InternationalCommentary
India Must Abandon Sterilization Campaigns
Eleven women have died after undergoing laparoscopic tubectomies as part of a mass sterilization campaign in Chhattisgarh, India. Of the more than 80 women who… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Why North Korea Released Its Last Two American Captives
North Korea unexpectedly released the final two American citizens it had been holding on trumped-up charges of espionage. Kenneth Bae and Matthew Miller were freed… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Major Attack Highlights Pakistan’s Continued Vulnerability to Terrorism
In the largest terrorist attack in Pakistan in more than a year, a suicide bomber on Sunday detonated his explosives near the border with India… Read More
InternationalNews
‘Never Discouraged’: Pro-Democracy Newspaperman Joins Hong Kong Student Protesters
In mid-October, during the peak of the democracy protests in Hong Kong, decidedly different demonstrators congregated outside the printing plant of Next Media, publisher of… Read More
InternationalCommentary
US General: North Korea Now Has Nuclear Warheads for Missiles
North Korea now has the ability to produce a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can be mounted atop a ballistic missile. That is the assessment of… Read More
InternationalCommentary
How Russia Is Using Propaganda
Russian military incursions into the airspace of NATO countries and submarine expeditions into Swedish territorial waters have intensified since its annexation of Crimea in March,… Read More
InternationalNews
Hong Kong Democracy Leader Faults China for Shattering Peace, City’s Elegance
Until he was the target of tear gas recently during protests, Martin Lee, founding chairman of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong, knew his city… Read More
InternationalCommentary
North Korea Releases American Captive. But Two More Americans Remain Captive.
Pyongyang has unexpectedly released Jeffrey Fowle, one of three American citizens being held for alleged crimes against North Korea. Fowle, a 56-year-old American tourist, was… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Dates that Matter: Complicated History Preceded Hong Kong Protests
September 4, 1839 Start of the First Opium War between China and Great Britain. Although some historians and figures at the time, including our sixth… Read More
InternationalNews
Watch the Shockingly Brutal Beating of a Pro-Democracy Hong Kong Protester
A video has emerged of a pro-democracy protester being beaten in Hong Kong. In the video of a protest on Wednesday, a handcuffed man is… Read More
