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As cholera worsens, violence breaks out in Haiti

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

GlobalPost - By Ezra Fieser - Nov. 16 (News Report) - Anger over the cholera outbreak led to violent demonstrations today as protesters set fire to a police station and clashed with U.N. forces in Cap-Haitien, a city on the north coast. One protester was killed. Many Haitians blame a Nepalese U.N. contingent for causing the outbreak when sewage from their camp leaked into the Artibonite.

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The election has made the US more foreign

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Michael Goldfarb - Nov. 04 (Opinion) - Post-election, the rest of the world marvels at Americans' avoidance of their problems.

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Government looks to muffle the clamor of Cairo's mosques

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Jon Jensen - Sep. 05 (Special Report) - The sheikh’s voice, amplified through a distorted megaphone perched just outside the mosque, booms and echoes off the neighborhood’s worn buildings and throughout its narrow alleyways. It’s a bit too loud, according to the Egyptian government, especially considering that the other estimated 4,000 mosques in Cairo all perform the same adhan at slightly varying times with different voices.

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So, who won the war in Iraq? Iran.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Mohamad Bazzi - Aug. 30 (News Analysis) - As the U.S. military concludes its combat role — which President Barack Obama will formally announce from the Oval Office on Tuesday — Iraq is indeed a dramatic example for the Middle East, but not in the ways that Bush and his administration envisioned. Iraq did not become a beacon of democracy, nor did it create a domino effect that toppled other dictatorial regimes in the Arab world. Instead, the Iraq war has unleashed a new wave of sectarian hatred and upset the Persian Gulf’s strategic balance, helping Iran consolidate its role as the dominant regional power.

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Red Sea: the other oil spill

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Jon Jensen - Jul. 16 (Special Report) - As BP caps Gulf Coast leak, Egypt wrestles with response to its own spill. Nearly one month after the spill’s discovery, very few details have emerged regarding the source of the leak and the actual amount of oil released, prompting accusations of government mismanagement from a host of activists, independent scientists and local businessmen.

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"It's over" in Iran

Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Stephen Kinzer - May. 17 (News Analysis) - “We don't like the government, but we cannot change it,” said a man enjoying a picnic with his family near the tomb of Cyrus the Great, who ruled Persia 25 centuries ago. “They punish us when we protest. People are afraid.”

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The political hydraulics of OPEC

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Tom Hundley - Apr. 13 (News Analysis) - Iraq and Iran vie to best Saudi as the world's leading producer of oil and it's China that looms as final arbiter.

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Has Iran learned how to prevent protests?

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

GlobalPost - By Iason Athanasiadis - Feb. 11 (News Report) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent out thousands of troops today to make sure that opposition protesters did not mar demonstrations to mark the 31st anniversary of Iran's 1979 revolution.

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Afghanistan's hurt locker: Defeat the device

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

GlobalPost - By Ben Gilbert - Feb. 10 (News Report) - The 25 soldiers in Task Force Thor have one of the most dangerous — and boring — jobs in southern Afghanistan: looking for improvised explosive devices on the roads. The troops in the unit are a tight bunch. They are like the military’s gypsy caravan, constantly roaming the highways, driving at 7 miles per hour for 10 to 14 hours at a time in an effort to find IEDs.

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Yemen steps up Al Qaeda offensive

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

GlobalPost - By Heather Murdock - Jan. 07 (News Report) - Throughout December, fighter jets had swooped over this capital city several times a day on their way to battle the Shiite insurgency in the north. From the rooftops of the Old City, it felt like the war in the north was moving to Sanaa. But this week, the skies were quiet. The war against Shiite rebels in the north, Yemeni officials say, is winding down, and a new one has begun. The military is has made crushing Al Qaeda its top priority.

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Is Iran on the verge of a popular explosion?

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

GlobalPost - By Iason Athanasiadis - Dec. 26 (News Report) - Hassan Beheshtpoor (not his real name) has been on the run since the summer. He is a Tehran University student whose political activism marked him out several years before this summer’s controversial presidential election triggered

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The world arrives in the 'city of bridges'

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:50:31 -0700

GlobalPost - Sep. 21 - G20 leaders look to cross troubled waters of the global economy.read more

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South America in an arms race?

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Nadja Drost - Sep. 20 (News Report) - Concerns over a possible arms race on the South American continent have turned the spotlight on who’s buying what and why. Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia in particular appear determined to prove they won't be pushed around by their neighbors and are vigorously defending their military buildup. There is no question that South America is on arms spree, with major purchases by Venezuela and Brazil stoking fears over the possible consequences of flaring regional tensions on an increasingly militarized continent.

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Kennedy's death: Ireland mourns a "true friend"

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Conor O'Clery - Aug. 26 (News) - DUBLIN — Nowhere outside the United States is the passing of Senator Edward Kennedy being mourned as much as in Ireland, the country from where his ancestors emigrated during the potato famine of the 19th century and to which he helped bring peace in recent years.

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Clashes, then calm, as Afghans vote

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Jean MacKenzie - Aug. 21 (News Report) - Election day in Afghanistan began with a bang. Several of them, actually. Multiple IED explosions in Kabul caused little damage, but made the point that this time, the opposition was not making idle threats when they vowed to disrupt the

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Foreign aid flowing to Taliban

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Jean MacKenzie - Aug. 16 (Special Report) - It is the open secret no one wants to talk about, the unwelcome truth that most prefer to hide. In Afghanistan, one of the richest sources of Taliban funding is the foreign assistance coming into the country. Virtually every major project includes a healthy cut for the insurgents. Call it protection money, call it extortion, or, as the Taliban themselves prefer to term it, “spoils of war,” the fact remains that international donors, primarily the United States, are to a large extent financing their own enemy.

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Web crackdowns spread

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By David L. Stern - Jul. 21 (News Report) - With less than six months until it takes over the chairmanship of one of Europe’s flagship human rights organizations, Kazakhstan has thumbed its nose to Western governments and introduced a draconian internet law.

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Life on Planet Uighur

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Kathleen E. McLaughlin - Jul. 15 (News Report) - At the heart of a deadly June toy factory clash that sparked mass protests and killings 2,000 miles away in China’s far west lies a government policy that sends thousands of young Muslim Uighurs to fill labor gaps in the southeast.

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Daily Show Iran | Colbert Report Iraq

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Thomas Mucha - Jul. 02 (News Analysis) - It’s been a fascinating few weeks for global news — the real kind, of course — but also for the fake stuff. I’m referring to "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report," which sent correspondents and producers to locales where comedy shows don't normally operate: Iran and Iraq. Along the way, these two Comedy Central commercial properties cooked up plenty of laughs. But they also produced some insightful — and certainly entertaining — coverage of these two complex and important global stories.

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How to run a protest without Twitter

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - Jun. 20 (Special Report) - we talked to past protest leaders to find out how they toppled governments and grabbed the world's attention before there were mobile phones or an Internet.

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Snapshots from Tehran's Revolution Square

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Iason Athanasiadis - Jun. 16 (News Report) - It was the largest non-regime organized demonstration in the 30-year history of Iran's Islamic Republic. And for once, the ruling order had not a jot of influence in organizing it.

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Roll up ... the Iranian election is about to begin

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Cameron Abadi - Jun. 10 (News Report) - Iranians imagined that this year’s presidential campaign would be hard fought, but no one quite expected what it has become: a spark for uncontrolled street revelry; a platform for hostile name-calling between ill-tempered candidates; and an opportunity to hold a referendum on the achievements of the 1979 revolution.

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Iran Listens as Obama Speaks

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Cameron Abadi - Jun. 06 (Special Report) - The U.S. president's speech clashed with a day of mourning for the late Ayatollah Khomeini. But many Iranians found a way to listen.

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Egyptians set the stage for Obama address

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Theodore May - Jun. 02 (Special Report) - Obama has decided to fly into the region at a time of deep crisis. Gaza lies in ruins, the Pakistani government remains unstable, Hezbollah appears set to win elections in Lebanon and Iran continues to rattle the saber. Terrorist threats abound and Obama is banking on the fact that words still count.

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Winning the hearts and minds of Pakistan’s displaced

Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Samina Ahmed - May. 27 (Opinion) - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Winning hearts and minds is decisive in any counter-insurgency operation. As hundreds of thousands of displaced persons flee fighting in Swat, Buner and Dir districts in Pakistan, this single truth should drive the response by the Pakistani state and the international community. In short, how those people are treated will decide if the insurgency-hit zones are saved or lost to the Taliban.

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