Passive European Muslims Partially To Blame for Swiss Minaret Ban
Switzerland's Muslims can remain silent and continue to be marginalized or they can involve themselves in government policy and the media to shape their future.
Switzerland's Muslims can remain silent and continue to be marginalized or they can involve themselves in government policy and the media to shape their future.
washingtonpost.com | Craig Whitlock | Posted 12.01.2009 | World
PRISTINA, KOSOVO -- Nearly two years after the newest country in the world declared independence, outside powers are still firmly in control. ...
Julia Gorin | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
Below is the original version of my letter that the Wall Street Journal published today. Because of space considerations, there was no room for the wh...
Reporters Uncensored | Posted 10.31.2009 | World
This week we're profiling FilmAid International, a non-profit organization that aims to bring the healing and educating power of cinema to refugees in the most desperate situations.
AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 10.27.2009 | World
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — His chair was empty, his headphones lay idle on the desk. In Courtroom One at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, outrage...
Leon T. Hadar | Posted 10.14.2009 | World
"I have to admit that I'm beginning to miss George W. Bush," is the way former Republican Senator "Chuck" Hagel responded when being asked by CNN's Wolf Blitzer to assess the foreign policy record of the administration of Republican President John McCain.
Ellen Susman | Posted 11.23.2009 | World
Gabriele said that over time some prisoners would find ways to illustrate their stay. They would draw stars, birds, and trees to remind them of freedom. She said they could often smell the roses outside.
Kal Raustiala | Posted 11.12.2009 | World
In the 21st century it is no longer enough to wield great military force, as the U.S. itself has learned on recent occasions. Nor is economic wealth alone enough
Doug Bandow | Posted 10.23.2009 | World
The world has turned out to be a lot less malleable and willing to adjust to American preferences than the president may have thought before taking office.
Barrett Brown | Posted 09.14.2009 | Media
Once a pundit is hired, he rarely faces the prospect of being fired. Having achieved a certain level of name recognition, his real job is already done.
James S. Gordon | Posted 09.10.2009 | World
I found the Times' piece on Radovan Karadzic very disturbing -- not because it addressed his crimes, but because it chose to focus on an identity he assumed while he was living underground in Belgrade.
AP | DUSAN STOJANOVIC | Posted 09.03.2009 | World
BELGRADE, Serbia — Europe's top human rights watchdog launched a probe Monday into Serb allegations that ethnic Albanian guerrillas kidnapped Se...
Lloyd Axworthy | Posted 08.23.2009 | World
This week, a principle adopted by world leaders four years ago to prevent mass atrocity will face a crucial test.
The Huffington Post | Posted 07.26.2009 | World
Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...
Karin Badt | Posted 07.25.2009 | Entertainment
The issue of Lorna I understood. After I read the screenplay, I wrote a biography of her character.
AP | VESELIN TOSHKOV | Posted 07.25.2009 | World
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgarian authorities have detained a former Kosovo prime minister on an international arrest warrant issued by Interpol, and ...
Amy Sewell | Posted 07.18.2009 | Entertainment
The need for pragmatic and prudent leaders in both the military and politics was evident to me during my military service.
Stephen Zunes | Posted 07.06.2009 | World
For many Democrats, the 1999 U.S-led war in Yugoslavia was a "good" war, in contrast to the "bad" war in Iraq. But it was still an unnecessary and illegal war, with political consequences that are far from settled.
Inter Press Service | Vesna Peric Zimonjic | Posted 05.09.2009 | World
BELGRADE, Apr 8 (IPS) - An estimated 160,000 people in Serbia are still in danger from thousands of unexploded cluster bombs, ten years after the N...
AFP | Posted 04.24.2009 | World
Air-raid sirens wailed on Tuesday as Serbia marked the 10th anniversary of NATO's bombing campaign against the regime of late president Slobodan Milos...
BBC | Posted 04.23.2009 | World
The Spanish government has confirmed it will withdraw most of its 600 troops from Kosovo by the end of this summer. ...
Lloyd Axworthy | Posted 04.04.2009 | World
The International Security Council must now resist the temptation to interfere with court proceedings as it grapples with the situation in Darfur.
ABS-CBN News | David Vujanovic | Posted 03.30.2009 | World
An ex-Serbian president cleared of war crimes is unlikely to get a hero's Friday on his return home, where the conviction of five other leaders is see...
AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 03.29.2009 | World
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — U.N. judges on Thursday acquitted former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic of ordering a deadly campaign of terror ag...
Daoud Kuttab | Posted 02.22.2009 | World
As we peer into the abyss, we believe that the establishment of a War Crime Tribunal needs to be supported both by Israel's friends as well as by supporters of Palestine.
Sabria Jawhar | Posted 12.02.2009 | World