The Acceleration
NEED TO KNOW The Acceleration LEBANON Starting on Sept. 17, hundreds of pagers and two-way handheld radios exploded in homes, supermarkets, buses, […]
The Depths
NEED TO KNOW The Depths MYANMAR In the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar, casualties from natural and manmade disasters are mounting. Typhoon […]
On the Sidelines
NEED TO KNOW On the Sidelines AFRICA Last month, Samuel Nduwimana was in agony in a hospital in Bujumbura, the financial capital […]
All or Nothing
NEED TO KNOW All or Nothing SRI LANKA The People’s Liberation Front (JVP) in Sri Lanka was founded as a revolutionary Marxist-Leninist […]
Base Instincts
NEED TO KNOW Base Instincts CZECH REPUBLIC The right-wing Freedom and Direct Democracy Party’s political billboard in Wenceslas Square in the capital […]
A Little Shot of Democracy
NEED TO KNOW A Little Shot of Democracy KASHMIR/ INDIA The Indian government recently announced that local elections in the disputed region […]
The Ghosts of Leaders Past
NEED TO KNOW The Ghosts of Leaders Past PERU The recent death of Alberto Fujimori, 86, who served as president of Peru […]
No Day After
NEED TO KNOW No Day After CAMEROON Cameroonian President Paul Biya is 92 and has ruled his Central African country for 42 […]
Mother Russia
NEED TO KNOW Mother Russia RUSSIA For Russia to remain a great power in the world, the world needs more Russian babies. […]
Rich, Dark Earth
NEED TO KNOW Rich, Dark Earth AMAZON RAINFOREST If the fabled fountain of youth exists, modern society might be destroying it. In […]
Bombshell Postal
NEED TO KNOW Bombshell Postal SOUTH AFRICA The head of South Africa’s Post Office, Fathima Gany, recently dropped a bombshell on lawmakers. […]
Stuck in the Middle
NEED TO KNOW Stuck in the Middle JORDAN The Jordanian government approved an electoral law two years ago, and amendments to it […]
What It Takes
NEED TO KNOW What It Takes INDIA Does India have what it takes to become a great power on the world stage? […]
Weaponizing Migration
NEED TO KNOW Weaponizing Migration NICARAGUA In Senegal, Haiti, India, China, and Libya, the hot new ticket is Nicaragua. Famed for its […]
Victories, Great and Fixed
NEED TO KNOW Victories, Great and Fixed ALGERIA Imane Khelif returned to Algeria a hero. The Olympic gold medalist who garnered headlines […]
The Pressure Cooker
NEED TO KNOW The Pressure Cooker TAJIKISTAN A statue of Ismoil Somoni is a big attraction in Dushanbe, the capital of the former […]
Neighborly Relations
NEED TO KNOW Neighborly Relations NORTH MACEDONIA Five months after he was elected to office in early May, North Macedonia’s nationalist, right-wing […]
Getting Polished
NEED TO KNOW Getting Polished BOTSWANA The president of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi, appeared transfixed recently as he held up the rough-hewn, 2,492-carat […]
Tech and Tradition
NEED TO KNOW Tech and Tradition PARAGUAY Cryptocurrency miners whose servers generate their digital product have flocked to Paraguay to take advantage […]
Tilting at Windmills
NEED TO KNOW Tilting at Windmills AZERBAIJAN Vafa Nagi is running for a seat in parliament as an independent in Azerbaijan’s parliamentary […]
The Price of Stardom
NEED TO KNOW The Price of Stardom ALBANIA “Impossibly blue skies, a wild and dramatic coast, and warm Mediterranean waters lapping at […]
When the War Ends
NEED TO KNOW When the War Ends ETHIOPIA Alemetu, pregnant, was trying desperately to fall asleep when the men from the rebel […]
The Judicial Wall
NEED TO KNOW The Judicial Wall THAILAND The ruling party in Thailand’s parliament, Pheu Thai, recently nominated Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the 37-year-old daughter […]
Punch Drunk
NEED TO KNOW Punch Drunk ISRAEL/ LEBANON Smoke billowed from the streets of Khiam in southern Lebanon recently after Israeli military forces […]