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Morning Brief: White House Considering Limited Military Action in Syria 27 Aug 2013 | 05:57 pm
White House Considering Limited Military Action in Syria Top news: President Barack Obama is weighing limited military action in Syria, following revelations that Bashar al-Assad's regime almost cert...
Did John Kerry Just Make the Case for Military Action in Syria? 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
If the bombs start falling on Damascus, Monday afternoon will be cited as the moment when the Obama administration laid out the moral case for military action in Syria. In a stern statement, Secretar...
How the Media Got the Bo Xilai Trial Wrong 26 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
On July 25, after months of silence about Bo Xilai, the disgraced Chinese politician who hadn't been seen in public since his sacking in March 2012, China's official Xinhua news agency ran a two-sente...
Morning Brief: U.S. Considers Military Action After Syrian Chemical Weapons Strike 26 Aug 2013 | 05:52 pm
U.S. Considers Military Action After Syrian Chemical Weapons Strike Top news: With casualties mounting in Syria's civil war and consistent reports of a major chemical weapons attack in Syria, Preside...
U.S. Suspends Aid Over Human Rights Abuses by Police ... in St. Lucia 24 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
The United States has cut off foreign aid because of a string of alleged killings by police. Just not in Egypt. The State Department confirmed Thursday that it has suspended assistance to the Caribbe...
The Fallen Soldiers of Egypt's 'War on Terror' 23 Aug 2013 | 10:40 pm
MONOFEYA, Egypt -- Anis Nasr al-Din was missing. The 21-year-old police conscript had spent the night of Aug. 18 in the city of Arish, and was heading back to his unit's base in the town of Rafah, alo...
Why Bo Xilai Is Having an 'Open' Trial 23 Aug 2013 | 10:10 pm
The second day of Bo Xilai's trial ended with another mesmerizing performance by the fallen Chinese politician. Although foreign reporters have not been allowed inside the courtroom in the provincial ...
Why Are We So Fascinated by What Gitmo Prisoners Are Reading? 23 Aug 2013 | 09:20 pm
The latest controversy over the American prison at Guantánamo Bay stems from an improbable source: the wildly popular erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey -- and specifically whether it has become a best...
Morning Brief: Obama Weighs Response to Possible Chemical Weapons Use in Syria 23 Aug 2013 | 05:56 pm
Obama Weighs Response to Possible Chemical Weapons Use in Syria Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Top news: Following revelations that the Syrian regime may have carried out a massive c...
6 Things You Need to Know About Bo Xilai's Trial 22 Aug 2013 | 10:50 pm
Day one of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai's trial on charges of bribery, corruption, and abusing his power has come to an end. Since his dramatic removal from office in March 2012, it has been ...
