The War Dividend
NEED TO KNOW The War Dividend CAMEROON A few months ago, elite government soldiers in Ndop in the Northwest region of Cameroon […]
Terror, Redux
NEED TO KNOW Terror, Redux AFGHANISTAN On Monday, the Taliban marked the first anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan with a national […]
Suffer the Monkeys
NEED TO KNOW Suffer the Monkeys WORLD What’s in a name, Shakespeare once wrote. Well for monkeys these days, everything. Since May, […]
Having a Cow
NEED TO KNOW Having a Cow NETHERLANDS Near the prime minister’s office in The Hague, the seat of the government of the […]
The Girls Next Door
NEED TO KNOW The Girls Next Door BANGLADESH Indian investigators recently busted an alleged human trafficking ring that was smuggling ethnic Rohingya […]
A Tiger’s Tail
NEED TO KNOW A Tiger’s Tail WEST BANK & GAZA Palestinian lawyers took to the streets in Ramallah in the Israel-occupied territories […]
We’re Jammin’
NEED TO KNOW We’re Jammin’ KENYA Everywhere in Kenya these days, people are jamming, on corners, at gas stations, and even on […]
War-Life Balance
NEED TO KNOW War-Life Balance UKRAINE An emergency worker recently proposed to his girlfriend. Dressed in his first responder gear as his […]
Same Old, Same Old
NEED TO KNOW Same Old, Same Old IRAN Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, a conservative former judge, won office a year ago promising […]
Il Duce’s Smile
NEED TO KNOW Il Duce’s Smile ITALY Europe’s first fascist leader, Benito Mussolini, once said that “Democracy is beautiful in theory; in […]
The Bidding War
NEED TO KNOW The Bidding War CHINA American and Chinese ships and planes are more frequently encountering each other in the western […]
Floating On
NEED TO KNOW Floating On EGYPT The houseboats of the Nile River in Egypt have a storied past. Many believe the pharaohs […]
The Revanchist’s Folly
NEED TO KNOW The Revanchist’s Folly UKRAINE/ RUSSIA Russia plans to hold elections in the occupied Ukrainian territories of Donetsk, Kherson, […]
A Grand Companion
NEED TO KNOW A Grand Companion HONDURAS A judge in Honduras recently sentenced Roberto David Castillo, a top business executive and graduate […]
The Great War, Redux
NEED TO KNOW The Great War, Redux DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO The Great African War, or the African World War, took […]
Huffing and Puffing
NEED TO KNOW Huffing and Puffing THAILAND Thailand recently decriminalized marijuana, becoming the first country in Asia to embrace a new attitude […]
Cycles of Despair
NEED TO KNOW Cycles of Despair HAITI The gang warfare that has claimed more than 230 lives in Haiti recently has also […]
Neighbor Versus Neighbor
NEED TO KNOW Neighbor Versus Neighbor UKRAINE For months, rumors have spread in Ukraine about locals collaborating with the Russians. As the […]
The Trains To Nowhere
NEED TO KNOW The Trains To Nowhere LAOS When Sri Lanka defaulted on its debt in May, as the BBC reported, the […]
Do Not Pass Go
NEED TO KNOW Do Not Pass Go SUDAN A court in Sudan recently sentenced a woman to death by stoning on adultery […]
After the Party
NEED TO KNOW After the Party UNITED KINGDOM It’s as if Britons are girding for the hangover that is sure to follow […]
The Widening Sinkhole
NEED TO KNOW The Widening Sinkhole SRI LANKA Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was once a war hero, known for crushing the […]
Mirror Image
NEED TO KNOW Mirror Image CHECHNYA The Russian republic of Chechnya is intimately intertwined with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Having battled Russian forces […]
Crimes, Public and Domestic
NEED TO KNOW Crimes, Public and Domestic PAPUA NEW GUINEA Police in Papua New Guinea recently detained the son of the country’s […]