Sep 23 Activist Malala Yousafzai tweets for education By Larisa Epatko NEW YORK -- Even though Malala Yousafzai, the young education activist who was shot by a member of the Taliban, started out as a blogger for the BBC, she normally doesn't tweet. But Monday afternoon, she typed her first 140-character… Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch Can Kenya Handle the Threat of a ‘Much More Lethal’ al-Shabab? Can Kenya Handle the Threat of a 'Much More Lethal' al-Shabab?… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch Kenyan Foreign Minister Says ‘Two or Three’ Americans Involved in Mall Attack Kenyan Foreign Minister: Attack Strengthens Resolve to 'Uproot' al-Shabab… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch Kenyan Government Claims It Has ‘Control’ in Deadly Standoff With al-Shabab Kenyan Government Claims It Has 'Control' in Deadly Standoff With al-Shabab… Continue watching
Sep 23 Background Briefing: What is al-Shabab? By Council on Foreign Relations Al-Shabab, or “the Youth,” is an al-Qaida-linked militant group and U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization fighting for the creation of a fundamentalist Islamic state in Somalia. Continue reading
Sep 23 25 dead after Usagi makes landfall in China .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }… Continue reading
Sep 23 Madeleine Albright joins Twitter Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright made her Twitter debut on Monday. By 10 a.m. ET, she already had more than 4,000 followers. Her profile reads, "Grateful American Czech immigrant, mother & grandmother, fmr SecState, passionate democrat, author, prof, bizwoman,… Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch News Wrap: In Pakistan, Deadly Attack Targeting Christian Church Sparks Protests In our news wrap Monday, a Taliban attack on a Christian church in Pakistan over the weekend left 85 dead and more than 140 wounded. Members of the religious minority there took to the streets to protest the attacks and… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch “China’s Macbeth” Bo Xilai Gets Life in Prison The story of fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai had everything – affairs, embezzlement, bribes and scenes from a lavish lifestyle. Orville Schell, of the Asia Society, said Bo Xilai’s story is that of a Chinese “MacBeth.” The Oxford and Harvard-educated… Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch Foreign Leaders Campaign for American Hearts and Minds In the Connection, Hari Sreenivasan takes a look at the new wave of retail diplomacy. Why have Vladimir Putin, Bashar al-Assad and Hasan Rouhani taken their appeals directly to the American people? Is their strategy working?… Continue watching