South America’s Rousseff, Kirchner in Hot Water
By Luis Sosa Staff Writer Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Fernandez de Kirchner face controversy yet again under the international spotlight.
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China Challenges Economic Order
By Keith Barnes Staff Writer After decades of double-digit GDP growth, China firmly surpassed Japan as the world’s second-largest economy
Read MoreIndia-China Regional Struggle Reaches Sri Lanka
Newly elected Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has wasted no time in making his country valuable to the region’s key players.
Read MoreEgypt Rebuts ISIS Expansion in Africa
On February 15, Wilayat al-Barqa, the Islamic State’s Libyan branch, beheaded 21 Egyptian Coptic Christian immigrant workers on a Libyan beach in a propaganda video for the radical Islamist group.
Read MoreHigh-Stakes Israeli Election Results in Netanyahu Victory
With nearly all votes counted on March 20 according to Yahoo News, it was clear by the end of election day that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party had successfully won at least 29 seats in the 120-member unicameral Knesset, comfortably defeating the center-left Zionist Union party and a list of other Israeli Arab parties.
Read MoreDeath of Putin Critic Raises Controversy
On February 27, an unidentified attacker in a vehicle shot former Russian Deputy Prime Minister and prominent opposition leader Boris Nemtsov as he crossed a bridge, within the immediate vicinity of the Kremlin.
Read MoreSyrian Conflict Persists After Four Years
March 15 will mark the four-year anniversary of the still-unfulfilled Syrian Revolution, one episode of the Arab Spring, to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad and to call for sociopolitical reforms.
Read MoreMaduro: “Every Fascist Gets Found Out”
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro commented recently on the arrest of Antonio Ledezma, mayor of Caracas, on charges of involvement in a coup allegedly sponsored by the United States against Mr. Maduro.
Read MoreObama and Merkel Diverge on Ukraine Plan
On February 10, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and United States President Barack Obama displayed their disagreement over Ukraine at a White House press conference. Chancellor Merkel, whose visit to Washington was only a quick stop while shuttling between Kiev and Moscow, emphasized that the European Union will continue focusing on diplomatic means to diffuse tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Read MoreU.S.-Cuba Relations Beginning to Thaw
The United States ended a fifty-year stalemate in November 2014 when President Obama announced an effort to reestablish diplomatic ties with Cuba.
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