Turkey Reels as Putin Imposes Stiff Economic Sanctions (Video)
Nov 30, 2015 The Russian sanctions announced by President Vladimir Putin on Saturday could have a severe impact on the Turkish economy.
Putin Justifies Russian Tourism Ban on Turkey by Claiming That the Country Supports Radicalism
Nov 30, 2015 Russian President Vladimir Putin explained his rationale for asking Russian tourists to leave Turkey last week, and it is ominous.
Hollande and Putin Meet as France Considers an Alliance With the Syrian Army (Video)
Nov 29, 2015 French President Francois Hollande met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow last week, in his marathon search for a “grand and unique coalition” against Islamic State (Daesh) in Syria.
Where Does Israel Get the Right to Lock Thousands of Civilians Behind a Gate?
May 21, 2015 For weeks, Israeli forces have shut a village of 6,000 people out from entering Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank; scientists find that when it comes to fighting bacteria that resist antibiotics, viruses may come in handy; meanwhile, one writer explains why Elizabeth Warren is right about the Trans-Pacific Partnership. These discoveries and more after the jump.
‘Agent Orange’: a Poem About the Terrible Legacy the U.S. Left in Vietnam
Apr 15, 2015 As the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon approaches, Paul Lobo Portugés' moving poem serves as a reminder of the pernicious and long-lasting effects American interventionism has had in Vietnam.
Will Flight 17 Sober Us Up?
Jul 22, 2014 American politics was trundling along on its usual unserious and trivial trajectory when news of the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine shook the world. Suddenly, the stakes in public life and foreign policy were very high.Edward Snowden: ‘The World Is Much More Unpredictable and Dangerous’ Than George Orwell’s ‘1984’
Jul 19, 2014 "If I end up in chains in Guantanamo," the NSA whistle-blower tells The Guardian's Alan Rusbridger and Ewen MacAskill in a must-see interview, "I can live with that."
Is the BDS Movement the Key to Peace in the Middle East?
Jun 11, 2014 Some people believe the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign may be an important step toward true peace between Israel and Palestine; an old Belgian ghost town has become a graffiti artist haven; meanwhile, more problems between book publishers and Amazon are expected to arise. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Families of Flotilla Dead Want More Than an Apology
Apr 9, 2013 The Turkish NGO that coordinated part of the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla says that families of the nine passengers killed by Israeli commandos have rejected the country's recent apology.
Power Company Predicts 9 More Months of Fukushima Drama
Apr 18, 2011 After five weeks of struggling to avoid a total meltdown at the quake- and tsunami-battered Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. has announced that it could be nine months before it is able to cool damaged reactors completely.
