What toppled Lenin statues tell us about Ukraine’s crisis

In an incident reflecting growing Ukrainian anger toward the Kremlin, anti-Russian protesters pulled down a massive Vladimir Lenin statue in Ukraine's second-largest city late Sunday. To many Ukrainians, Lenin is a symbol of the Soviet Union and Russia's aggressive support for the separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine. Despite the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union […]

















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Even an E.U. flag sparks Islamist terrorism worries in Northern Ireland

The Islamic States' black and white flag has become one of the most recognizable symbols for the Iraq and Syria-based extremist group, and it has popped up in places as diverse as London and New Jersey. Given the immense fear that surrounds the group and others like them, when locals in Holywood, Northern Ireland, raised […]

















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North Korea’s lesson in cellphone etiquette

With mass communication comes mass annoyance. That bane of modern life – the overheard cell phone conversation – has now come to North Korea, prompting the authorities there to issue guidelines on how to use the new-fangled devices.

















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Will Latin American leaders give Obama an ‘earful’ on Cuba at Americas summit?

For the United States, the last Summit of the Americas was a fairly regrettable experience. That 2012 event is probably best remembered for the prostitution scandal that embarrassed the Secret Service, its agents' reputation for steely discipline wilted by the tropical heat of host city Cartagena, Colombia. Things didn't go much better for President Obama […]

















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Chinese state media points to foreign hand in Hong Kong protests

The huge protests in Hong Kong were planned long in advance, but their scale seems to have taken many by surprise: The city was in chaos over the weekend after thousands took to the streets, and there are many signs that the Occupy Central demonstrations may not be over yet. For Chinese state media, the […]

















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Ukrainians just pulled down a massive Lenin statue. What does that signal for Russia?

MOSCOW – Anti-Russian protesters in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, pulled down a massive statue of Vladimir Lenin late Sunday, a sign of hardening anger toward the Kremlin in an eastern Ukrainian area where sympathies are split between Kiev and Moscow. The pro-European protests that swept Ukraine in the winter were accompanied by a wave of […]

















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How one night of tear gas in Hong Kong just shut down all Instagram in China

BEIJING -- Social media users in China gave a collective groan Monday after the country's Communist rulers blocked Instagram in the wake of protests in Hong Kong. No more sepia-tinged phone pics of your latest meal in Shanghai or, perhaps more importantly to Chinese censors' minds, no more shots of Hong Kong officers in riot […]

















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Photographer’s Notebook: Documenting the cycle of violence in eastern Congo

In March and April, Nairobi-based photojournalist Pete Muller made trips to the Masisi district in eastern Congo to bring back images of a forgotten war. Muller and the Post's Kabul bureau chief, Sudarsan Raghavan, reported on the ongoing crisis that has claimed more lives than the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam combined and more […]

















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India’s Modi was once denied U.S. entry. Sunday, he was the star at Madison Square Garden.

Madison Square Garden was at full capacity Sunday, not for a Knicks game or a Jay-Z concert, but for the prime minister of India. A crowd of more than 18,500 cheered along with Narendra Modi on his first visit to New York City as prime minister. Modi was elected leader of India in May, where […]

















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