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Tunisia’s Islamist Government Cracks Down on Radicals
Tunisia’s Islamist government has declared a hardline Salafist group a terrorist organization, intensifying its crackdown on Islamist extremists and distancing itself from their violent activities, the New York Times reports.
Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh announced the decision on Tuesday after he said he had proof that the …
In Fiji, Machete-Wielding Locals Spook Tourists and Investors
With regular clashes between indigenous landowners and tourism operators, there’s trouble in paradise
Q&A: Craig Charney, the World’s First (and Only) ‘Crisis Pollster’
Craig Charney may be the only person on earth who can claim the job title of “crisis pollster.” In fact, no one had probably thought to put those two words together until 1997, when Charney, with the help of his polling team …
How Obama’s Putin Snub Is Playing Out in Russia
On Wednesday evening, when U.S. President Obama cancelled his upcoming visit to Moscow, the Russian reaction was perhaps most clear in the way that Vesti, the state’s main propaganda TV channel, conveyed it on the channel’s …
I Got a Bomb Threat on Twitter. Was I Right to Report It?
Updated August 4, 04:40 a.m. EST: In response to these threats, Twitter has amended its policies and the company says it will put extra staff in place to handle reports of abuse, which from next month may be logged across all platforms via an “in-tweet” report button, enabling Twitter users to report abusive behavior directly from a …
Court Decision Leaves Putin Foe Free to Run for Mayor of Moscow
On Friday morning, Alexei Navalny, the leader of the Russian opposition movement, was roused out of bed by his prison guards and taken back to court. Just the previous day, he had been convicted of embezzlement, sentenced to five …
Russian Court Jails Putin’s Most Influential Opponent
There were moments during the trial of Alexei Navalny, leader of the Russian opposition movement, when his dark realism seemed to lift, allowing him to believe that the Kremlin would not go so far as to throw its fiercest critic …
‘The Whole Sky Was Burning’: A Lac-Mégantic Resident Recalls the Tragedy
Adrien Aubert was moments away from death. At around 1 a.m. on July 6, the 29-year-old, who works for the social network Plogg, was having a beer with friends outside his home in Lac-Mégantic, Québec, a town about 250 …
LIVE BLOG: Egypt Erupts As ‘Day Of Rejection’ Turns Deadly
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Protesters take cover from tear gas during clashes near the headquarters of the Republican Guard, in Cairo on July 5.
Two days after the Egyptian military ousted President Mohamed Morsi, who was democratically elected last June, and suspended the country’s constitution, supporters of the ex-president are …
RECAP: Egypt’s ‘Day Of Rejection’ Turned Deadly
Violence flared across Egypt as supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the party of ex-President Mohamed Morsi, clashed with the opposition
The G-8 Clamps Down on Tax Evasion, but Critics Say Plan Falls Short
Leaders of the G-8 nations have agreed on a series of measures designed to clamp down on tax evasion and tax avoidance. A communiqué released from the summit of eight of the world’s largest economies sets out 10 points aimed at …
After a Violent Weekend Crackdown, Turkey Braces for More Chaos
As Turkey’s defiant Prime Minister speaks before a crowd of hundreds of thousands, defending his decision to clear Gezi Park and vowing to settle accounts with opponents, a new wave of protests grips Istanbul