Grisly footage from suburbs of Damascus appear to show the shocking effects of a chemical weapons strike. But who is behind the attack?
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The Indian Rupee Keeps Falling While New Delhi Scrambles for Solutions
The rupee is in trouble, and nobody seems quite sure what to do about it. The Indian currency closed at an all-time low of 64.11 against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday alongside a tumbling market, feeding widespread anxiety over …
With Declining Opportunities at Home, Young Western Academics Head to China
China’s seemingly relentless growth already makes it a voracious consumer of raw materials, energy and commodities. Now it’s after brainpower.
With research funding and teaching opportunities drying up at home, young Western …
As Bo Xilai Goes to Trial, Disgraced Chinese Official Still Has His Fans
Once a rising star in China’s Communist firmament, disgraced party official Bo Xilai is set to go on trial Thursday on charges of corruption and abuse of power. The scandal that toppled him from the halls of power shook China’s political establishment and has already led to the imprisonment of his wife. But in the Chinese megacity of …
For Europe’s Roma, Racism Gets Worse in Tough Economic Times
For the 6 million Roma people in the E.U., the recession has seen a rise in populist anti-Roma rhetoric.
Mexico’s Looming Oil Battle: Bid to Bring in Foreign Investment Sparks Protests
To get a sense of the deep emotions linked to oil in Mexico, travel up the capital’s imperious Reforma Avenue to the towering petroleum monument. Using 14 tons of bronze, the statue portrays huge, muscular oil workers in heroic …
Guardian Editor Claims U.K. Authorities Destroyed Newspaper’s Hard Drives
On Aug. 18, David Miranda, the Brazilian partner of American journalist Glenn Greenwald, was stopped and held at Heathrow for nine hours, the legal maximum under the country’s antiterrorism law, before being released without …
Soccer Diplomacy: Casting Tensions Aside, Afghanistan and Pakistan Play First Match in Three Decades
Soccer fans are getting ready to pack the stands in Kabul today as the Afghan national team prepares to play its first home game in over 10 years against Pakistan. It’s also the first time that the two neighboring teams have gone …
Egypt’s Military Defends Public Image Abroad After Fighting Protests at Home
In the Internet age, the war fought online is often as furious — if not as deadly — as the war fought on the ground. As Egypt‘s political crisis deepens, the social-media battle is one the Egyptian military, which ousted the democratically elected Islamist President Mohamed Morsi on July 3, has thus far been losing.
The generals …
A Deadly Gamble: Egypt’s Salafists May Now Regret Support for the Military
A month ago, the Nour Party, the largest political group to emerge from the ultraconservative Salafist movement, was seen as Egypt’s kingmaker when it dramatically joined the military-led ousting of Islamist President Mohamed …
China’s Emerging Civil Society Prompts Fresh Media Crackdowns
Together with his neighbors, journalist Chen Baocheng had been involved in a long-running land-confiscation dispute with the local authorities in Pingdu, a city of about 1.3 million people in the northeastern Chinese province of …
WATCH: Volcano in Japan Blows Its Top
This is the 500th time the volcano has erupted this year.
U.N. Chemical-Weapons Experts Arrive in Syria: Are They on a Fool’s Errand?
After a six-month delay, U.N. chemical-weapons experts have finally arrived in Syria to find out what exactly happened in Khan al-Asal, near the city of Aleppo, on March 19, when 31 people died in what appears to have been a …
The New Princess Diana Revelations: How Conspiracy Theories Still Haunt Her Death
Sixteen years after her car crash in Paris, there’s another round of speculation that the Princess’s death was no accident. Don’t believe it
