Egypt Bans Hamas -- Possible Scenarios
It was in the making for quite some time, and now it is official. Egypt declared Hamas a terrorist organization and outlawed its activities in the country. The terror organization, for its part,...
View ArticleDon't Forget the Pen After the War
Co-authored by Professor Leo Blanken Secretary of Defense Hagel's plan to reduce the military and the Russian attack in Crimea have raised the volume of the debate about the nature of the armed forces...
View ArticleAncient Egyptian Statue Of Princess Found In Luxor
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has announced that a team of European archaeologists have found a nearly 2-meter- (6 ½-foot-) tall alabaster statue of a pharoanic princess, dating from approximately 1350 B.C.,...
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Loyal Dog Stays By Injured Owner's Side Overnight After Accident, Then Finds...
When 52-year-old Otis Orth got Amber, a golden retriever, for his birthday back in December, he didn't realize that his loyal companion would end up saving his life, the Alaska Dispatch reported. Orth,...
View ArticleCrimea Military Post Taken Over By Russians
MOSCOW/SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine, March 8 (Reuters) - Russia said any U.S. sanctions imposed on Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine will boomerang back on the United States and that Crimea has the right to...
View ArticleJohn McCain: Situation In Ukraine 'Hearkens Back To The Days Of Adolf Hitler...
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) warned Friday that the crisis in Ukraine resembles the geopolitical factors at play when Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin led Germany and Russia. McCain's comments came after...
View ArticleGreece 2.0
Greece is the poster child of the European crisis, exemplifying the worst of southern Europe: An economy built on the basis of a gigantic, inefficient and corrupt public sector running up record levels...
View ArticleLatin American Former Presidents Criticize Venezuela's Handling Of Protests
Former presidents of four Latin American countries scolded the Venezuelan government this week for using force to contain a series of protests that have rocked the country since last month and on...
View ArticleStraight Out of the Cold War
A few weeks ago, in the run up to the Sochi Olympics, LGBT rights in Russia was on the front burner. It was the theatre in which we were going to fight the battle between authoritarianism and...
View ArticleMasculinity and the Crisis in Cambodian Child Rape
Since first viewing it on a Phnom Penh newsstand, I have not been able to get a headline from a local paper out of my mind: "Figures Show General Acceptance of Child Rape." No matter how many times I...
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Why Murders Of Women In This Mexican State Have Gone Up 800 Percent In The...
A growing number of women are victims of drug-related violence in Mexico. Sexual and gender-based violence against women in the country has a long history marked by lack legal intervention, and more...
View Article'Noah' Movie Banned In The Middle East For Portrayal Of A Prophet
Darren Aronofsky's Biblical epic "Noah" hasn't even opened in theaters yet, but it's already been banned by multiple countries in the Middle East. In the Islamic tradition, the portrayal of prophets is...
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Why Austerity Is Counterproductive In The New Economy
Larry Summers, former U.S. treasury secretary The American economy is changing, and our policy responses -- especially with regard to interest rates as they relate to growth and full employment -- need...
View ArticlePariotic Taurine Excreta
Vladimir Putin's actions in Crimea are perilously close to tearing up rules that have kept us "the peoples of the world from the scourge of war." Both sides in the conflict will be invoking the United...
View ArticleGlobal Cooperation in the Age of Sustainable Development
Vuk Jeremic, the president of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), served as Serbia's foreign minister prior to being elected president of the 67th Session of the...
View ArticleA Tribute to Malala's Father, Ziauddin, Our Favorite Male Feminist, on...
I first met Malala's father when I was 19 years old. I was at Stanford University as a sophomore. I had seen a video about Malala and her father, who were speaking out against the attack on girls'...
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International Women's Day: Photos Celebrate Women And Girls Around The World
On March 8, the world celebrates International Women's Day, a moment to mark the strength, power and achievements of women worldwide. For the occasion, The WorldPost brings you ten stunning portraits...
View ArticleVenezuelan Middle Class Seeks Refuge In Miami
MIAMI (AP) — Carlos Salamanca fled Venezuela's growing political turmoil in January with his wife, two teenage children and $7,000. Two months into their journey to the United States, he and his wife...
View ArticleOzil, Giroud Send Arsenal Past Everton 4-1 Into FA Cup Semifinals (VIDEOS)
By Matthew Rogerson, Goal.com A flurry of late goals boosted Arsenal's hopes of ending its trophy drought as it beat Everton 4-1 in Saturday's FA Cup quarterfinal. Arsene Wenger's men scored three...
View ArticleLibya Threatens To Bomb North Korean Ship If It Exports Seized Oil
* Independent crude shipment to market challenges Tripoli * Navy has threatened tankers loading crude at seized ports * Western powers worried over increasing Libyan chaos TRIPOLI, March 8 (Reuters) -...
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