NEED TO KNOW More Than Words After Germany and the Netherlands blocked Turkish officials earlier this month from lobbying Turkish expatriates in […]

NEED TO KNOW Lucky 777 Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s former number two leader, became the city’s chief executive after winning two-thirds of […]

NEED TO KNOW The New Norm of Low Tech Investigators are still trying to figure out why 52-year-old British national Khalid Masood […]

NEED TO KNOW Of Flags and Ducks The tug of war between protesters and police over opposition leader Alexei Navalny in the streets […]

NEED TO KNOW Closing the Door A year and a half after Europe’s refugee crisis began, the question of what to do […]

NEED TO KNOW Attention Please! Another bleaching event is already striking Australia’s Great Barrier Reef on the heels of the one that […]

NEED TO KNOW Zebras and Stripes Many in Israel girded for a renewal of violence in the Gaza Strip when militant ex-convict […]

NEED TO KNOW The Beginning of the End After nine months of speculation following last year’s Brexit referendum, the UK has announced it will […]

NEED TO KNOW Home, Bubbling, Home After much debate in Berlin in recent years, concerns about the skyrocketing cost of housing in […]

NEED TO KNOW Mutti Goes to Washington German Chancellor Angela Merkel flies to Washington Friday to meet with US President Donald Trump […]

NEED TO KNOW Broken Promises, New Hopes Troubled Somalia enjoyed a rare moment of exuberance last month when thousands poured into the […]

NEED TO KNOW The Dutchman Add Geert Wilders to the list of anti-European Union, anti-Islamic, convention-demolishing far-right politicians at the height of […]

NEED TO KNOW Of Victories and Uncertainties Pollsters and economists were quick to argue that the crackdown on cash Indian Prime Minister […]

NEED TO KNOW A Funeral, A Festival The crowds in Seoul on Sunday symbolized South Korea’s two minds on the impeachment of […]

NEED TO KNOW Of Nukes and Wild Hogs Japanese foodies love wild boar meat. Unfortunately, they can’t dine on the hundreds of […]

NEED TO KNOW A State of Limbo The elections were due to take place in November. But the electoral commission said it […]

NEED TO KNOW Back in the Game After a few weeks of relative calm – following the contentious Navy SEAL raid that some […]

NEED TO KNOW On the Altar of Brexit Talks to salvage Northern Ireland’s local government quickly deteriorated Monday as the Irish-nationalist party […]

NEED TO KNOW Guns Versus Butter Howls of derision greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping’s decision to shoot for 6.5 percent economic growth this […]

NEED TO KNOW A Disarmament, A Peace After more than 50 years of war, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) began […]

NEED TO KNOW The Weighted Scale In the ever-destabilizing Middle East, Iran has enjoyed a particularly good run of successful military and […]

NEED TO KNOW Eternal Stagnation Greece’s perennial sovereign debt crisis and the chaos surrounding Brexit frequently overshadow Italy’s woes. But it might […]

NEED TO KNOW Waiting for Godot As the Geneva Conference for Human Rights and Dignity kicked off last week, many hoped the […]

NEED TO KNOW Keep Your Friends Close The recent “very painful” death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother has sent geopolitical […]