whose identity is being kept under wraps by authorities.
Syrian Kurds Find Refuge in an Erstwhile Homeland
Tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds have fled their country’s brutal and increasingly sectarian civil war for refuge across the border in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. The conditions at the Domiz camp may be squalid, …
