Only 4 Percent Of Drone Victims In Pakistan Identified As Al Qaeda Members
As the number of US drone strikes in Pakistan hits 400, research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism finds that fewer than 4% of the people killed have been identified by available records as...
View ArticleSyrian Kurds Gain Importance In Campaign Against ISIS
WASHINGTON -- After more than a month of being outnumbered and outgunned, facing likely doom in Kobani, Kurdish fighters have begun to turn the tide against Islamic State militants with help from...
View ArticleHospital Releases Video Of Ebola Patient Nina Pham
Nina Pham, the first Texas nurse infected with Ebola, can be seen speaking in a video released by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas before her transfer to an isolation unit at the National...
View ArticleMilitarily, Germany Should Stay Out of the War on ISIS
While I'm writing this text, the fate of the Kurdish city of Kobani is unclear. But the situation of Kobani, stuck between the Turkish army and the murderous mercenaries of the Islamic State, throws a...
View ArticleCambodia Khmer Rouge Genocide Tribunal Begins
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A U.N.-backed Cambodian tribunal began hearing the first genocide case against the country's brutal 1970s Khmer Rouge regime on Friday, another step toward justice for an...
View ArticleDallas Health Care Worker Who Handled Specimen From Ebola Victim Quarantined...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama administration officials say a Dallas health care worker who handled a lab specimen from an Ebola-infected man from Liberia who died of the disease is on a Caribbean cruise ship...
View ArticleProtecting the Gulf's National Treasure: The Clash of Social Norms in the...
We approached the border, handed over four passports: one Bulgarian, one American, one Jordanian, one Bahraini. "Who is the Bahraini in the car?" the officer asked. "I am, that would be me," I leaned...
View ArticleAnswering Four Key Questions About China's Rise
"Is China going to compete for world power?" Most people in China, if asked such a question, would show little interest in seeing the country fighting for world power with the U.S., and still less in...
View ArticleIsrael Sounds Alarm on Threat of Islamic Republic
The political posturing between the Islamic Republic and Israel has been mounting in recent weeks. Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu pointed out that if...
View ArticleAna Turns Into Hurricane Off Coast Of Hawaii
AUDREY McAVOY & CATHY BUSSEWITZ, Associated Press KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — The powerful Pacific storm churning toward Hawaii became a hurricane but remained far enough away from the islands to...
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L.A.'s New Play 'Discord': If Religion And Comedy Had A Baby, This Would Be It
At some point in our lives, we've all asked ourselves the same two questions: "Why are we here?" and "Does God exist?" Scott Carter's new play "Discord" explores these questions, rather comedically,...
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How North Korea Became So Isolated
North Korea is one of the most isolated countries in the world. The roughly 24 million people who live in the totalitarian state have minimal interaction with the outside world. Foreign media is...
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The Hunger Language
Everyone has heard that the language of Eskimos has many different words for snow. But what about a malnourished little boy who has no word for hunger? During my time in Ecuador as Country Director of...
View ArticleWeekend Roundup: Who Lost Iraq?
This week, as Baghdad is under siege from within and Kobani is poised to fall to ISIS fighters, the question of "Who Lost Iraq?" is taking center stage. Many, including some former insiders, are quick...
View ArticleExtraordinary Power Exists Within Ordinary People, And The World Should Know It
A person doesn't need money, power or status to be able to make a positive impact on the world. When 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize last week, she accomplished far more than an...
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These Are The Real Stories Behind Some Of The Most Beautiful Colors In Art
Manganese black. Yellow ocher. Vermilion. Ultramarine. These pigments sound delicious. Their names are so sharp and elegant, it's as if the terms emote more meaning than just color. We can smell...
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Iranian Fathers And The Diverse Daughters They've Raised
This post originally appeared on Slate. By Jordan G. Teicher While living in Malaysia, Nafise Motlaq found the way people talked about her home country, Iran, disturbing. They seemed to lack a...
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Overwhelming 85% Of Young American Catholics Support Gays And Lesbian, Pew...
While the Vatican vacillates over whether to welcome gays into the church, the new kids in the flock seem to have no qualms about the subject. Close to 85% of self-identified Catholics between the ages...
View ArticleManaging the Madness in the Middle East
From Iraq and Syria to the Gulf, from Turkey to Yemen, the bewildering role of religious factions, parties and extremist groups is leading to panic and confusion in global politics. It seems as if a...
View ArticleAmid Assurances On Ebola, Obama Is Said To Seethe - NYTimes.com
WASHINGTON — Beneath the calming reassurance that President Obama has repeatedly offered during the Ebola crisis, there is a deepening frustration, even anger, with how the government has handled key...
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