French police have pinned down a self-declared jihadist believed to be the killer of seven people in southwestern France in the past 10 days—including three small children and a rabbi outside a Jewish school in Toulouse on Monday. The suspect has been barricaded inside a house in eastern Toulouse, where officials say he has claimed …
The Queen Addresses Parliament, But Can Parliament Address Inequality?
Of the two big set-piece occasions taking place in the Palace of Westminster this week, the Queen’s March 20 address to both Houses of Parliament was always bound to outshine the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s unveiling the …
France’s Jewish School Massacre: A Horrified Country Unites After Shooting Spree
France came together in sorrow Tuesday to mark the horrific killing of four people outside a Jewish school in Toulouse Monday — an outrage the headline of the daily Le Parisien called “The Tragedy Stunning France.”
As …
The Afghan Massacre Is the Result of War, Not Just One Soldier Going Rogue
For most of the media, the story regarding Staff Sergeant Robert Bales has moved to American soil. The U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians is now under watch at a base in Kansas, with a veritable full-court press …
The Funeral of Egypt’s Coptic Pope
Shenouda III died on March 17, at 88, after presiding over the largest Christian community in the Middle East — and one of the most ancient in the world — for more than four decades
Five Tips for President Obama on Nuclear Negotiations with Iran
Trita Parsi, author of “A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran,” offers the President some advice based on what went wrong last time
Must-Reads from Around the World: March 20, 2012
More Syria Leaks – Al Jazeera reveals details from confidential Syrian intelligence and security documents handed over by one of the government’s most trusted officials who recently fled to Turkey. The trove shows President …
Einstein’s Papers Go Online: Letters to Mistresses, Mom and a Bit of Science
A few months ago Shimon Peres, the octogenarian president of Israel, had the possibly brilliant, possibly ridiculous idea of building a museum in the shape of Albert Einstein’s head. The walk-in cranium would stand on the …
Is the French Jewish-School Shooting the Work of a Serial Killer?
Is a horrifyingly calm and methodical serial killer stalking residents of southwestern France? That’s the fear spreading through the region and the country after a gunman killed at least four people outside a Jewish school in …
The Fall of Bo Xilai: Lessons from One of China’s Biggest Political Scandals
The senior official from Chongqing, China’s largest city, suddenly looked uneasy. It was last summer, and I had just asked him about “red culture,” the drive by Bo Xilai, Chongqing’s now disgraced party boss, to instill …
Suspect in Toulouse Terror Attacks Is Dead
A gunman opened fire out side a Jewish school in Toulouse, killing at least four.
Kony 2012: Mobs, Takedowns and Meltdowns, but Very Little Truth
I spoke to Jason Russell for the second time last week as one of my final interviews in over two months of reporting for a TIME piece on Joseph Kony, his Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the anti-L.R.A. activist group Russell …
Must-Reads from Around the World: March 19, 2012
Korean Quagmire – Following negative reaction to North Korea’s planned satellite launch, China’s Communist Party-linked Global Times defends Beijing’s approach towards Pyongyang — under the headline “Why China Can’t Persuade …