Globe Trot

Supporters of Hugo Chavez celebrate his return to Venezuela today.

Globe Trot: Chavez returns, leaked pope papers, TB in India, Iraq survivor, Copts attacked

International |  President Hugo Chavez made a surprise return to Venezuela following cancer treatment in Cuba. A web of corruption and backbiting is coming to light with an…

Sen. Marco Rubio

Globe Trot: ‘Misguided’ foreign policy, Bush successes, ketchup deal, lent …

International |  President Barack Obama has failed to engage in the debate about America’s role in the world, wrote Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in Foreign Policy . Rubio conceded…

U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, right, shakes hand with outgoing NATO commander U.S. Gen. John Allen, left.

Globe Trot: Nuclear tests, Gen. Allen leaves NATO, letters for Iranian prisoners, and Koreans killed in Nigeria

International |  North Korea’s third nuclear test measured as a 5.1-magnitude earthquake detected by U.S. Geological Survey in North Korea on Tuesday. Since…

Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana

Globe Trot: Possible pope successor, Syria, China, Benghazi, Russia, evangelism in Muslim countries

International |  Pope Benedictus XVI became the first head of the Roman Catholic Church since 1415 to resign∫ announcing he will step down Feb. 28, citing his “advanced…

Sherry Rehman talks to reporters in Islamabad, Pakistan

Globe Trot: Secret drones, tiny drones, history in Mali, and ‘hell’ in Syria

International |  Today  The Washington Post  admits that it and other news organizations have known for a year that the United States was operating a drone…

Demonstrators hold candles in memory of protester Mohammed Qorany, at the spot where he died in clashes, near the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt.

Globe Trot: Unsafe in Egypt, military suicides, Hillary Clinton’s last speech and Richard III found

International |  Egypt “overall is entering into a very dangerous phase,” says Hudson Institute’s Sam Tadros, one of the best experts to follow on Egypt (and an…

A protester surrounded by teargas and smoke in Cairo.

Globe Trot: Insecurity in Egypt, the French in Mali, Brazil fire, Christians deaths in Iraq …

International |  The Egyptian government declared emergency law in three canal region cities following recent violence and demonstrations. Cairo scholar Essam Abdalla told me…

Anti-government protesters gather near Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday.

Globe Trot: Egypt anniversary, Vietnam house churches, Mumbai plotter sentenced, Israeli politics

International |  Today marks the second anniversary of the start of the Egyptian uprising that toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Then, as today, protesters took to the…

A snowboarder near the Sacre Coeur Basilica in Paris Sunday.

Globe Trot: Snow in Europe, French fashion, standoff in Algeria, Mali, ethnic cleansing in Sudan

International |  In Washington it’s Inauguration Day. In Paris and other European capitals, it’s a snow day. Big headaches for European travelers but a fond view for those…

A 2005 photo of the Ain Amenas gas field in Algeria, where al-Qaeda terrorists raided and took hostages Wednesday.

Globe Trot: Algeria, North Korea, Syria, Paris protests, mapping North Africa

International |  “Terrorists should be on notice,” said Defense Secretary Leon Panetta today in London, following the Algerian army’s raid to release an unknown number…

A motorcyclist waves his support as French troops in armored personnel carriers drive through Mali's capital Bamako Tuesday.

Globe Trot: Mali matters, Dreamliners grounded, ‘red line’ in Syria, Chechen Bibles

International |  The French defense minister says fighting in Mali will be “long,” as French forces today moved into towns just south of areas captured recently by Islamic…

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (left) and President Obama at a joint press conference on Friday at the White House.

Globe Trot: Early withdrawal, Syrian disaster, Iranian-American pastor …

International |  Afghan forces will take “full responsibility for their nation’s security” this year, announcedPresident Obama on Friday after meeting with Afghan…

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