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Militant wanted by U.S. offers hurricane aid

Hafiz Saeed, the founder of the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba who is wanted by India and the Untied States for his alleged role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, last attracted international attention in April when the State Department put a $10 million bounty...

Published Tue, Oct 30 2012 9:05 AM by FP Passport

Swiss army prepares for euro unrest

Switzerland is evidently planning for the worst, staging military drills last month to prepare for anarchy unleashed by the euro crisis. EUObserver reports : “It's not excluded that the consequences of the financial crisis in Switzerland can lead...

Published Tue, Oct 30 2012 10:52 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: NATO ends its Libya campaign

NATO ends its Libya campaign Top news: NATO, which ended airstrikes in Libya after Muammar al-Qaddafi's death but maintained its air patrols, will be wrapping up operations in the country today at midnight Libyan time. The seventh-month campaign destroyed...

Published Mon, Oct 31 2011 5:39 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Obama's three options

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The Obama administration's opposition to yesterday's United Nations General Assembly vote on the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) bid for non-member observer state status once again places...

Published Thu, Nov 29 2012 2:09 PM by The Middle East Channel

Filed under: Diplomacy, Middle East, Israel/Palestine, North Africa, Arab World, Middle East Poster 4

A guide to the banking scandal that nearly destroyed the Afghan economy

For the past several days, Afghan officials and the country's former central bank governor have been trading allegations over who is responsible for the worst financial crisis in Afghan history. Abdul Qadeer Fitrat, who ran the Afghan Central Bank...

Published Wed, Jun 29 2011 10:07 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Afghanistan, South Asia

Introducing FP's new eBook: Tsunami

We're thrilled to announce the launch of Tsunami: Japan's Post-Fukushima World , FP 's latest ebook project. It's just $4.99 and proceeds will benefit Japan's disaster relief efforts. On March 11, 2011, Japan's northern coast was...

Published Thu, Jun 30 2011 8:47 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Maliki hails Iraqi "independence" on eve of Obama speech

Maliki hails Iraqi "independence" on eve of Obama speech Top story: On the eve of a landmark speech by President Obama, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gave a televised address that said U.S.-Iraqi relations "have entered a new stage...

Published Tue, Aug 31 2010 5:51 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

What a twit

This Friday is al-Quds day, a holiday created by the Iranian regime to oppose Zionism and Israel's control over Jerusalem. This year, it happens to fall near the beginning of the peace talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian...

Published Thu, Sep 02 2010 11:30 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Israel/Palestine, Iran

Luzhkov: You can have Moscow when you pry it from my cold dead hands!

As Julia Ioffe reported last week, recent attacks on longtime Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov in state-controlled media outlets have made it clear that the Kremlin has finally had enough of the legendary power-broker and his resignation has been expected any...

Published Mon, Sep 27 2010 2:29 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia

Haitians are getting sick (of waiting)

People are taking to the streets in the Haitian city of Saint Marc to protest the construction of a cholera clinic by Doctors Without Borders. Around 300 students and other people gathered to complain (and throw rocks), voicing fears that the clinic would...

Published Wed, Oct 27 2010 2:10 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, United Nations, Foreign Aid, Development

Morning Brief: U.S. Senate Intel Leader Orders Review of NSA Spying

U.S. Senate Intel Leader Orders Review of NSA Spying Top News: In a marked reversal, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Community and previously a stalwart defender of the NSA's activities, ordered a review of the NSA's...

Published Tue, Oct 29 2013 4:31 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Tsereteli's Columbus monstrosity may finally be built

For controversial Georgian/Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli (shown left with another of his creations), who even the Associated Press feels comfortable describing as "widely disliked" and who was featured prominently on our world's ugliest...

Published Thu, Jul 29 2010 9:48 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Culture

EU regulators set sights on new target: pictures of babies on baby formula

On Wednesday, a European Parliament committee approved a rule to keep an unlikely image off packaging for ***-milk substitutes: pictures of babies. According to the Parliament, images of infants "idealise" the use of ***-milk substitutes and...

Published Thu, May 30 2013 8:50 AM by FP Passport

Was the World Press Photo winner a fake? (And what's a 'fake' photo, anyway?)

Paul Hansen's image of a funeral procession in a Gazan alleyway on Nov. 20, 2012 is undeniably striking. Two men, their faces warped with grief and anger, carry the shrouded bodies of their young nieces, killed in an Israeli missile strike, while...

Published Tue, May 14 2013 11:40 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Science & Technology, Middle East, Media, Israel/Palestine, Photographs

Obama Fires Back at Putin: 'I Believe America Is Exceptional'

He didn't address Vladimir Putin directly, but he sure came close. In an address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday morning, President Obama pressed the case for diplomatic responses to the Iranian nuclear program and the Syrian civil war. And...

Published Tue, Sep 24 2013 10:30 AM by FP Passport

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Militant wanted by U.S. offers hurricane aid

Swiss army prepares for euro unrest

Morning Brief: NATO ends its Libya campaign

Obama's three options

A guide to the banking scandal that nearly destroyed the Afghan economy

Introducing FP's new eBook: Tsunami

Morning Brief: Maliki hails Iraqi "independence" on eve of Obama speech

What a twit

Luzhkov: You can have Moscow when you pry it from my cold dead hands!

Haitians are getting sick (of waiting)

Morning Brief: U.S. Senate Intel Leader Orders Review of NSA Spying

Tsereteli's Columbus monstrosity may finally be built

EU regulators set sights on new target: pictures of babies on baby formula

Was the World Press Photo winner a fake? (And what's a 'fake' photo, anyway?)

Obama Fires Back at Putin: 'I Believe America Is Exceptional'