The Countdown to an Independent Newspaper in Cuba Has Begun
"The newspaper was talking about you..." sings the voice of Joaquín Sabina, while I read the newspaper Granma. On the cover, as usual, there's some event. A tribute to a figure from the past, a...
View ArticleVigilante Leader Charged With Murder In Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — One of the main leaders of the civilian armed movement that formed to drive a drug cartel out of Mexico's Michoacan state was charged Thursday with the murder of two members of a...
View ArticleVenezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Calls For Stronger Security Operations
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced Thursday that six people had been arrested after the National Guard searched the central city of Valencia for those responsible...
View ArticleU.S. Officials Issue Travel Alert For Americans In Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is advising U.S. citizens in Russia to be alert amid the potential for increased public demonstrations and anti-American actions in Russia in connection with...
View ArticleDon't Forget Gaza
It is impossible not to be touched by the apocalyptic scenes emerging from the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in Damascus, besieged and cut off for months. The images are at once epic and...
View ArticleFrom Stop-and-Frisk to Guantánamo: U.S. Human Rights Record Under Scrutiny at UN
by Nahal Zamani, Advocacy Program Manager with the Center for Constitutional Rights As the Obama administration continues rallying its allies to hold Russia to its international law obligations in...
View ArticleArmy General Accused Of Sexual Assault Faces New Hearing
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The case of an Army general accused of sexually assaulting a female captain under his command is set to return to a Fort Bragg courtroom less than a week after proceedings were...
View ArticleObama's National Security Aides Meet To Discuss Ukraine Crisis
(Adds congressional comment, Biden trip) By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, March 15 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's national security team discussed the Ukraine crisis in a session at the White House...
View ArticleEnding the Era of Giveaway Trade
Two years ago today, a little-noticed, but profoundly important, trade agreement between the United States and South Korea took effect. At the time, negotiators from both countries hailed this trade...
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Barricades, Elephant Feasts And Prayers For Missing Passengers: Week In...
Nothing quite compares to the power of a photograph to communicate the goings on in the world. Ranging from the serious to the silly, these photos offer peeks into what happened around the globe this...
View ArticleSaudi Cleric Issues Fatwa Banning All You Can Eat Buffets
A Saudi cleric has issued a fatwa, or religious edict, against all-you-can-eat buffets, setting tongues wagging in the kingdom and, presumably, stomaches rumbling. The cleric, Saleh al-Fawzan, made the...
View ArticleCrimea To Vote On Joining Russia
* Poll expected to transfer control of Crimea to Russia * Ukraine rulers accuse Kremlin agents of fomenting trouble * Ukrainians say they confront Russian incursion near Crimea By Richard Balmforth...
View ArticleBill Maher Reveals What He Loves About Rand Paul
One week after taking home his second consecutive CPAC straw poll victory, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) got some credit from Bill Maher. On Friday's edition of HBO's "Real Time," Maher labeled Paul as the...
View ArticleRussia Vetoes UN Resolution On Crimea Future
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution declaring Sunday's referendum on the future of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula illegal, and close ally China abstained, underlining Moscow's...
View ArticleThe Syria Crisis at Three Years
This week the Syria crisis reached another ominous milestone, passing the three-year mark with no clear sign of an end to the death, destruction and suffering that have plagued the Syrian people since...
View ArticleHamid Karzai Says Afghanistan Doesn't Need Any U.S. Troops
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In his final address to Afghanistan's parliament Saturday, President Hamid Karzai told the United States its soldiers can leave at the end of the year because his military,...
View ArticleMalaysia Airlines Jet Made 'Tactical Aviation Maneuvers': Law Enforcement...
U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials are focusing on the possibility that at least one of the Malaysia Airlines pilots is responsible for the disappearance of flight MH 370 after new...
View ArticleVenezuela Unrest: President Nicolas Maduro Gives Ultimatum To Protesters
By Deisy Buitrago and Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS, March 15 (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro warned protesters in Caracas on Saturday to clear a square they have made their stronghold, or...
View ArticleMalaysian Airlines Flight: Official Says Pilots Suspected
The U.S. intelligence community is leaning toward a theory that "those in the cockpit" -- the pilots of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 -- were deliberately responsible for whatever happened to the...
View ArticleUkraine Crisis: Armed Police Storm Crimea Hotel
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine, March 15 (Reuters) - Armed police burst into a hotel in Simferopol, the capital of Crimea, on Saturday night on the eve of a referendum aimed at deciding whether the Ukrainian...
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