World Nov 24 Calm in Egypt as Police and Protesters Call a Truce After five days of heated -- and sometimes deadly-- confrontations with police this week, protesters and Egyptian authorities have called a truce in the capital Cairo just days before parliamentary elections are set to begin.
World Nov 24 Packing Up After 8 Years in Iraq After a nearly nine-year war, all but a handful of U.S. forces will be leaving Iraq by the end of this year. As they close up shop, we checked in with Major Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, chief spokesman for the United…
World Nov 24 Iraq: Breaking Down a Base In the months leading up to their departure by the end of 2011, U.S. troops were packing up and moving out of bases that will be transferred to Iraqi hands. View a slide show of the troops' final weeks in…
World Nov 23 Report on Bahrain’s Use of ‘Excessive Force’ a First for the Kingdom An independent report released Wednesday said Bahraini security forces used "excessive force" to muffle protesters seeking a change in government last spring. The report, commissioned by the Bahraini government, was a first for the island kingdom and marks an opportunity…
World Nov 22 Mumbai Attacks: ‘Frontline’ Looks at What U.S. Knew About Informant The bloody three-day siege in Mumbai in 2008 was one of the most high-profile terrorist attacks since 9/11. American David Coleman Headley, who helped plan the attack, is the subject of a Frontline and ProPublica documentary airing Tuesday on PBS.
World Nov 22 Spain’s New Government Must Now Tackle Spending Cuts Spain's conservative Popular Party and its leader Mariano Rajoy -- the victors in last weekend's parliamentary elections -- now have the difficult job of implementing spending cuts for the sake of Spain's economy while keeping the public and markets on…
World Nov 21 GlobalPost’s ‘Egypt Voices’ Series Looks at All Aspects of Revolution Unless unrest in Cairo delays them, Egypt's military leaders plan to hold parliamentary elections starting Nov. 28 to forge ahead on a planned transition to democracy following the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. Our partners at the international website GlobalPost are…
World Nov 21 Reporter in Egypt: Contained ‘War Zone’ in Parts of Cairo For a third straight day in Egypt's capital Cairo, police tried to beat back protesters who were flinging rocks and Molotov cocktails, angered by a draft constitution guideline that they say gives the military too much power.
World Nov 18 U.S. to Re-engage Myanmar to Encourage Fledgling Reforms The former top U.S. diplomat in Myanmar has called the latest overture to that isolated nation a "historic opportunity." But a top human rights organization official expressed concern that the Obama administration might be moving too quickly and that the…
World Nov 18 Bombings Spur Relocation of Sudanese Refugee Camp A group of refugees in South Sudan must pick up and leave what they thought was a safe haven after bombs dropped by northern government forces came perilously close last week -- but many do not want to move.