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July 29, 2011

Egypt
Weekend Reading: Clueless in DC, Chaos in Syria, Exhilaration in Benghazi

Syria's Sufi Tahleela Band performs during the third annual Sufi Festival in Amman (Ali Jarekji/Courtesy Reuters) Manar el-Shorbagy writes for al-Masry al-Youm on Washington’s failure to recogniz…

Weekend Reading: Clueless in DC, Chaos in Syria, Exhilaration in Benghazi

May 29, 2015

Cuba
Cuba and the Terrorism List

The Obama administration announced today that Cuba comes off the "terrorism list." Here is some of what it said: the President in December instructed the Secretary of State to immediately launch a …

February 6, 2017

Israel
President Trump’s Settlement Policy Breaks Ground

For the first dozen days of the Trump administration, it seemed to Israelis that they had a free hand to settle the West Bank. Israel announced its intention to build thousands of new houses, and Pri…

Settlements

November 13, 2013

United States
Typhoon Haiyan, the Philippines, the United States, and China

As more news of the extensive destruction wrought by Typhoon Haiyan rolls in—some storm experts are saying that it is the most powerful typhoon ever to hit land—I have spoken with a number of reporte…

Evacuated residents prepare to get onto a U.S. military plane at Tacloban airport in central Philippines on November 13, 2013, five days after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the area. (Bobby Yip/Courtesy Reuters)

July 18, 2019

Women and Women's Rights
A Woman on the Moon and Equality on Earth

As we approach the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and push toward a new frontier in space exploration, it is time to ensure women are equal partners in STEM and space.

President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to NASA mathematician Katherine G. Johnson at the White House on November 24, 2015.