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Meet the Palestinian Prisoners Israel Could Soon Release

In deciding to pursue peace talks with the Palestinians, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu first had to make a tough concession: releasing 104 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody. That decision has many Netanyahu critics at home and abroad...

Published Mon, Jul 29 2013 5:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Israel/Palestine

The Despair Over Mubarak's Pending Release -- in Twitter Memes

On Wednesday, an Egyptian court ordered Hosni Mubarak, the ousted Egyptian dictator, to be freed from prison, where he has been awaiting trial on a slew of charges related to abuses during his time in office. Mubarak's release, which could occur as...

Published Wed, Aug 21 2013 9:50 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Fun Stuff, Egypt

Syrian Hacker Collective Knocks Out the New York Times

With the United States moving closer to military strikes in Syria, the Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-Assad hacking collective, isn't content on the sidelines. On Tuesday, the group appeared to hit the New York Times' website and managed to redirect...

Published Tue, Aug 27 2013 3:47 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Syria

Pirates or terrorists? Pick your poison.

The good news is, Somali pirates have been ousted from one of their main strongholds. The bad news is, they were ousted by al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants: Dozens of fighters from the militant group Hizbul Islam group rolled into Haradhere on Sunday...

Published Tue, May 04 2010 9:35 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, Pirates, Somalia

India Is the Latest Member of a Growing Assassination Club

Cross-border murders have returned as a tool of statecraft. Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 14 2024 4:00 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Russia, India, Israel, homepage_regional_middle_east_africa, Analysis, homepage_regional_asia

Russian missiles and Israeli love - By Mohammad Sagha

A top-ranking Russian official recently confirmed his nation's intention to go ahead with the sale of some particularly lethal cruise missiles to Syria. Israel, not-so-surprisingly, is not-so-happy . The supersonic Russian Yakhont missiles have a...

Published Tue, Sep 21 2010 2:43 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Russia, Middle East, Israel/Palestine, Iran, Syria

New Zealand to rewrite labor laws for Peter Jackson

Back in June, I blogged a too-good-to-check item from the Daily Mail about rapper Snoop Dogg trying to rent the entire country of Liechtenstein for a music video shoot. As absurd as that story sounded, I was reminded of it by the news that New Zealand...

Published Wed, Oct 27 2010 8:47 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Chinese officials blame design flaws for deadly crash

Chinese officials blame design flaws for deadly crash Top story: A high-speed train crash that resulted in the deaths of 39 people in eastern China was the result of a faulty signaling device, according to Chinese railway officials. The device reportedly...

Published Thu, Jul 28 2011 5:01 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The World Bank responds to Greenpeace

Jamal Saghir, the director of the energy, transport, and water programs at the World Bank responds to a Foreign Policy article by Phil Radford, the executive director of Greenpeace USA. Mr. Radford's recent column " Banking on Coal " provides...

Published Fri, Dec 11 2009 3:23 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Environment, Energy, Development

The Islamic State Isn’t Circumcising Women and Didn’t Steal $400 Million Either

What's up with Syria's MANPADS?

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE While plenty of attention has been given to the question of what would happen if Syrian President Bashar al Assad's massive -- and fairly well-guarded -- stockpile of chemical weapons fell into the wrong...

Published Fri, Jul 27 2012 1:02 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Flash Points

WikiLeaks: Qaddafi's 'nephew' working for Daniel Ortega?

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has been one of the few world leaders to staunchly defend Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi in recent weeks. The close bond between the Libyan and Nicaraguan governments was demonstrated in March when Qaddafi took the...

Published Wed, Apr 27 2011 1:42 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Russia Seizes Ukrainian Military Bases in Crimea

Russia Seizes Ukrainian Military Bases in Crimea Crimea: As the Russian military masses on Ukraine's border, Russian forces stormed Ukrainian bases in Crimea, pushing to completely expel the Ukrainian military from the newly annexed peninsula. U.S...

Published Mon, Mar 24 2014 5:57 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

5 things Obama must do this week

Barack Obama's got a tough job Tuesday, when the U.S. president lays out his new Afghanistan strategy (and likely a significant troop increase ) in a primetime address at West Point. He's got to convince skeptical doves that escalation is worth...

Published Sun, Nov 29 2009 5:46 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Afghanistan, Obama Administration, South Asia

34,000 troops?

So reports Jonathan Landay, John Walcott, and Nancy A. Youssef of McClatchy: As it now stands, the plan calls for the deployment over a nine-month period beginning in March of three Army brigades from the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky....

Published Tue, Nov 24 2009 12:57 PM by FP Passport