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Azerbaijan Talks Tough as Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Heats Up
One day after President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan threatened war with neighboring Armenia via Twitter, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry issued a statement saying that the country is prepared for war in...
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You Think Obama's Got an Immigration Problem? Look at Spain
If you thought the United States was alone in facing a crisis on its borders, think again. Since Saturday, Spain's coast guard has picked up nearly 1,200 migrants in the Strait of Gibraltar trying to...
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Khamenei Schadenfreudes All Over the U.S. For Ferguson Protests
The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, rarely skips an opportunity to bash the United States. The tense standoff in Ferguson, Miss., is giving him a new chance to engage in some very...
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Following Food Import Ban, Russians Are Turning to an Old Soviet Staple
Earlier this month, Russia announced that it would retaliate against Western sanctions by banning the import of a wide variety of foods, from fruits to fish, from Europe, the United States, and other...
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Belarusian KGB Attacks Ice Bucket Challenge
Aleksandr Lukashenko, Belarus's autocratic president, is not amused by the ice bucket challenge, the social media phenomenon raising money for research into ALS -- better known as Lou Gehrig's...
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Gulnara Karimova’s Fall From Grace
There was a time when Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan's autocratic president, was one of the most powerful people in Central Asia. As the dictator's eldest daughter, she...
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Propaganda Watch: Fearmongering the Threat Posed by the Islamic State
How much of a threat does the Islamic State militant group pose? That's a question that depends very much on whom you ask. With American diplomats assembling an international coalition to launch air...
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How a Former Neo-Nazi Party Became Sweden's Third-Largest
Sweden's elections are over, the victorious Social Democrats are scrambling to form a government, and the country's third-largest party is a populist right-wing group with roots in the country's...
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Benghazi Panel Opens With a Whimper, Not a Bang
The special investigation into the best practices following the Sept. 11, 2012 seige on a U.S. diplomatic post in the Libyan city of Benghazi was meant to be a heated political affair. The summer's...
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The Catalan Connection in Scotland's Independence Referendum
EDINBURGH, Scotland — There are a lot of people from outside the country who have come to wish Scots well during their referendum on independence. Some have come to support the continued existence of...
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The Strangely Silent Majority in Scotland's Independence Referendum
EDINBURGH, Scotland -- One of the most surprising things about the Scottish independence referendum, at least here in the country's capital, is the seeming discrepancy between advocates of...
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Afghanistan's CEO Won't Be His Own Boss
A tense, fifteen-minute ceremony at Kabul's presidential palace ended with an awkward hug between Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, who had spent months trading accusations of wide-ranging voter...
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Kyrgyzstan Readies to Ban LGBT 'Propaganda'
On Wednesday, the parliament of the small Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan voted overwhelmingly in favor of a harsh bill that would criminalize LGBT "propaganda" -- potentially leaving the door open...
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In Finland, Tax Day Is the Best Day
While American televisions and newspapers delved deep into the weeds in their coverage of this week's midterms elections, Finland's media turned their attention to their own national spectacle of...
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Finland Becomes an Unlikely Battleground for Same-Sex Marriage Debate
Finland's parliament narrowly approved a bill legalizing gay marriage on Friday after months of heated debate and controversy. Yes, you read that correctly. Finland, often regarded as one of the most...
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