In a bid last week to show his country’s commitment to curbing the multibillion-dollar-a-year illegal ivory trade, Chadian President Idriss Déby set aflame a large pile of confiscated tusks during a ceremony marking the 50th …
Why the U.S. Needs to Keep Troops in Afghanistan
President Obama delivered the strongest message yet to Karzai to sign a security agreement or the U.S. walks
Man Who Killed British Soldier Gets Life Sentence
The killer of soldier Lee Rigby said he was a ‘soldier of Allah’
China’s Apocalyptic Hellscape
The smog in Beijing has grown so bad that some have likened conditions to living through a “nuclear winter”
One Picture Sums Up Syria’s Humanitarian Crisis
The Yarmouk refugee camp, a Palestinian enclave in southern Damascus, has been under a grueling siege for months and its over 20,000 residents are cut off from vital supplies and endure chronic food shortages. Here’s the scene …
North Korea Seeks U.N. Help After Foot and Mouth Outbreak
But Pyongyang remains unresponsive to an offer of help from South Korea
Russia Orders Troop Maneuvers Amid Ukraine Tensions
Massive military exercises will involve troops in western Russia
Hospital Patients in South Sudan Shot Dead in their Beds
Murder of sick people in South Sudan potentially drives away medical NGOs
Ukraine Disbands Controversial Riot Police
Demonstrators hold the Berkut riot police responsible for the deaths of protesters
Former Pope Benedict Denies Claims He Was Forced Out
Makes rare public statement on media speculation following his resignation last year
China Charges Prominent Uighur Scholar With Separatism
Economics professor Ilham Tohti has been held in detention in Xinjiang since last month
What It’s Like to Meet a Brother You Haven’t Seen in Six Decades
Koreans from North and South can only meet at sporadic official reunions, where numbers are strictly limited. At each bittersweet gathering, family members ponder the historical forces that tore them apart
Stabbing of Former Hong Kong Newspaper Editor Raises Press-Freedom Fears
Kevin Lau, who was ousted as chief editor of Ming Pao newspaper in January, lies in critical condition in hospital following attack on Wednesday morning