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Myanmar's bridge to somewhere

While the United States has only recently made tentative efforts to engage with Myanmar, India has, controversially, had decent relations with the country's government for quite some time. Human rights activists criticized Indian Prime Minister Manmohan...

Published Wed, Mar 14 2012 10:15 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, Drugs & Crime, Diplomacy, Southeast Asia, India

Iran Watch: The bratwurst effect

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is making headlines for declaring over the weekend that Tehran does not fear Western military action. "You say to Iran all options are on the table," he noted. "Leave them there until they rot."...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2012 2:22 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Iran, Iran Watch

Russian Spy Babe Will Now Dress You for a 'Backwater Village'

If her personal style is anything to go by, expect former Russian spy Anna Chapman's fashion label to feature lots of leather , form-fitting dresses and of cleavage . Chapman the red-haired femme fatale at the center of a Russian spy ring broken up...

Published Thu, Jan 09 2014 9:31 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Russia, Intelligence

Meet the Most Powerful Man in Pakistan

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif might be officially calling the shots in Islamabad, but as of Friday, the most powerful man in Pakistan is someone else: Lt. General Raheel Sharif. Sharif, who despite the shared surname is not related to the current prime...

Published Mon, Dec 02 2013 10:54 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Pakistan, Afghanistan, South Asia, Military

Karzai and Ghani BFF? Slim chance.

If you are like most people who heard Afghan President Hamid Karzai's re-inauguration speech , you are wondering about a few choice words: Here I would like to invite all presidential candidates, especially my brother Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and my...

Published Thu, Nov 19 2009 6:58 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Afghanistan, Central Asia, Taliban

Everest's Sherpas by the Numbers

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Published Mon, Apr 21 2014 3:51 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Disasters, South Asia, Labor

147 Years Since Its Birth, It’s Still Fleur-de-Lis and Maple Leaves for Canada

Otto Reich on Honduras' vote

This weekend, Honduran citizens voted Porfirio Lobo president, months after a coup ousted Manuel Zelaya. Here, Foreign Policy contributor and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere Otto J. Reich replies to criticism of his...

Published Tue, Dec 01 2009 7:28 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Latin America, Law, Elections, South America, Obama Administration

After Lubanga, who's next on the ICC's docket?

The International Criminal Court handed down its first sentence on Tuesday to Congolese war criminal Thomas Lubanga for the use of child soldiers. After over three years at trial , and following his conviction in March of this year, the court issued a...

Published Wed, Jul 11 2012 7:07 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Africa, Human Rights, Law, International Relations, International Organizations, Sudan

As South Sudan turns 1, scandal looms

On the eve of his country's first anniversary of independence , prominent South Sudanese human rights activist Deng Athuai was found brutally beaten and tied in a bag by the side of the road in Juba, the capital. According to local sources : A military...

Published Mon, Jul 09 2012 1:36 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa, Corruption, Human Rights, Economics, Democracy

The best photos from France’s Bastille Day celebration

French troops marched down the Champs-Elysees today to mark Bastille Day, in front of thousands. For you history buffs: the holiday celebrates July 14, 1789, the day angry crowds stormed the Bastille prison in Paris, helping to set off the French Revolution...

Published Thu, Jul 14 2011 1:51 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, France

When Genocide Isn’t Legally Genocide

Suspect in Bibi Aisha's mutilation goes free

The case of Bibi Aisha, the young girl who graced the cover of TIME Magazine after her nose and ears were cut off, has been dropped. The only arrested suspect, Aisha's father-in-law, was released in Afghanistan, according to government officials....

Published Tue, Jul 12 2011 1:56 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Afghanistan, Women, Taliban

Suicide-stricken Chinese iPhone-maker replacing 1 million employees with robots

Chinese media agency Xinhua reports that Foxconn, China's largest private-sector employer, is angling to replace more than 80 percent of its workforce over the next three years with robots. The announcement comes a year after a string of employee...

Published Mon, Aug 01 2011 10:40 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: China, Economics, Labor

Will a member of David Cameron's cabinet agree to live on $11.42 per day?

After his appearance on a BBC radio program Monday, British Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith probably wishes he could eat his words -- because now he may not be eating much of anything for a year. Smith said in the interview that he could...

Published Wed, Apr 03 2013 8:30 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Economics, Labor