Charlie Gibson will sign-off as anchor of ABC's "World News" on December 18, the network announced Tuesday. Diane Sawyer will assume the anchor's cha...
Gilles Dorronsoro | Posted 11.20.2009 | World
The current strategy could very well fail and result in yet another demand for reinforcements next year. A vigorous debate -- more about strategy than resources -- is needed.
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media
The New York Post's Page Six reports Wednesday on supposed bad blood between Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer, and says the outgoing ABC "World News" a...
AP | ANGELA K. BROWN and SUZANNE GAMBOA | Posted 11.14.2009 | World
FORT HOOD, Texas — The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people in a shooting spree at Fort Hood made or accepted wire transfers with Pa...
Bob Ostertag | Posted 11.11.2009 | World
In light of the Honduran elections, Obama's representative decided that might be a good time to ridicule all the Latin American democracies.
Jeremiah Workman | Posted 11.12.2009 | World
No, the alleged killer did not have combat-induced Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. But he did treat men and women with PTSD, and that is a major issue that hardly anyone has discussed.
Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 11.10.2009 | World
On October 22nd a Brazilian college student -- wearing a short, hot pink dress -- attracted more attention than she bargained for when she made a trip to the restroom, and a spontaneous student protest erupted.
Times Online | Jan Raath | Posted 11.08.2009 | World
It took a wild pig on the runway at Harare International Airport to reveal what many Zimbabweans have long feared: the country's Civil Aviation Author...
AP | DIEGO MENDEZ | Posted 11.09.2009 | World
VERAPAZ, El Salvador — Mud and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down a volcano and partly buried a small town Sunday, swallowing up homes ...
AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 11.05.2009 | World
BEIJING — Thousands of people will send letters to President Barack Obama this year. Few besides Yang Zili are likely to risk jail by doing so. ...
Salena Tramel | Posted 11.04.2009 | World
Congress--and all Americans for that matter--should welcome each and every investigation of human rights violations, wherever and by whomever they may have been committed.
AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 11.03.2009 | World
WASHINGTON — Attorneys for John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area that left 10 dead, asked the...
Salena Tramel | Posted 10.29.2009 | World
The events harnessed an energy similar to Obama's presidential run last year. Like that campaign, J Street came as a breath of fresh air for many who felt they were part of a silenced majority.
Rose George | Posted 10.27.2009 | World
Food and water contamination kills more children than AIDS, malaria, or measles, combined. Human waste is an impressive weapon of mass destruction. So here's what's being done about it.
Jeremiah Workman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living
Nutcase. Psycho. Unbalanced. These are some of the words I've been tagged with since being diagnosed with PTSD. Our society's image of the returning warrior with PTSD has been framed by Hollywood.
Andy Worthington | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
In briefs, the battle lines have been drawn. On the one hand is the government, endorsing Bush-era policies. And for the Uighurs, there is a Boston-based attorney and his team.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics
Goldstone's report, in effect, equates Israel with Nazis and other tyrants of history by accusing the Jewish State of deliberately targeting civilians.
Melody Moezzi | Posted 10.13.2009 | World
It's clear that Iran's strongest adversary today remains within its own borders. The current Iranian regime has far more to fear from its own people than it does from any foreign powers.
Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 10.12.2009 | World
KAUST is the first university in Saudi Arabia to allow a mixed-gender environment. This has triggered a 'showdown' between the press and a senior member of the clergy.
Bart Motes | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics
Obama has given new possibilities to a world that only a year ago was defined by conflict. He's rejected the zero-sum game of the Bush years in favor for respect driven diplomacy.
Andy Worthington | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics
Lt. Col. David Frakt said Congress is still behaving unconstitutionally with regard to the right of the Executive branch and the Judiciary to order the release of prisoners from Guantanamo.
David A. Love | Posted 10.07.2009 | Impact
There are many opinions on the Mideast conflict, but one thing is certain: the situation in Gaza is a humanitarian and human rights disaster, and it cannot continue.
The Huffington Post | Posted 10.06.2009 | World
This year's National Brand Index (NBI) -- a global survey ranking countries by how admired they are around the world -- has been released, and the U.S...
Andy Worthington | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics
If the rationale for not releasing the Yemenis from Guantánamo was extended to the U.S. prison system, no prisoner would ever be released at the end of their sentence, because prison "might have radicalized" them.
Andy Worthington | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics
The U.S. government tortured an innocent man to extract false confessions and then threatened him until he obligingly repeated those lies as though they were the truth.
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media