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Iran to launch monkey into space

One small step for the primates of the Islamic Republic: Iran plans to send a live monkey into space in the summer, the country's top space official said after the launch of the Rassad-1 satellite, state television reported on its website on Thursday...

Published Thu, Jun 16 2011 1:57 PM by FP Passport

Video of Saudi women behind the wheel in protest

If something could be poignant in its banality, the protests today in Saudi Arabia by women defying the authorities and daring to drive would fit the category. Though their act of mass civil disobedience may be small in scale, the women have gotten worldwide...

Published Fri, Jun 17 2011 10:13 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Saudi Arabia

Morning Brief: Greek prime minister reshuffles cabinet

Greek prime minister reshuffles cabinet Top news: Faced with growing criticism of his economic policies and nearly three weeks of daily street protests, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou named a new finance minister as part of a broad cabinet reshuffle...

Published Fri, Jun 17 2011 5:38 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

What kind of Navy did we have before World War I?

Rep. Paul Ryan asserted last night that if defense cuts mandated as part of a bipartisan budget deal go through, "our Navy will be "the smallest it has been since before World War I." This echoes an even more dire warning on the Romney...

Published Fri, Oct 12 2012 8:20 AM by FP Passport

Mariano Rajoy's non-denial non-denial

Sometimes public figures confronted with scandals force you to carefully parse their evasive public statements. But confronted with reports of a secret slush fund controled by his party, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy made things a little easier...

Published Tue, Feb 05 2013 10:32 AM by FP Passport

Election envy: Obama's victory as seen from the Chinese Internet

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The sigh of relief from China was almost audible. Now Chinese officials "don't need to deal with unnecessary disputes over issues like currency and trade while dealing...

Published Wed, Nov 07 2012 10:13 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, China

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Published Tue, Nov 06 2012 3:55 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Brennan defends drone program at confirmation hearing

Brennan defends drone program at confirmation hearing Top news: CIA Director Nominee John Brennan defended the Obama administration's drone program in his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday, saying attacks are only carried out "as a last...

Published Fri, Feb 08 2013 5:33 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Is Obama out of options on Cuba?

The tone of U.S.-Cuban relations have taken a number of turns for the worse in recent days. The largest of these may be the arrest of an American contractor for distributing laptops on the island. Christopher Sabatini explains the significance of this...

Published Thu, Jan 07 2010 12:20 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Latin America

Morning Brief: Pants bomber to appear in court today

Pants bomber to appear in court today Top news: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who attempted to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner on Christmas day, is due to appear in Federal Court in Detroit today to be arraigned on six charges, including attempted murder and...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2010 5:52 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

How worried should we be about FARQaeda?

As noted in this morning's brief, Jay Bergman Drug Enforcement Agency director for the Andean region of South America, told Reuters today about the worrying development of Colombia's FARC rebels collaborating with al Qaeda: Three West African...

Published Tue, Jan 05 2010 12:34 PM by FP Passport

Actually, food riots might not be the 'new normal'

This week, Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed warned in the Guardian that food riots, spurred on by increasing prices and volatility, are going to make social unrest like the Arab Spring the "new normal." We now know that the fundamental triggers for the...

Published Fri, Mar 08 2013 1:15 PM by FP Passport

It's official: Nicolás Maduro wants to be Chávez 2.0

For all those wondering what kind of leader Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás Maduro will be when he succeeds the ailing Hugo Chávez, you may have just gotten your answer. During a televised address Tuesday on the Venezuelan president's fragile health...

Published Tue, Mar 05 2013 11:20 AM by FP Passport

Fidel Castro: Korea standoff one of greatest nuclear threats since Cuban Missile Crisis

Fidel Castro, who knows a thing or two about being a young, anti-American leader engaged in nuclear brinkmanship with the United States, weighed in Thursday on the rising tensions on the Korean peninsula -- in his first " Fidel's Reflections...

Published Fri, Apr 05 2013 9:40 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Korean armed forces raise alert level

Korean armed forces raise alert level Top news: U.S. and South Korean troops increased their military alert level amid indications that North Korea is on the verge of a missile launch that would deliver on weeks of bellicose rhetoric from Pyongyang. "Based...

Published Wed, Apr 10 2013 5:40 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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Iran to launch monkey into space

Video of Saudi women behind the wheel in protest

Morning Brief: Greek prime minister reshuffles cabinet

What kind of Navy did we have before World War I?

Mariano Rajoy's non-denial non-denial

Election envy: Obama's victory as seen from the Chinese Internet

Follow FP's editors and writers all night long on Twitter

Morning Brief: Brennan defends drone program at confirmation hearing

Is Obama out of options on Cuba?

Morning Brief: Pants bomber to appear in court today

How worried should we be about FARQaeda?

Actually, food riots might not be the 'new normal'

It's official: Nicolás Maduro wants to be Chávez 2.0

Fidel Castro: Korea standoff one of greatest nuclear threats since Cuban Missile Crisis

Morning Brief: Korean armed forces raise alert level