The Economist
The government must think hard about how to tackle an Islamist uprising that may have less to do with religion than the rebels claim.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the rebel Lord's Resistance Army cuts a wide swath of terror. Can American troops make a difference?
Belarussian artists and intellectuals have found a place in Minsk where they can express themselves, but still feel they are being monitored closely by the KGB.
Despite President Lukashenka’s threats to put an end to the demonstrations occurring in Belarus, young activists are expanding the pro democracy movement on social networking sites.
Young Belarussians are protesting President Lukashenka's economic policies by hosting clapping protests every week.
Belarus sealed its borders with the West to control the resale of petrol. Now, citizens who once made a profit off of selling smuggled goods on the black market are struggling to make a living.
Citizens of Belarus are beginning to use social networking sites to plan protests against reckless government spending.
America wants to end the reign of the brutal rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army. But can it?
In a three-day diary, Jason Motlagh examines how the Taliban is evolving to overcome the U.S. army's counter-insurgency tactics.
OUTSIDE the main hospital in San Cristóbal de las Casas, women in traditional multicoloured garb queue up to see a doctor. Many are pregnant or carry infants on their backs.
ARRIVING at the end of the deadliest month yet for American forces in Afghanistan and amid allegations of widespread vote-rigging in its recent presidential election, General Stanley McChrystal's r
Political will is scarcer than food.
After a long, hot summer of protests against Indian rule, an uneasy calm descended on the Kashmir valley for the holy month of Ramadan.