Voices From Syria
Residents of Douma in Syria are evacuating this week after a reported chemical attack. Mahmoud Bwedany was in Douma when Syrian government forces began their assault. Mouaid El Deen left earlier.
Russia’s Military Capabilities
David Greene talks with Pavel Felgenhauer, a Russian military analyst who’s written extensively about the country’s military policies, about Russia’s ability to respond to a U.S. attack in Syria.
Xi Pledges To Crack Down On IP Theft
For years, companies have complained about having trade secrets stolen when they do business in China. This week China’s President Xi Jinping pledged to crack down on abuses.
Killed Palestinian Journalist’s Colleagues And Family Refute Israel’s Hamas Claim
Israel’s defense minister alleged he was an Islamist militant. But the U.S. said Yaser Murtaja, a photojournalist fatally shot at a Gaza border protest, had recently passed a vetting process.
Zuckerberg testimony: a tipping point for new privacy regs?
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has apologized on privacy issues before. Members of Congress have chastised him before. And, despite all the uproar over a massive leak of personal data from Facebook to a political-advertising firm, the vast majority o…
Speaker Ryan to retire: What that says about the GOP, midterms
Whenever a speaker of the House says he is heading for the exit, it is always about much more than the comings and goings of a single member of Congress. House Speaker Paul Ryan, who announced on Wednesday that he will retire at the end of his term th…
An old beast re-awoken, anti-Semitism stalks Europe, US once more
There were many reasons the murder of Mireille Knoll in Paris last month reverberated so deeply throughout Europe. As a little girl, Ms. Knoll barely escaped the ovens of Auschwitz, slipping through the notorious roundup of Paris Jews in 1942 with her…
How The U.S. Is Prepared To Respond To Apparent Chemical Attack In Syria
NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman and NPR Beirut Correspondent Ruth Sherlock discuss the U.S. preparations that are underway to respond to an apparent chemical attack in Syria.
A Brief Timeline Of the Syrian Civil War Leading Up To U.S. Threats Of Military Strikes
NPR presents a quick timeline of the Syrian Civil War to understand what led to Wednesday’s missile and military strike threats from President Trump.
Hungary plants two kinds of seeds
Democracy’s decline in recent years has been a slow-moving trend, one marked by a steady erosion of rights and rule of law more than military coups. About 60 percent of 129 countries have seen a decline in political rights since 2006. A good example …
Pence replacing Trump at Peru summit. But name that matters most is Monroe
The political leaders of Latin America may have been justified in daring to hope over recent years that the Monroe Doctrine was a thing of the past. Indeed it seemed – as a succession of US presidents starting with Bill Clinton in 1994 emphasized hemi…
Recent Comments