Is Jordan at Risk as Neighbors Syria and Iraq Burn?
The Middle East is in meltdown. Syria is in civil war, and an Islamist army is at the gates of Baghdad. One Arab nation alone shines as an island of relative stability in this sea of despair: Jordan....
View ArticleArgentina Faces Default as Talks With Hedge Funds Break Down
The fate of Argentina’s economy now rests on its ability to resolve a dispute with a group of bondholders led by a multibillion-dollar hedge fund.“Argentina’s professed willingness to negotiate with...
View ArticleIndia’s Modi Should Speak English, Think National
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is much more fluent in English than most people assume. He rarely speaks the language in public or in private meetings, and seems to be encouraging his cabinet to make...
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Enemy Ahoy: China and Russia Strive for Naval Supremacy
Few in China knew the truth two years ago, when then-president Hu Jintao travelled to a naval base in the northeastern city of Dalian to mark a signal moment in the rise of Chinese power: the unveiling...
View ArticleUkraine Forces Attack Rebels 'From Air and Land' After End of Ceasefire
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian government forces launched air strikes and artillery assaults on pro-Russian separatists in eastern regions on Tuesday, a military spokesman said, after President Petro...
View ArticleBomb Hits Nigerian Market, Girls' Abduction Suspect Held
MAIDUGURI Nigeria (Reuters) - A bomb blast hit a busy market in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, killing at least eight people, and troops announced the arrest of a businessman suspected of helping...
View ArticleIsrael Launches Air Strikes on Gaza Strip After Bodies of Missing Teens Found
By Jeffrey HellerJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel bombed dozens of sites in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, striking at Hamas after finding the bodies of three missing teenagers whose abduction and killing it...
View ArticleFacebook Performed a Psychology Experiment on Thousands of Users Without...
If you’re on Facebook, there’s a roughly 0.04 percent chance the social media behemoth used you for a psychology experiment in early 2012, though you’d have had no way of knowing at the time and indeed...
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Baseball Can’t Truly Be America’s Pastime Until It Lets Women Play
It was a team of ringers, pulled from all corners of the country for a Memorial Day weekend tournament in Southern California. The centerfielder flew in from Texas. The first baseman, from North...
View ArticleNYC Cannibal Cop’s Conviction Overturned
Gilberto Valle, the so-called Cannibal Cop, will avoid life in prison after his conviction for plotting to kidnap, kill, and eat several women, including his wife, was overturned, The New York Times...
View ArticleTens of Thousands Demonstrate for More Democracy in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (Reuters) - More than 510,000 people took to the streets of Hong Kong on Tuesday to demand greater democracy, organizers said, in what would be the largest demonstration since the city was...
View ArticleWhy the United States vs. Belgium Is Better Than Bud vs. Stella Artois
I believe that we will win.(I know that Belgium will win.)I believe that we will win!(I realize that Belgium is probably going to win.)Yes, I am waffling. USA vs. Belgium, this afternoon in the World...
View ArticleEnraging Palestinians, Israel Destroys Suspected Militants' Houses
HEBRON (Reuters) - Israel has revived a long-lapsed policy of destroying suspected militants' homes after the dead bodies of three Israeli teenagers missing since June were found on Monday.The army...
View ArticleCourt Strikes Down Kentucky Gay Marriage Ban as Unconstitutional
(Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a same-sex marriage ban in Kentucky, the latest in a string of court rulings across the country to void state laws restricting the right to marry.U.S....
View ArticleEuropean Court Says France's Ban on Full-Face Veils Is Legal
STRASBOURG/PARIS (Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights upheld France's 2010 ban on full-face veils in public on Tuesday but acknowledged the law could appear excessive and feed...
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ISIS Expected to Take Aim at the 'Baghdad Belt'
In Baghdad, they call it “zero hour.” It is the moment Iraqis believe is coming soon, when the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which now controls large parts of the north and west of the...
View ArticleIn Offensive, Ukrainian President Vows to Rid Country of 'Parasites'
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces struck at pro-Russian separatist bases in eastern regions with air and artillery strikes on Tuesday after President Petro Poroshenko announced he would not renew a...
View ArticleObama Must Woo Latinos With Immigration Reform or Democrats Will Lose in 2014
It’s not exactly a surprise, but it’s a message Democrats would do well to remember — act on immigration or they risk losing Latinos at the 2014 elections.A new poll conducted by Latino Decisions, a...
View ArticleHobby Lobby Decision Likely to Open a Legal Floodgate
When the Supreme Court ruled Monday that Hobby Lobby, a craft store chain owned by a Southern Baptist family, could opt out of the Affordable Care Act’s mandate to cover specific types of contraception...
View ArticleFrance's Sarkozy Faces Formal Investigation Over Corruption Charge
By Gregory Blachier and Gérard BonPARIS (Reuters) - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was placed under formal investigation on Wednesday on suspicions he tried to use his influence to thwart an...
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