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What's so important about Bani Walid?
When pro-Qaddafi forces were uprooted from Tripoli, regime loyalists from across the country began massing in the sleepy town of Bani Walid, which has stayed loyal to the Libyan leader throughout the...
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How do you post bail to the Iranian government?
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced to NBC on Tuesday that U.S. citizens Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, sentenced by an Iranian court in August to eight-year prison sentences for spying and...
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5 things Gilad Shalit missed while in captivity
With the news of Gilad Shalit's release from five years of captivity at the hands of Hamas, we found ourselves talking about the remarkable changes over the past half decade -- and what he's missed....
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What’s good for the goose is good for the Chancellor
Above, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who will give the keynote address at Davos tomorrow, receives an effigy of a golden goose during Germany's annual carnival season. What you can't see is the...
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Iran's lady ninjas strike back (in a respectful, nonviolent fashion)
Iran suspended accreditation for Reuters today, but not, as one might expect, over reporters prying into the country's nuclear activities or besmirching the good name of the Supreme Leader. Instead,...
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FP's corn rocket needs you
When selecting the 2011 best covers of the year, the Food Issue's "Corn Rocket" was a staff favorite. Turns out, we aren't the only ones enamored by our cosmo-cob. The print version of the cover has...
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Chen Guangcheng photos released by U.S. Embassy in Beijing
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng left the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Wednesday after a deal was negotiated by his American hosts, despite concern over his ultimate fate in the hands of the Chinese...
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Berlusconi's 'burlesque games' apparently included dressing up as Barack Obama
It's often said that politics makes strange bedfellows. Leave it to Silvio Berlusconi, the scandal-ridden former premier of Italy, to make the platitude uncomfortably literal. Thanks to an ongoing...
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1 in 10 Brits think David Cameron could be an alien
It's been a big week for Britain. Queen Elizabeth II is partying hard for her Diamond Jubilee, celebrating 60 years in power; the Olympic torch is making its way across the nation; and one out of 10...
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The sad paintings of L. Paul Bremer III
Who says there are no second acts in American life? You may remember L. Paul Bremer III as the administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) immediately following the U.S.-led invasion of...
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'Ridiculously photogenic Syrian soldier': A weapon of mass seduction
Sex sells -- but can it sell a bloody Middle Eastern revolution pitting disparate armed factions against an entrenched autocrat? Last year's successful overthrow of Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi...
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Check out this girl crushing it on a skateboard in front of the Bamiyan...
In 2001, the Taliban shocked and angered the world by destroying the Buddhas of Bamiyan, 800 year-old statues that the hardline group declared declare "un-Islamic" due to their depiction of the human...
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Yao Ming visits Africa, makes everything look tiny
Former NBA player and Chinese superstar Yao Ming has a new gig as a goodwill ambassador for the nonprofit organization WildAid, who recently brought him to Kenya to make all of our photo dreams come...
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Mourning four of Afghanistan's skateboarding kids
We here at FP loved going through pictures of the young skateboarders for our photo essay on the kids of Skateistan, the group teaching Afghan youth to skateboard in order to build their self-esteem...
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Another chance to save the world -- and win an iPad
We have extended the deadline for FP and the Belfer Center's Cuban missile crisis contest, which means you have another chance to save the world -- and possibly win a new iPad. The challenge is...
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The '13 Days' began today -- what has the world learned 50 years later?
Fifty years ago today, President John F. Kennedy learned that the Soviet Union had deployed nuclear missiles to Cuba, thereby beginning the most dangerous nuclear standoff the world has ever known....
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'The Global Farms Race' and the quest for food security
As climate talks continue to grind along in Doha, food security would seem to be a major concern (especially as the U.N. issues warnings about the increasingly desperate food situation in Syria)....
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