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Did Saleh violate international law?

In addition to antigovernment protesters, foreign diplomats no longer seem to be safe f rom pro-regime "demonstrators" in the Yemeni capital: Yemen 's political crisis took a dramatic turn yesterday when armed loyalists of embattled President...

Published Mon, May 23 2011 9:48 AM by FP Passport

Attack of the bin Laden clones!

Pakistan's The Nation newspaper brings us a major development in the bin Laden case : The US operation that allegedly killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan has actually led to the death of a clone of the Al-Qaeda leader, working under CIA operative Raymond...

Published Fri, May 20 2011 7:41 AM by FP Passport

America's war on khat

Reykjavik's English-language alt-weekly, The Grapevine , reports (HT: @Joshuakucera ) on a big khat seizure : Police in Reykjavík have arrested four men suspected of attempting to send 60 kilos of khat to North America. Vísir reports that it appears...

Published Thu, May 19 2011 9:14 AM by FP Passport

Is Romney a closet moderate?

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Thomas Friedman has an interesting column in today's New York Times that raises the question of whether Mitt Romney is actually as hawkish on foreign policy as he makes himself out to be. Friedman writes...

Published Wed, Sep 05 2012 11:06 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Police kill 34 at South African mine strike

Police kill 34 at South African mine strike Top news: In one of the bloodiest police operations since the end of apartheid, heavily armed South African police officers shot and killed 34 miners at a wildcat strike about 62 miles north of Johannesburg...

Published Fri, Aug 17 2012 5:37 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Belarusian KGB '100 percent' sure foreign Islamists behind bombing

The response of Belarus' KGB (yep, it's still called that) to yesterday's subway bombing in Minsk, which killed 12 people, doesn't exactly fill one with confidence that the perpetrators will be brought to justice. RFE reports:Vladimir...

Published Tue, Apr 12 2011 9:38 AM by FP Passport

Is this China's new stealth fighter?

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Another close-up picture (above) has emerged via the Alert5 Internet forum showing what might be China's second stealth fighter. Pictures of the mystery plane first appeared about a month ago, depicting...

Published Fri, Jul 20 2012 12:31 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Fighting in Syria continues after Damascus bombing

Fighting in Syria continues after Damascus bombing Top news: Deadly clashes between Syrian forces and opposition fighters are continuing in Damascus and elsewhere in Syria after a suicide attack in the capital on Wednesday killed the country's defense...

Published Thu, Jul 19 2012 5:30 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The Honeymoon's Already Over

Petro Poroshenko easily won Ukraine's elections. But from air strikes in the east to empty government coffers in Kiev, the country's new president will have no time to celebrate. Read More...

Published Mon, May 26 2014 8:48 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Report

Morning Brief: China and Russia Sign Major Gas Deal

China and Russia Sign Major Gas Deal Top news: Russia and China signed a long-awaited natural gas deal estimated to be worth some $400 billion that brings to an end nearly a decade of negotiations and opens up an important new market for Russian energy...

Published Wed, May 21 2014 6:07 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: A second attack hits central Baghdad

A second attack hits central Baghdad Top story: Just a day after a coordinated suicide attack that killed 36 people at three Baghdad hotels, another blast hit the city center this morning, killing 17 outside the forensics department of the interior ministry...

Published Tue, Jan 26 2010 5:59 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Sri Lanka election results challenged

Sri Lanka election results challenged Top news: Sri Lanka's election authority has announced that incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa has won the country's first presidential election since the end of a 26-year civil war, but the results have been challenged...

Published Wed, Jan 27 2010 6:04 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Time to promote regime change in Iran?

Richard Haass , the realist former Bush administration official who heads the Council on Foreign Relations, turned a few heads Friday when he came out in favor of a policy of " regime change " in Iran: I've changed my mind. The nuclear talks...

Published Sun, Jan 24 2010 6:01 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Haiti rescue effort winds down, tens of thousands left homeless

Haiti rescue effort winds down, tens of thousands left homeless Top story: The search for survivors from the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake officially ended over the weekend and with a few exceptions, search-and-rescue efforts are winding down throughout the...

Published Mon, Jan 25 2010 5:49 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The other, other London conference

If you follow international affairs, you probably know that there are two important conferences in London this week -- one to coordinate the NATO effort in Afghanistan, and the other to develop a strategy to combat the resurgent terrorist threat in Yemen...

Published Wed, Jan 27 2010 4:42 PM by FP Passport

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Morning Brief: Police kill 34 at South African mine strike

Belarusian KGB '100 percent' sure foreign Islamists behind bombing

Is this China's new stealth fighter?

Morning Brief: Fighting in Syria continues after Damascus bombing

The Honeymoon's Already Over

Morning Brief: China and Russia Sign Major Gas Deal

Morning Brief: A second attack hits central Baghdad

Morning Brief: Sri Lanka election results challenged

Time to promote regime change in Iran?

Morning Brief: Haiti rescue effort winds down, tens of thousands left homeless

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