Why Turkey’s president cares so much about an 11th-century battle

Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. Readers of Today's WorldView know we've spent a fair amount of time on the rise of "blood and soil" nationalism in various countries in the West. Populist […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/09/01/why-turkeys-president-cares-so-much-about-an-11th-century-battle/

Britain pays tribute to Princess Diana on the 20th anniversary of her death

LONDON — It may be an exaggeration to say that Princess Diana saved the monarchy. But it’s still fair to say the wildly popular “people’s princess” did buy the royal family some time. Twenty years after the death of Diana, hundreds of people made a pilgrimage on a sun-kissed Thursday to the gates of Kensington Palace, […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/31/britain-pays-tribute-to-princess-diana-on-the-20th-anniversary-of-her-death/

Venezuela, enemy of the U.S., offered $5 million in aid to Harvey victims

The United States and Venezuela are not on good terms. Since President Trump took office, he's sanctioned the country four times (and threatened military action too), taking leader Nicolás Maduro to task for his increasingly autocratic tendencies. But that bad blood didn't stop Venezuela from offering $5 million in aid to the victims of Hurricane Harvey. As Foreign […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/30/venezuela-enemy-of-the-u-s-offered-5-million-in-aid-to-harvey-victims/

A ‘white Christian girl’ placed with veiled Muslim foster moms sparks outrage in Britain

The council that put a Christian girl in conservative Muslim foster care refused to let her live with other family https://t.co/oU27MiIVVU pic.twitter.com/5e4qzB9lO3 — The Times of London (@thetimes) August 29, 2017 LONDON — A story by the Times in London generated a wave of responses, and pushback, this week about a  British girl who was […]

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Fox News just got pulled off the air in Britain because hardly anyone watched it

For the few viewers in Britain who tuned into Fox News, Tuesday was a dark day. Starting at 4 p.m., the channel was pulled from British airwaves. The reason? Too few viewers. On Tuesday, Fox News's parent company announced that it has pulled the channel off the air in Britain, thanks to low ratings. “It averages only a […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/30/fox-news-just-got-pulled-off-the-air-in-britain-because-hardly-anyone-watched-it/

A Texas ad agency tied to Trump signs on with Germany’s far right

BERLIN — Far-right European parties — at least those that have not been decimated in recent months — are not exactly cozying up to President Trump, despite significant ideological alignment. A right-wing German politician this week urged the American president to “tweet less” and marveled that he couldn't keep his staff in order. But there's at least […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/30/a-texas-ad-agency-tied-to-trump-signs-on-with-germanys-far-right/

Trump’s attacks on press ‘could amount to incitement,’ U.N. human rights chief says

In his most sharply worded criticism of Donald Trump yet, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights said that freedom of the press is “under attack from the president” and that Trump's salvos against journalists “could amount to incitement.” Speaking Wednesday at a news conference in Geneva, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein also voiced alarm over Trump's comments about women, […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/30/trumps-attacks-on-press-could-amount-to-incitement-u-n-human-rights-chief-says/

Who blinked in China-India military standoff?

BEIJING — For weeks, China’s Foreign Ministry had been vehement in its denunciations of India and insistence that New Delhi unconditionally withdraw troops that had trespassed into Chinese territory. Don't underestimate us, China repeatedly insisted, we are prepared for military conflict if need be. Yet on Monday, it appeared as though Beijing, not New Delhi, had […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/30/who-blinked-in-china-india-military-standoff/

Why a ‘pirate’ who’s tried to stop whalers near Antarctica is stopping.

Every year, Japanese boats with the word “RESEARCH” stenciled on the side head to the Southern Ocean to hunt for hundreds of whales. And every year since 2005, Paul Watson has used pirate-like tactics to try to stop them. The ships of Watson's Sea Shepherd Conservation Society nestle up to the back of the large Japanese factory […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/29/why-a-pirate-whos-tried-to-stop-whalers-near-antarctica-is-stopping/

Attention is on Harvey. But flooding has killed thousands this month in other countries, too.

Skies, streams and seas have unleashed tragedies around the world this month, forcing us to reckon once more with the deadly power of weather and water. While we watch and react to the devastation wrought by the remnants of Hurricane Harvey across Southeast Texas and Louisiana, we should also spare a thought for the floods that have […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/29/attention-is-on-harvey-but-flooding-has-killed-thousands-this-month-in-other-countries-too/

Hurricane Harvey and the inevitable question of climate change

Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. It’s been more than three days since Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, but the record-shattering deluge it unleashed still isn’t over. Houston, America’s fourth-largest […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/29/hurricane-harvey-and-the-inevitable-question-of-climate-change/

As America debates Confederate monuments, Canada faces its own historical controversy

OTTAWA — The name of Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, is ubiquitous in the country's capital. Ottawa's airport, a major bridge, a parkway along the Ottawa River and several government buildings are all named for him. He's also in most Canadian wallets: Macdonald’s portrait is on the $10 bill. But in an […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/28/as-america-debates-confederate-monuments-canada-faces-its-own-historical-controversy/

Putin saw the Panama Papers as a personal attack and may have wanted revenge, Russian authors say

Russian journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan first published “The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries” in 2015. In that book, the pair used investigative reporting and sharp analysis to show how the Kremlin was using the Internet to its advantage. Two years later, Russia's alleged use of […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/28/putin-saw-the-panama-papers-as-a-personal-attack-and-may-have-wanted-revenge-russian-authors-say/

Plastic bags can now earn you 4 years of imprisonment in Kenya

Rejecting a plea from manufacturers that the production of plastic bags creates jobs, Kenya's high court on Monday paved the way for the world's strongest ban on plastic bags to come into full effect. The law, representing Kenya's third attempt at a ban in the past decade, comes with harsh penalties. For now, they are aimed […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/28/plastic-bags-can-now-earn-you-4-years-of-imprisonment-in-kenya/

Right-wing German politician joins chorus urging Trump to ‘tweet less’

BERLIN — “So Trump …” A smile broke across the face of Alice Weidel, one of the top candidates representing Alternative for Germany, an anti-immigrant, nationalist party apparently poised to enter the German Parliament for the first time after September elections. Speaking to reporters Monday in Berlin, Weidel knew the question was coming. Even here, less than a month before […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/28/right-wing-german-politician-joins-chorus-urging-trump-to-tweet-less/

Trump takes another authoritarian turn with Arpaio pardon

Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. Over the weekend, a mammoth hurricane dumped more than 9 trillion tons of water on southeastern Texas and flooded the streets of Houston, the […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/28/trump-takes-another-authoritarian-turn-with-arpaio-pardon/

Mexican troops saved American lives after Katrina. Would Trump let them do it again?

The devastation wrought by Hurricane Harvey is already apparent even though forecasters say the storm may be only half done dumping rainfall totals measured in feet over the Texas and Louisiana coasts. In possibly the most starkly worded National Weather Service announcement imaginable, the agency said Sunday that “this event is unprecedented” and “beyond anything experienced.” For many […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/27/mexican-troops-saved-american-lives-after-katrina-would-trump-let-them-do-it-again/

Conan O’ Brien is in Tel Aviv, and Israelis are loving it

JERUSALEM — It might be one of the more tense corners of the globe, but residents of the Holy Land can never resist the opportunity for a good laugh. That might be the reason people are going nuts over celebrity funnyman Conan O’Brien, who arrived in Israel on Friday. The U.S. comedian and late night […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/27/conan-o-brien-is-in-tel-aviv-and-israelis-are-loving-it/

War, hunger and now cholera: Yemen’s crisis worsens

CAIRO — By last December, the main hospital in the city of Hajjah in northern Yemen had already received 200 suspected cases of cholera. The patients were being treated at a month-old cholera center supported by the World Health Organization. Across the country, U.N. workers had recorded 122 confirmed cases by then, including 10 confirmed […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/26/cholera-strikes-the-middle-easts-poorest-nation/

Another suspected terrorist attack in London: This time a man wielding a 4-foot sword outside Buckingham Palace

Rattling a city that’s been rocked by two large-scale terrorist attacks in less than four months, police in London say a man wielding a four-foot sword and screaming “Allahu akbar” attacked three officers in London on Friday night. The attack near one of London’s tourist magnets sent two officers to the hospital, although their injuries weren’t life-threatening. The […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/26/another-suspected-terrorist-attack-in-london-this-time-a-man-wielding-a-4-foot-sword-outside-buckingham-palace/

What authoritarianism experts think of Trump’s decision to pardon Joe Arpaio

On Friday night, as Hurricane Harvey was bearing down on the Texas coast, President Trump pardoned Joe Arpiao. The former Arizona sheriff had been convicted of criminal contempt for ignoring a judge's orders to stop detaining people simply because he suspected them of being undocumented immigrants. (Over his decade-long career, his Maricopa County department was also […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/26/what-authoritarianism-experts-think-of-trumps-decision-to-pardon-joe-arpaio/

‘I believe in the Afghan people,’ says top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan

Pamela Constable, The Washington Post's Kabul bureau chief, sat down this week with the top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John W. Nicholson, Jr., for a wide-ranging interview after President Trump's announcement of a new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan. Nicholson expressed his determination to see Islamic State militants defeated there, and Taliban insurgents driven to […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/26/i-believe-in-the-afghan-people-says-top-u-s-military-commander-in-afghanistan/

A new North Korean shooter game lets you target U.S. soldiers

North Koreans are many things, but they're not subtle. Which may help to explain the new 3-D shooting game “Hunting Yankee.” It's a “fighting game of shooting and knocking down Yankees with a sniper gun … behind enemy lines,” according to Arirang-Meari, a state-run news agency. The game looks similar to other first-person shooter games […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/26/a-new-north-korean-shooter-game-lets-you-target-u-s-soldiers/

Former Thai prime minister disappears right before verdict in her trial

When Yingluck Shinawatra was elected prime minister of Thailand in 2011, she was a political neophyte with big ideas. She would, she promised, make life better for rural farmers. To do that, Yingluck launched a massive rice subsidy program. Critics say the poorly managed scheme eventually cost the country $8 billion. Now, they've taken Yingluck to court for mismanagement. If found […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/25/former-thai-prime-minister-disappears-right-before-verdict-in-her-trial/

French president Macron has spent $30,000 on makeup services in just 3 months

PARIS — Emmanuel Macron has long been described as a fresh face in French politics. As it turns out, the appellation may be literal as well. The French magazine Le Point revealed Thursday that France’s 39-year-old new president has spent 26,000 euros ($30,000) on makeup services in his first three months in office — that's […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/25/french-president-macron-has-spent-30000-on-makeup-services-in-just-3-months/

Muslims assimilate well in Germany, even though many Germans don’t like them, a new study finds

Muslim immigrants in Germany have an easier time finding a job and building a community than those in Switzerland, Austria, France and Britain. That's according to a new study from the Bertelsmann Foundation. The researchers spoke to more than 10,000 Muslims who were either born in Europe or arrived before 2010, which means they did not interview the millions who traveled […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/25/muslims-assimilate-well-in-germany-even-though-many-germans-dont-like-them-a-new-study-finds/

In clampdown on left-wing ‘hate,’ Germany bars website tied to G-20 violence

The website, linksunten.indymedia.org, was taken offline for "sowing hate," the interior minister said.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/25/in-clampdown-on-left-wing-hate-germany-bars-website-tied-to-g-20-violence/

Jared Kushner’s quest for peace looks increasingly doomed

Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. White House adviser Jared Kushner headed back to Israel and the West Bank this week in a renewed push to broker Middle East peace, […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/25/jared-kushners-quest-for-peace-looks-increasingly-doomed/

A German food store emptied its shelves of foreign goods to make a point about tolerance

Edeka in Hamburger Hafencity macht Aktion gegen Rassismus. #saynotoracism pic.twitter.com/S3puFdn62g — Sven (@opendev) August 19, 2017 A German grocery store just took a strong stand on diversity. The Edeka, in Hamburg, removed all foreign-made products from its shelves to illustrate how reliant Germany is on people from around the world. Confused customers browsed mostly empty aisles, where […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/24/a-german-food-store-emptied-its-shelves-of-foreign-goods-to-make-a-point-about-tolerance/

The Russian diplomat found dead in his pool in Sudan is the seventh to die since November

There's no way around it: The deaths of seven high-ranking Russian diplomats in nine months (and not one in a hospital bed) play into conspiracy theories and one of America's favorite tropes, the Russian hit job. With yet another announced Wednesday, the list grows, and the head-scratching intensifies. That Russia's ambassador to Sudan was found floating […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/24/the-russian-diplomat-found-dead-in-his-pool-in-sudan-is-the-seventh-to-die-since-november/

The US wants to deport more Eritreans. Here’s what would happen to them if they were forced to return.

NAIROBI--The United States is threatening to apply visa sanctions on Eritrea, one of the world's most repressive countries, for not accepting its citizens who are deported from America. “Our goal is to get countries to agree to accept the return of their nationals,” David Lapan, a Homeland Security spokesman, told reporters. But the new US […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/24/the-us-wants-to-deport-more-eritreans-heres-what-would-happen-to-them-if-they-were-forced-to-return/

The world’s potentially next big conflict, and 5 other global stories

In this occasional series, the London bureau of The Washington Post brings you up to speed on some of the biggest stories of the week. First up: Two conflicts that could shape the world's three most populous nations. The biggest story: As the Afghan war drags on, fears of an even bigger conflict It might have seemed that […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/24/the-worlds-potentially-next-big-conflict-and-5-other-global-stories/

Egypt may be the newest front in Trump’s battle with North Korea

Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. This week, the State Department announced it will withhold millions of dollars in aid to Egypt, a long-standing U.S. ally and a major recipient of […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/24/egypt-may-be-the-newest-front-in-trumps-battle-with-north-korea/

Firefighters saved some piglets from a blaze. Then they ate them as sausages.

Way back in February, a band of English firefighters rescued 18 baby pigs and two sows from a burning barn. If Charlotte had been around, she'd likely have woven “Some Firefighter!” into her web. She wasn't, but grateful farm manager Rachel Rivers promised she'd soon send along a little thank you gift. Just about six months […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/23/firefighters-saved-some-piglets-from-a-blaze-then-they-ate-them-as-sausages/

Mexico shrugs off Trump threats to scrap NAFTA

MEXICO CITY — One week into talks to renegotiate NAFTA, President Trump lobbed another grenade over his so-far-imaginary Mexico border wall, telling a rally in Phoenix on Tuesday night that “I don't think we can make a deal.” Trump's argument was a familiar one, that the United States has been “so badly taken advantage of” by “one […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/23/mexico-shrugs-off-trump-threats-to-scrap-nafta/

A U.N. panel rebukes U.S. for ‘horrific’ events in Charlottesville

When the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination calls out a country, it usually means that things have gotten pretty dire. Last year, it slapped Burundi with a formal warning for “reports of killings, summary executions, disappearances and torture, many of which appear to have an ethnic character.” In 2014, it targeted the Islamic State for […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/23/a-u-n-panel-rebukes-u-s-for-horrific-events-in-charlottesville/

A Saudi teen danced the ‘Macarena.’ Then he was arrested.

CAIRO — It was a rare and subversive action in Saudi Arabia. A 14-year-old is seen in a video dancing to the 1990s hit “Macarena” in the middle of a street in the Saudi city of Jiddah. He’s wearing black headphones, a striped shirt, Nike shorts, baby blue crocs — and a wide, happy smile. […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/23/a-saudi-teen-danced-the-macarena-then-he-was-arrested/

Police identify headless torso as that of missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall

A headless torso found in waters off Copenhagen is that of Kim Wall, a Swedish journalist police suspect died on board a man's personal submarine before it mysteriously sank, the Associated Press reported. Peter Madsen, who was last seen boarding the sub with Wall on Aug. 10, has admitted she died in what he called an “accident” on board […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/23/police-identify-headless-torso-as-that-of-missing-swedish-journalist-kim-wall/

Who’s afraid of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un? Well, not South Koreans.

South Korea held civil defense drills Wednesday to practice what to do in in a North Korean attack. But people, who are used to the threat, weren't much interested.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/23/whos-afraid-of-north-koreas-kim-jong-un-well-not-south-koreans/

It’s time to drop the myth of ‘Donald the Dove’

Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. Once upon a time, President Trump was portrayed as a peacemaker. On the campaign trail, he talked up his belated opposition to the Iraq War and […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/23/its-time-to-drop-the-myth-of-donald-the-dove/

Germany’s orange ecstasy pills have Trump’s name — and face — all over them

Police and parents have long worried about the dangers of drugs designed to look like candy. The fear, somewhat debunked, is that children would mistakenly get their hands on, say, meth that looks much like a lollipop. No matter how slim the chances of drugmakers marketing to kids, authorities encouraged parents to warn their children. But […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/22/germanys-orange-ecstasy-pills-have-trumps-name-and-face-all-over-them/

India already gives Afghanistan billions in aid. Now Trump says India must ‘help us more.’

In the midst of President Trump’s speech on Afghanistan — where he pledged to “fight to win” the war that has dragged on for 16 years — he included an unexpected swipe at America’s “natural ally” India. “We appreciate India's important contributions to stability in Afghanistan,” Trump said. “But India makes billions of dollars in […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/22/india-already-gives-afghanistan-billions-in-aid-now-trump-says-india-must-help-us-more/

Russia, Iran and China are undermining Afghanistan’s progress but President Trump didn’t call them out

President Trump delivered a sharp warning to Pakistan on Monday, saying he intends to hold its leaders to account for harboring militant groups responsible for perpetuating instability across the border in Afghanistan. During a prime-time address to the nation, Trump said the United States would once more accelerate its longest military mission and bring renewed focus to achieving victory in Afghanistan. […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/22/russia-iran-and-china-are-undermining-afghanistans-progress-but-president-trump-didnt-call-them-out/

Who’s losing the Moscow-Washington fight? Ordinary Russians.

Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. If anyone was hoping for a thaw in U.S.-Russia relations after President Trump was elected, they must be sorely disappointed. On Monday, the U.S. […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/22/whos-losing-the-moscow-washington-fight-ordinary-russians/

A man accused of killing a journalist on his private submarine ‘buried her at sea,’ police say

An inventor charged with killing a journalist on his personal submarine has admitted that she died on board “and that he consequently buried her at sea” off the coast of Copenhagen, police announced Monday. But Peter Madsen, who is being held by police, contends that reporter Kim Wall died in an “accident” before he threw her into the water, according to […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/21/a-man-accused-of-killing-a-journalist-on-his-private-submarine-buried-her-at-sea-police-say/

A U.S. soldier who defected to North Korea in 1962 has died, his Pyongyang-born sons say

Five decades after a 21-year-old soldier from Richmond named James Joseph Dresnok sprinted through the demilitarized zone and began his new life as a propaganda tool for North Korea, his Pyongyang-born sons have announced his death. Dresnok's health had been failing for years, and his sons said he died of a stroke in November. He was […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/21/a-u-s-soldier-who-defected-to-north-korea-in-1962-has-died-his-pyongyang-born-sons-say/

‘Sad, but a happy sad’: Londoners fret about four years without Big Ben

LONDON -- Big Ben rang out twelve times at noon on Monday before halting its regularly scheduled bonging for four years to allow for major renovations at the Houses of Parliament. The 13-ton bell will still sound for special occasions such as New Year’s Eve, but parliamentary officials say the bonging must be muted while […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/21/sad-but-a-happy-sad-londoners-fret-about-four-years-without-big-ben/

The USS John S. McCain was struck in some of the world’s busiest waters

After the USS Fitzgerald collided with a giant container ship in mid-June, killing seven sailors, Adm. William F. Moran, vice chief of naval operations, said that the Navy crew's lack of preparedness was partly to blame. “Clearly at some point, the bridge team lost situational awareness,” Moran said. Two months later, another destroyer from the same fleet […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/21/the-uss-john-s-mccain-was-struck-in-some-of-the-worlds-busiest-waters/

North Korea’s latest video tirade reignites missile threat against Guam

The latest video from North Korea suggests missiles will be heading toward Guam during the joint American-South Korean military exercises, which started Monday.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/21/north-koreas-latest-video-tirade-reignites-missile-threat-against-guam/

Cambridge University Press faces backlash after bowing to China censorship pressure

BEIJING — Cambridge University Press faces a major backlash from academics after bowing to Chinese government demands to censor an important academic journal. CUP announced Friday it had removed 300 articles and book reviews from a version of the “China Quarterly” website available in China at the request of the government. The articles touched on […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/21/cambridge-university-press-faces-backlash-after-bowing-to-china-censorship-pressure/

The radical ties that bind Barcelona and Charlottesville

Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. On both sides of the Atlantic, there are urgent investigations into the radicalization of young men who have committed acts of politically inspired violence. In […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/21/the-radical-ties-that-bind-barcelona-and-charlottesville/

South Africa grants Zimbabwe’s first lady immunity over assault claims

Grace Mugabe, wife of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, is back in her country after South Africa granted her diplomatic immunity on Sunday amid allegations that she viciously assaulted a 20-year-old model who was spending time in a hotel with two of her sons in the city of Johannesburg. Saying she was “acting in the interests of South […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/20/south-africa-grants-zimbabwes-first-lady-immunity-over-assault-claims/

Where is Julian Cadman, the 7-year-old missing since the Barcelona attack?

The last photo of missing Aussie Julian Cadman before Barcelona attack, including the clothes he was wearing > MORE: https://t.co/Uk3O9oPFua pic.twitter.com/g1EYlTkokm — Herald Sun (@theheraldsun) August 18, 2017 For a minute, it seemed like there might be one small happy ending amid the tragedy of the Barcelona attack. Julian Cadman, 7, has been missing since […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/19/where-is-julian-cadman-the-7-year-old-missing-since-the-barcelona-attack/

‘Donald Trump brought me here today’: Counterprotesters rout neo-Nazi rally in Berlin

  BERLIN — “There is only one side — the good side,” cried Eva Kese, mustering a smile as she fought back tears. “Your hate has no place here.” Kese, 30, stood Saturday facing a crowd of about 500 neo-Nazis. They were gathered on the outskirts of the German capital to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of Rudolf […]

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Spain’s Catalonia has long been a tourist magnet — and a terrorism hotspot

When two vehicle attacks left 14 dead on Thursday in Catalonia, a region known as a tourist magnet appeared to suddenly emerge as a European terrorism hotspot. For some, however, it came hardly as a surprise. The name of seaside resort Cambrils, where the second vehicle attack took place, is well known to many counterterrorism professionals. […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/18/spains-catalonia-has-long-been-a-tourist-magnet-and-a-terrorism-hotspot/

People from 34 countries were hurt or killed in the Barcelona attacks. Here are their stories.

Thursday's terror attack on Barcelona's Las Ramblas was an assault on Spain that echoed around the world. People from nearly three dozen countries were killed or injured when a driver sped into the busy pedestrian mall, swerving into grandfathers, families and children. Hours later, a second vehicle rampaged through Cambrils, a seaside town about 60 miles south […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/18/people-from-34-countries-were-hurt-or-killed-in-the-barcelona-attacks-here-are-their-stories/

This French mayor saw a truck plow through crowds in Nice. After Barcelona, he seeks to make European streets safer.

Last summer, the French seaside of Nice counted its dead after a truck mowed through crowds marking Bastille Day. Thirteen months later, it was Barcelona’s famed Las Ramblas that was turned into a killing field as a driver used a delivery van as a tool of terrorism. In between, other streets in Stockholm, London and […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/18/this-french-mayor-saw-a-truck-plow-through-crowds-in-nice-after-barcelona-he-seeks-to-make-european-streets-safer/

School’s out at Rio’s flagship university, and no one has any idea when it may start again

RIO DE JANEIRO — In the year since Rio de Janeiro hosted the Summer Olympics, the fallout from the enormously expensive event has only mounted: crime has risen, the “violent death” rate is the highest in nearly a decade, Olympic-related corruption charges are piling up and the city’s shiny new stadiums are already falling apart. […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/18/schools-out-at-rios-flagship-university-and-no-one-has-any-idea-when-it-may-start-again/