Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the latest U.S. efforts to boost Ukraine’s air defenses, extreme heat in Saudi Arabia, and Namibia’s landmark ruling. Welcome back to ...
This year marks 30 years since the Rwandan genocide in 1994, when a Hutu-majority government and a privately owned radio station with close ties to the government colluded to murder ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a military assistance deal between Russia and North Korea, a vaccine production initiative in Africa, and Kenya’s contentious tax plan. Welcome ...
While Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza has drawn much of the world’s attention over the past eight months, fighting on a second front—at the country’s northern border with Lebanon—is ...
Western governments’ rapidly growing defense spending sounds like a straightforward equation: More spending equals more weapons. But skilled weapons workers are in short supply, especially explosives experts, and without a ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the dissolution of Israel’s war cabinet, diplomatic efforts between Russia and North Korea, and migrant deaths in the Mediterranean Sea. Sign ...
A high school class lecture on the Mongol Empire is suddenly interrupted by a paratrooper assault. The Russian-speaking paratroopers shoot first. The teacher is killed. Students scatter. An RPG blows ...
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Woody Allen once quipped that 80 percent of success in life is just showing up. From a negotiator’s perspective, he was only half right; success more often than not depends ...
On June 10, a boat carrying 260 Somali and Ethiopian refugees capsized off the coast of Yemen, killing dozens. The number of dead will almost certainly rise. It’s a tragic ...