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A budding insurgency outside Iran
Concern is growing about Elnaz Rekabi, the 33-year-old Iranian athlete who competed in South Korea on Sunday without a mandatory hijab. On social media today, Rekabi said there was a problem climbing…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Trying to make sense of the UK economic mess
What's happening in the UK right now has heads spinning around the globe. New Prime Minister Liz Truss is already scrambling to survive. Her new chancellor Jeremy Hunt today brought down the axe on n…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
How Nobel-winner Memorial defies Vladimir Putin
It’s a dangerous time for Russians speaking out against President Vladimir Putin – though many still bravely do so. Russian human rights group Memorial has been working since the 1980s to expose abus…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
What will NATO do next to help Ukraine?
Temperatures are falling in Europe, so the urgency is rising to get Ukraine ready for winter warfare. NATO defense ministers have just wrapped up two days of meetings in Brussels, with Germany, the N…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Iran protests prompt government crackdown
It’s nearly one month since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died after being hauled in by Iran’s morality police, and protesters are still in the streets. It’s the biggest threat to the reg…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Eric Holder rules on the Supreme Court
The midterms are four weeks away, with the economy and abortion rights at the top of people’s minds as they prepare to vote. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe, polls show co…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Russia's revenge
President Biden and world leaders are condemning Russia’s massive missile strikes against Ukraine and have vowed to continue supporting its fight for freedom. The strikes are viewed as Russia’s reven…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
The women leading Iran's protests
Women have been at the forefront of ongoing protests in Iran, following the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the so-called morality police three weeks ago. In a country infamous for crushing di…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
NSC spokesperson John Kirby on Ukraine, North Korea
Washington is watching fast-moving developments on two fronts, in Ukraine and in North Korea. Kim Jong Un fired two shortrange missiles into North Korea’s eastern waters, just two days after sending …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
For Russia, defeats on the battlefield, dissent at home
A deliberate muddying of the facts about its invasion of Ukraine has been Russia’s game plan -- it now brushes off talk of military setbacks by saying it's "regrouping.” But widely circulated videos …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago