Ferguson Police Look Like Forces In These Conflict-Filled Countries
One of the most striking realizations to come from the tense standoff in Ferguson, Missouri is just how closely the scene resembles images of crackdowns on protests in conflict-filled countries around...
View ArticleHow to Stop Ebola -- and the Next Outbreak
For only the third time in its 66-year history, the World Health Organization has declared a global public health emergency. This time it is for the Ebola outbreak in the three West African countries...
View ArticleThese Are the Unseen Victims of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
"He fell in front of my eyes," Marwan Fararjeh tells me, his voice breaking. He's recalling the moment when, in the biggest round of West Bank protests since the current Gaza onslaught began, Israeli...
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America, Israel, Prophets and Profit
The American dream, born of the high ideals of democracy and separation of church and state, has struggled to live up to its own principles. Israel, a prophesied "Return to the Holy Land" and democracy...
View ArticleISIS Turns Into a Catalyst for Reviving Sunni Moderation
The events in Iraq this week may represent the entryway to a new approach in Saudi-Iranian ties, with the removal of the obstacle represented by Nouri al-Maliki, and the deal to appoint Haidar Abadi as...
View ArticleRussia Military Vehicles Mass Near Border With Ukraine As Aid Convoy Waits To...
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Dozens of heavy Russian military vehicles massed on Friday near the border with Ukraine, where a huge Russian convoy with humanitarian aid came to a halt...
View ArticleChiquita Bananas Could Face Boycott Over Plan To Ditch America
Chiquita may be the next major corporation to split from the U.S. to avoid taxes. The banana giant rejected a $625 million buyout bid by Brazilian orange behemoth Cutrale Group and conglomerate Safra...
View ArticleIslamic State 'Massacres' 80 Yazidis In North Iraq: Officials
BAGHDAD, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Islamic State insurgents "massacred" some 80 members of Iraq's Yazidi minority in a village in the country's north, a Yazidi lawmaker and two Kurdish officials said on...
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India Celebrates 68 Years Of Independence With Spectacular Festivity (PHOTOS)
India was ablaze with bright colors and spirited with festivity as the country celebrated its 68th Independence Day on Friday. Recently elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to bring jobs and...
View ArticleOne Year After the Massacre: Hope for Egypt?
Egypt's current rulers and many among their supporters seem to believe that it is possible to get rid of all those who constitute a thorn in their side and slaughter their opponents en masse, then live...
View ArticleThe Shock of Ferguson: I Grew Up in a Country Where Most Cops Don't Even Have...
I've lived in America for nine years now, and one of the most important survival skills I've learned is to always check my rearview mirror for cop cars. I have learned to fear the cops. You see, I grew...
View Article"Never Let It Die" Is The Anthem For The Creative Spark In All Of Us
"You might think that you're ruined, you might think you're defeated / If you love what you're doing you've already succeeded." We're all familiar with the trope of the struggling artist, down on his...
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When You Google Gaza: Techies' Ambitions on the Embattled Strip
Nearly four weeks into Operation Protective Edge, Ahmed Borai is explaining how to separate hydrogen from seawater. Gaza's sole power plant was bombed out of commission four days earlier, leaving Gaza...
View ArticleU.S. May Speed Up Aid To Iraq Despite Billions Already Spent
By Arshad Mohammed and Missy Ryan WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The United States may accelerate U.S. economic and military aid to Iraq with the end of Nuri al-Maliki's eight-year reign but will first...
View ArticleWeekend Roundup: Not Doing Stupid Sh*t in Iraq
Keeping to his credo of "don't do stupid sh*t," President Barack Obama sent in fighter planes to prevent ISIS from its genocidal assault on fleeing Yazidi refugees in northern Iraq, while also making...
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These Crafts Made By Japanese-American Prisoners Will Renew Your Faith In...
Half of the 120,000 prisoners were children. It was the start of the War Years, the turning from 1941 to 1942. Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor and President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered 90 percent of...
View ArticleDon't Blame Iran for Middle East Turmoil
Amid bloodshed and chaos caused by Israel's latest military attacks on Gaza, the usual anti-Iran crowd has been hard at work to partly blame that country for the carnage. Some analysts have claimed...
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Barbuda Sets a New Standard for Marine Protection in the Caribbean
Imagine an aqua-blue ocean vista and a salty breeze blowing as you arrive in Barbuda. Barbuda is an incredible island, strung in a larger chain of the Leeward Islands in the northeastern Caribbean....
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Kerry Reaffirms 'Ambitious Agenda' of US.Engagement in Asia and the Pacific
Outlining what he termed the United States' "ambitious agenda" of long-term engagement in Asia and the Pacific, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday in a policy speech at the East-West...
View ArticleA Dear Jon (Voight) Letter About Gaza and the History of the...
Dear Jon Voight, We write to you as admirers of your work for many years. We are also professors of modern Middle Eastern studies, specializing on the history and contemporary realities of Israel,...
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