World

Arab world on Patraeus: Lebanese woman brings down CIA

November 15, 2012 By Juan Cole

The headlines about the Petraeus affair in the Arab world this morning almost universally read something like "Lebanese woman brings down CIA."

Israel assassinates Hamas military commander

November 15, 2012 By Morning Star

Ahmed al-Jabari and another top Hamas official Mohammed al-Hams were killed during a wave of raids in retaliation for rockets fired into southern Israel.

Today in history: Kristallnacht, the Nazis’ ‘Night of Broken Glass’

November 9, 2012 By Barbara Russum

On 9-10 November 1938, a series of coordinated attacks against Jews took place throughout Germany and parts of Austria, carried out by the SS elite military forces, the Hitler Youth, and neighborhood gangsters.

Cuban report to United Nations condemns U.S. blockade

November 8, 2012 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

"The best humanitarian aid Cuba could receive - the equivalent of billions of tons - would be to end the blockade."

War in the East

October 29, 2012 By Joseph Zimmermann

As Veterans Day in the United States approaches we will likely see a temporary increase in television programming focusing on the wars in which Americans have fought.