Civilians and rebel fighters are trapped in a small section of eastern Aleppo, after that part of the city was pounded for months by Russian airstrikes, Syrian ground forces and Iranian militias. The war began in 2011. Europe, the United States, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and a few other nations...
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Preserving democracy in an impoverished Muslim nation is no easy task. After separating from Pakistan in 1971, Bangladesh created a constitution embracing secularism and democracy. A 1982 military coup suspended the constitution, and Islam was eventually named the state religion. Extremists...
Intolerance vs. democracy: Bangladeshi protest against insult to Islam, but some are planting bombs. Inset: Terrorist leader Siddiqul Islam, alias Bangla Bhai
BLOOMINGTON: A specter of violent Islamic extremism haunts...
Organized crime is linked to trade in illegal drugs, human trafficking, poaching, internet scams, tax evasion or counterfeit goods – and relies on greed to lure cooperation of some law-enforcement and political leaders. The World Economic Forum estimates illegal activities represent 8 percent of...
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Foreign workers make up less than 10 percent of the UK employment base. Rather than accept responsibility for a bleak job outlook and problematic financial policies, politicians lambasted release of a statistic that exposes disappearing jobs for citizens in the midst of a campaign on “British jobs...
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China has long insisted its goal is a peaceful rise, but Asia’s largest economy has ruffled the feathers of close neighbors along the way. Hu Jintao, outgoing president, bears some responsibility, suggests Stein Tønnesson of the East Asian Peace program, University of Uppsala. Assertive language,...
Asians push back: Japan defies China by inviting the Dalai Lama to the Diet (top); Filipinos protest against Chinese territorial claims
STOCKHOLM: As party Secretary General Hu Jintao hands over the baton to Xi Jinping, it’s a good time to assess...
Inequality has many forms, most with insidious and tragic consequences for children. This two-part series examines the opportunity gap for children of wealthy urbanites in China and those of the rural poor. In the second and final article, Karen Eggleston and a team of faculty members and...
Poor education mortgaging the future? Students in a Gansu province school, where many are anemic (top); another class room in Loess Plateau. (Top Photo: Adam Gorlick)
DINGXI PREFECTURE: Wang Hongli, 8 years old, lives in a remote rural village on...
Disagreements set aside for too long can calcify, and Taiwan is such an example. The fact that a phone call between US President-elect Donald Trump and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen kicked up a storm highlights how frozen the differences have become. Mark Harrison, who lectures in Chinese...
Phone call crisis: Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s congratulatory call to US President-elect Donald Trump stirred a hornet’s nest, complicating China’s relations with Taiwan; below, a Taiwan guard on duty
HOBART: Since the 1940s, after Chairman...
