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Gaza’s Widows Are Fighting for Their Families’ Lives

As Israel’s war against Hamas rages on, Palestinian women bear the heaviest burden. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 12 2024 1:06 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: War, Middle East and North Africa, Editors' Picks, The Full Story, Women’s Rights

Russian nuclear power, Inc. - By Mohammad Sagha

Russia may have recently scrapped a missile defense deal with Iran -- but the Russians are now seemingly helping out another aspiring nuclear power: Venezuela. According to news reports , Russia agreed ... to help build Venezuela's first nuclear power...

Published Fri, Oct 15 2010 2:55 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia, Eastern Europe, South America, Nukes

Western Europe criticized in State Department's annual human rights report

The State Department's 2010 Human Rights Report examines abuse and discrimination the world over, featuring China, Iran, and... the E.U.? Europe is not exactly at the forefront of one's mind when thinking of places with poor human rights records...

Published Fri, Mar 12 2010 10:53 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, France, Human Rights, Islam, State Department, Religion

Standing Man Finder: The Spread of Silent Protest in Turkey

On Monday night, beginning at 6 p.m., Turkish performance artist Erdem Gunduz walked to the middle of Istanbul's Taksim Square, which was cleared of protesters on Sunday, and, facing Turkish flags and a portrait of the country's founder, Mustafa...

Published Tue, Jun 18 2013 11:00 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Turkey

Why Flight Safety in South Korea Lagged Behind Its Economic Boom

By 1999, South Korea was already well on its way to joining the world's most advanced economies. Companies like Samsung and Hyundai were fast becoming household names and, at a little less than $10,000 , the country's GDP per capita -- having...

Published Mon, Jul 08 2013 4:43 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Disasters, East Asia, Culture, Development

Bo Xilai's Unlikely Defenders

In early 2012, as the life of the charismatic Chinese politician Bo Xilai began to unravel in public, a joke made the rounds on the Chinese Internet: Three men meet in prison, and the conversation turns to what crimes they committed. The first one says...

Published Wed, Aug 21 2013 3:20 PM by FP Passport

Why Letting Foreigners Invest in Mexico’s State-Run Energy Giant Is About More Than Oil

It was not shocking news, exactly, when Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto proposed Monday that foreign companies like ExxonMobil and Shell be able to invest in Petróleos Mexicanos, the troubled national oil company more commonly known as Pemex. Peña...

Published Tue, Aug 13 2013 4:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Latin America, Energy, Oil, Business, Trade

Survey Charts Darfur Opinion for First Time - By Bec Hamilton

Those most affected by the crisis say they want Sudan's President Omar Hassan al Bashir prosecuted, are skeptical of chances for peace, and insist on reparations for crimes. Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 14 2010 4:08 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa, Human Rights, Diplomacy, Race/Ethnicity, Development, Bush Administration, Borders, Sudan, Default, Free, Document, Web Exclusive, Democracy

Are actors better at politics than musicians?

In announcing his candidacy for the presidency of Haiti in an interview with Time magazine, rapper Wyclef Jean cited Ronald Reagan and Vaclav Havel as precedents for the artist-to-head of state transition. Nevermind the fact that, unlike Wyclef, both...

Published Wed, Aug 04 2010 12:51 PM by FP Passport

Detained militant describes World Cup plot

The timing of Iraq's announcement that an al Qaeda prisoner in its custory was plotting to attack the World Cup struck me as suspicious yesterday, but it looks like Abdullah Azam Saleh al-Qahtani did at least intend to attack the event. The AP reports...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 4:26 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, Iraq, World Cup

Sign of the times

Either some Egyptian civil servant is trying to make a point , or President Hosni Mubarak needs to hire a webmaster. Kidding aside, you have to wonder if Gamal Mubarak will be more on top of this sort of thing. Hat tip: The Arabist . Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 27 2010 10:04 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Internet, Egypt

A family stuck in the middle of the East China Sea

As regional powers fight for control of the China Seas, one family wants out. With the lease to the Japanese government expiring in March 2014, the Kurihara family are scrambling to sell four out of the five resource-rich and much-disputed Senkaku Islands...

Published Fri, Jul 20 2012 10:51 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Japan, Diplomacy, East Asia, China

Child Labor is Declining Worldwide, But It's Thriving in These Six Countries

Peruvian pirates

Given the decent success rate of piracy in the Gulf of Aden, it's actually surprising that high-seas robbery isn't more popular in other parts of the world. (Indonesia is a notable exception .) Today, the AFP reports on what seems to be a textbook...

Published Mon, Mar 07 2011 8:55 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Pirates, Latin America

How many anti-government activists does it take to make a movement?

Reports of anti-government demonstrations in Kuwait today sound a bit underwhelming : Several hundred Kuwaitis demonstrated on Tuesday evening for a change of the Gulf state's prime minister and demanded more political freedoms. Protesters gathered...

Published Tue, Mar 08 2011 11:53 AM by FP Passport