foreign affairs

According to American diplomatic parlance, the city of Jerusalem does not belong to Israel, or any country, for that…

Late Friday night in the diplomatic district of Dhaka, Bangladesh, ISIS gunmen carried out an attack at one of the…

Finally, an article that punctures the infuriating cottage industry that has sprung up around French women telling…

Here's something we didn't know: Kelly Clarkson bought a gold ring once owned by Jane Austen at an action last year.…

The Pew Research Center just released the results of a new survey detailing the acceptance of homosexuality around…

Qatar may be one of the richest countries in the world, and the United States may be the home of the free and the…

As the Iranian school year begins today, Human Rights Watch is urging the nation to reconsider the male-only…

George Clooney led a protest in Washington, DC today, in which he and other demonstrators — including his father,…

Fairy tales teach us that part of being a princess means having your dreams come true. Getting what you want.…

This week while testifying before the U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities Committee, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton…

The Secretary of State has invited the foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan to discuss WTF is up with North…

Couples in Japan are pioneering a new trend in parties: the Divorce Ceremony. Sounds... fun?

"Sometimes I even think, why do you do something so stupid!" says Yuko Nagashima, who speaks Carrie's lines in the…

Today I read an op-ed in the New York Times that made me so angry it took me a good couple hours to calm down after…

There's got to be a Jersey Shore joke in here somewhere, but I can't find it. [Flickr]

Last week, the first-ever issue of Turkish Vogue hit newsstands. While many of the editors of the new mag are…

Critics are complaining that President Obama's Tuesday night address lacked analysis of the situation facing women…

Three grassroots women's organizations in the town of Balad Hawa were closed yesterday to prevent women from going…

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wanted to appoint three women to his cabinet, but conservative clerics objected

Just this week Pakistan, the Congo, Uganda, Afghanistan, and Thailand have made headlines concerning systemic…