A new Human Rights Watch report details abuses by the Free Syrian Army
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Anti-Japan Protests Hit China’s Capital
Tensions over a tiny archipelago contested by China and Japan — the Chinese refer to the spits of land as the Diaoyu Islands, the Japanese as the Senkaku Islands — have heightened in recent months, prompting Japanese …
Occupy Wall Street, One Year Later: A History in Masks
On Sept. 17, 2011, members of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) started camping out in Zuccotti Park in Manhattan’s financial district, and since then the movement has spread to 1,500 cities. One of its most enduring icons has been the …
China: Island Dispute Spurs Anti-Japan Protests
People came out in force to demonstrate against Japanese claims to a group of disputed islands known as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan.
Palestinians Take to the West Bank’s Streets in Protest
Palestinian demonstrators fed up with high prices and unpaid salaries shuttered shops, halted traffic with burning tires and closed schools throughout the West Bank on Monday in the largest show of popular discontent with the …
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Israel’s quandary over the rising Iranian nuclear threat, Indian and Pakistani leaders meet and unusually critical commentaries in China’s state-run media.
“The Iranians rolled out the red carpet for Morsy. But he didn't follow the Iranian script.”
The Global Occupy Movement Makes Its Last Stand in Hong Kong
The city’s protest camp is the final torchbearer for the 99%. But how much longer can the Occupiers hold out?
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Syria’s foreign minister speaks, this week’s controversial visits by the Egyptian president and Colombia’s leader confirms peace talks with leftist rebels.
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In today’s required reading: another massacre in Syria, Japan plans to buy disputed South China Sea islands and communal violence rears its head again in Indonesia.
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American ideals versus interests in Ethiopia, Apple and Foxconn told to do more on labor conditions in Chinese factories and François Hollande faces criticism over treatment of the Roma
The Strongman Who May Be Missed: Meles Zenawi, 1955-2012
The Ethiopian Prime Minister of 21 years leaves behind a mixed legacy of economic gain and repression — and a giant hole in African politics.