Malaysian Missing Plane Mystery Bewilders, Frustrates
Solving the mystery of the missing Malaysian plane is proving to be as easy as cracking a homicide without a body. Or a witness. Or a motive. All while billions of people are waiting for the kind of...
View ArticleRight-Wing Dutch Politician Geert Wilders May Face Legal Action After...
A conservative Dutch politician is being sued following a party meeting in which he told supporters he would ensure there were ‘fewer’ Moroccans in the Netherlands, according to Reuters. Geert Wilders...
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Self-Determination, Redux?
The West could have held the upper moral hand in the Crimean crisis, but chose not to. In his annexation speech (March 18, 2014), Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin resorted to the principle of...
View ArticleRussian Economy, Tycoons Take Hit In Crimea Crisis
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's most powerful businessmen waited for over an hour Thursday to hear from President Vladimir Putin, whose decision to annex the Crimean Peninsula has cost their companies hundreds...
View ArticleWatchdog: 'We Don't Even Know What We Spend' On Afghanistan Reconstruction
WASHINGTON -- The top watchdog in Afghanistan said Thursday that the U.S. is potentially paying the salaries of nonexistent Afghan police officers, due in part to poor anti-corruption policies in that...
View ArticleIsraeli-Palestinian Peace Talks: Debate Over The Jewish State
A resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a long sought after ideal, but with current peace talks set to conclude April 29, both sides remain skeptical that progress will be made. In a recent...
View ArticleWhite House Screens Cesar Chavez Biopic
The White House screened the new Cesar Chavez biopic Wednesday night at an event with the filmmakers and activists in attendance. President Obama introduced the film to the crowd of more than 100...
View ArticleVendors Evicted From Mexico City Metro Rally At City Hall
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Boarding the Mexico City Metro once meant squeezing in with dozens of vendors hawking everything from anti-bacterial gel and Jolly Ranchers to a global CD selection. They hawked...
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Switzerland and the EU: The Heavy Cost of Isolation
By Nicola Forster and Ivo Nicholas Scherrer, foraus.ch ZURICH, Switzerland - On Feb. 9, the Swiss voted to introduce a quota system to cap immigration from European Union countries. The EU has...
View ArticleWoman Tweets To Find Man She Met On A Plane, Modern-Day Fairytale Unfolds
When Erica Domesek's Prince Charming didn't leave behind a glass slipper, she decided to resort to social media to track him down. While flying on an American Airlines flight on March 15 from Dallas to...
View ArticleMissing Plane Search Continues As One Of Remotest Places On Earth Is Hunted
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Search planes joined a freighter early Friday to scan rough seas in one of the remotest places on Earth after satellite images detected possible pieces from the missing...
View ArticleTwitter Blocked In Turkey: Internet Company Investigates Reports
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey restricted access to Twitter on Friday hours after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to "root out" the social media network where wiretapped recordings have...
View ArticleAmid Crimea Unrest, EU And U.S. Expand Russia Sanctions
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, March 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama raised the stakes in an East-West confrontation over Crimea on Thursday by targeting some of Russian President Vladimir Putin's...
View ArticleAmericans Blame Foul Play For Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane
Experts can't say why Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared earlier this month, but that hasn't stopped the media from speculating. Ordinary Americans have their own theories about the missing...
View ArticleIranian Ship, In Plain View But Shrouded In Mystery, Looks Very Familiar To U.S.
Iran is building a nonworking mock-up of an American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that United States officials say may be intended to be blown up for propaganda value.
View ArticleKamala Harris Calls California A Major Target For Cyber Criminals
By Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO, March 20 (Reuters) - California has become a major U.S. target of cyber crimes committed by outlaw groups with ties to Eastern Europe, China and Africa, according to a...
View ArticleWeekend Roundup
As Russia completed its takeover of Crimea, The WorldPost brought key voices to bear on the immediate crisis in the region as well as on the broader strategic implications. In an exclusive interview...
View ArticleBan Ki Moon Is MIA on Crimea
UN Secretary Ban Ki Moon's trip to Moscow to meet with President Putin yesterday was, at best, an exercise in pro forma UN diplomacy. It seems mostly designed to show to UN member-states that...
View ArticleReSovietizing Crimea? What the Vote Means for the Twin Epidemics of Drug Use...
If upheld, Crimea's vote to split from Ukraine to join Russia could leave one clear winner: HIV. While Ukraine and Russia both have large HIV epidemics driven by drug injection, Ukraine has moved...
View Article50 Countries Unite To Fight Medical Discrimination Against People With Down...
Friday marks World Down Syndrome Day, giving advocates the opportunity to celebrate the lives of people with the condition, and also to push for equal treatment in every area of life. This year, the...
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