With breathtaking speed and deep controversy, Egypt’s draft constitution heads for a Dec. 15 referendum. Has the shouting only started?
Viewpoint: Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill a Christmas Alarm for Christians
Conservative Christians have played a key role in the global gay marriage debate, but draconian anti-gay legislation set to pass as a “Christmas gift” in Uganda could prod them to ask whether their doctrine really reflects their religion.
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The Chinese government tightens its control over Macau’s casino industry, growing demand for domestic helpers fuels human trafficking in India and riots break out in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The Confessions of a Sniper: A Rebel Gunman in Aleppo and His Conscience
The sharpshooter had been a zealous convert to the cause of overthrowing Bashar Assad but one fateful and tragic assignment has unsettled his soul
Is Netanyahu Trying to Make the Two-State Option an Impossibility?
The go-ahead on the E1 settlements could make a contiguous Palestinian West Bank a practical impossibility–and with it, a viable two-state solution to the decades long impasse.
U.K. Slams ‘Immoral’ Tax Practices of Multinational Companies
A group of British lawmakers has released a report accusing multinational companies Amazon, Google and Starbucks of “immorally” using tax practices that allegedly allow them to “pay little or no corporation tax” in …
Exiled Activist to China’s New President: ‘The Whole Nation Is Watching You’
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng on Monday posted a video urging incoming President Xi Jinping to uphold human rights and follow Burma on the path to democratic reform.
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North Korea’s planned rocket launch in December prompted protests from its neighbors, 10 Christians and 5 policemen were killed in Nigeria over the weekend and the Israeli Prime Minister brushes aside world condemnation of …
What Iran and Pakistan Want from the Afghans: Water
Iran and Pakistan depend on river basins that flow out of Afghanistan. And Afghans are growing paranoid that its neighbors are trying to take more water than the country can afford to give
A Newly Democratic Tunisia Takes to the Streets Again
No dictator now, but joblessness still the spark