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Meet the Female Terrorists Keeping Putin Up at Night

It's the (wo)man hunt of the century. Russian officials, increasingly fearful of a terror attack during the upcoming Sochi Olympics, are scouring the city for a potential female suicide bomber who is thought to already be in the winter resort. Ruzanna...

Published Wed, Jan 22 2014 6:00 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, Security, Russia, Caucasus

Davos Wants You to Know It Really, Really Cares About Inequality

Pope Francis would like the international business mandarins assembled at Davos for the annual meetings of the World Economic Forum to know that they really ought to be doing something about economic inequality in the world. In remarks read by an emissary...

Published Tue, Jan 21 2014 2:27 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Financial crisis, Foreign Aid, Development, Economics, Finance

HRW Report: Myanmar's Minorities Oppressed, North Korea Worse Than Ever

Human Rights Watch's annual human rights report doesn't make for uplifting reading. A snapshot of the human rights situation around the world, the report presents a depressing, if somewhat familiar conclusion: The perennial human rights offenders...

Published Tue, Jan 21 2014 12:20 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Russia, North Korea, Human Rights, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Burma

How One Beirut Street Found Itself on the Front Lines of a Regional War

BEIRUT — At first glance, there is not much that distinguishes al-Areed St., in the Beirut suburb of Haret Hreik, from any other neighborhood in the Lebanese capital. It is lined with small clothing shops, hole-in-the-wall restaurants, and modest apartment...

Published Tue, Jan 21 2014 10:49 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Iran Invited, Then Uninvited to Syria Peace Talks in Geneva

Iran Invited, Then Uninvited to Syria Peace Talks in Geneva Top News: U.N.-backed peace talks in Geneva to resolve the Syrian civil war hit a new snag on Monday ahead of their scheduled start tomorrow. The United Nations sent out a late set of invitations...

Published Tue, Jan 21 2014 4:41 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Iran Halts Nuclear Enrichment

Iran Halts Nuclear Enrichment Top News: Iran announced that it has halted its most sensitive uranium enrichment program on Monday, as part of the landmark deal struck in Geneva last November. United Nations inspectors confirmed that the program to enrich...

Published Mon, Jan 20 2014 5:53 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The Nine Lives of 'Russia's Bin Laden'

Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-backed president of Chechnya, used an unorthodox method of announcing the purported death of Russia's number one terrorist: Instagram, the popular photo-sharing service often used for celebrity selfies. Kadyrov, an Instagram...

Published Mon, Jan 20 2014 5:30 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, Russia, Islam, Caucasus

Were Hong Kong's Maids The Real Targets of This Racist Soccer Incident?

Last June, a soccer match between Hong Kong and the Philippines turned ugly when some Hong Kong fans, incensed at having lost the game, threw water bottles at Filipino spectators and called them "slaves." At the time, witnesses said that the...

Published Fri, Jan 17 2014 1:01 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Human Rights, East Asia, Sports, Labor

Whoops: Tragic Photo of Orphaned 'Syrian' Boy is Fake

Syrian opposition leader Ahmed Jarba tweeted a disturbing photo Friday morning that purportedly depicts an orphaned Syrian boy sleeping between the graves of parents. Lest anyone get the wrong idea, he made sure to finger Assad as the culprit behind the...

Published Fri, Jan 17 2014 7:58 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Syria

Watch Live: Obama's Speech on Intelligence Reform

On Friday, in a highly anticipated speech, President Obama is expected unveil reforms to the National Security Agency's intelligence gathering capabilities. Those reforms are the result of several months of political fallout from the revelations of...

Published Fri, Jan 17 2014 7:52 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, Intelligence, U.S. Foreign Policy, International Organizations, National Security

Morning Brief: Obama Set to Announce NSA Reforms

Obama Set to Announce NSA Reforms Top News : President Obama is set to reveal curbs on NSA spying. Obama is expected to establish a public advocate that would be present at the secret court that approves intelligence collection efforts. His announcement...

Published Fri, Jan 17 2014 5:47 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Everything Is Terrible: Kristen Stewart Will Star in a Romantic Take on '1984'

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably noticed that kids these days are obsessed with dark, dystopian novels, especially their film adaptations. There's the Hunger Games franchise, Divergent , The Bone Season , and Ender's...

Published Thu, Jan 16 2014 1:30 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, Culture, Fun Stuff

Q&A With Filmmakers Behind Oscar-Nominated Tahrir Doc

On Thursday morning, a day before its release on Netflix, The Square was nominated for the Academy Award for best documentary. The film chronicles two and a half years of protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square, following a handful of revolutionaries through...

Published Thu, Jan 16 2014 12:50 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Politics, Middle East, Media, Egypt

Shoes, Jewels, and Monets: The Immense Ill-Gotten Wealth of Imelda Marcos

During their two-decade conjugal dictatorship, as it came to be known, Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos pillaged up to $10 billion from Philippine coffers to finance their extravagant lifestyle. Nearly 20 years after their downfall, and in spite of an extensive...

Published Thu, Jan 16 2014 6:50 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Corruption, Human Rights, Politics, Southeast Asia

Morning Brief: Senate Report Calls Benghazi Attack Avoidable

Senate Report Calls Benghazi Attack Avoidable Top news: A bipartisan report released Wednesday by the Senate Intelligence Committee called the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya "likely preventable." The assault left four Americans...

Published Thu, Jan 16 2014 5:40 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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Meet the Female Terrorists Keeping Putin Up at Night

Davos Wants You to Know It Really, Really Cares About Inequality

HRW Report: Myanmar's Minorities Oppressed, North Korea Worse Than Ever

How One Beirut Street Found Itself on the Front Lines of a Regional War

Morning Brief: Iran Invited, Then Uninvited to Syria Peace Talks in Geneva

Morning Brief: Iran Halts Nuclear Enrichment

The Nine Lives of 'Russia's Bin Laden'

Were Hong Kong's Maids The Real Targets of This Racist Soccer Incident?

Whoops: Tragic Photo of Orphaned 'Syrian' Boy is Fake

Watch Live: Obama's Speech on Intelligence Reform

Morning Brief: Obama Set to Announce NSA Reforms

Everything Is Terrible: Kristen Stewart Will Star in a Romantic Take on '1984'

Q&A With Filmmakers Behind Oscar-Nominated Tahrir Doc

Shoes, Jewels, and Monets: The Immense Ill-Gotten Wealth of Imelda Marcos

Morning Brief: Senate Report Calls Benghazi Attack Avoidable