A new coalition is fighting to give women in Jordan the right to pass on their citizenship to their children
No Answers in Sight for India’s Diabetes Crisis
How Natural Disasters Changed the World in 2012
Last year, an estimated 32.4 million people worldwide were forced from their homes due to natural disasters. Here, 10 countries that suffered some of the worst displacements, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council
Savage Online Videos Fuel Syria’s Descent Into Madness
A video shows what appears to be a shocking atrocity from the battlefields of Syria
Nawaz Sharif’s Return to Power Brings Pakistan’s Challenges in Focus
On a historic election day, Sharif beat expectations, cruising toward a convincing victory
For the First Time, SAT Test Gets Canceled in an Entire Country
Some 1,500 South Korean students who dream of attending elite American colleges are scrambling after the U.S.-based administrator of the SAT cancelled the scheduled May 4 session of the exam because of allegations of widespread …
The Big B in ‘The Great Gatsby’: TIME’s Q&A with Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan is India’s biggest and most-enduring movie star, with hit films ranging from Sholay in 1975 to Paa in 2009. He also hosted five seasons of the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Bachchan has a …
From Hospital Bed, Pakistani ‘Change’ Candidate Imran Khan Aims for Victory
The front wall of Lahore’s Shaukat Khanum hospital has come to resemble a shrine. Scores of bouquets of flowers are arrayed amid a sprinkling of “get well soon” cards. On the walls, posters appear with messages ranging from the …
Hizballah and Israel Spar as Syria’s Conflict Threatens to Spin Out of Control
A dangerous game of brinkmanship is unfolding in the Middle East pitting Israel against Syria and its militant Shi‘ite ally Hizballah in what threatens to expand the two-year Syrian civil war into a full-blown regional …
American Stabbed Outside U.S. Embassy in Cairo
(CAIRO) — An Egyptian security official says an American national was attacked and stabbed outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.
The official says an assailant attacked the American with a knife as he was standing in front of the embassy building in the Cairo suburb of Garden City on Thursday.
The official says the American was …
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Haiti’s cholera victims threaten to sue the U.N., the Israeli government moves to end gender segregation in public spaces and the growth in Nigeria’s consumption of champagne is second to France
Hard-Line Islamists to Make Gains in Pakistan Vote
(MARDAN, Pakistan) — The imposing, black-bearded politician in a striking white turban takes the stage at a campaign rally in northwest Pakistan as a song about Islamic holy war blares over loudspeakers. Before a chanting crowd, he praises the Afghan Taliban and blasts Pakistan’s government for not protecting Osama bin Laden from U.S. …
Karzai Says U.S. Can Have 9 Afghan Bases After 2014
(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has irked Washington with his frequent criticism of American military operations in his country, said Thursday that his government is now ready to let the U.S. have nine …
