Globe Trot

Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal

Globe Trot: Afghanistan troop levels, Mali intervention, Pakistan bombings …

International |  And then there were none. As recently as two weeks ago, military experts were discussing the hard-to-fathom option of the Obama administration leaving as few…

A mural of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez decorates a wall in Caracas, Venezuela.

Globe Trot: Chavez crisis, Iraqi protests, Copts relocating, new Anglican head …

International |  Venezuela is heading toward a constitutional crisis as the inauguration of President Hugo Chavez gets delayed over his health condition. Barring a formal…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaks at the Opera House in Damascus Sunday.

Globe Trot: Defiant Assad, Chavez’s rule, brutal Burma crackdowns …

International |  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gave a defiant speech on Sunday—his first public address in six months—defending his harsh crackdown that has brought on…

A refugee sits at the camp in Maban County, South Sudan.

Globe Trot: South Sudan camp, Iraqi Shiites killed, Iran sanctions, Zero Dark Thirty

International |  Tensions are growing in Maban County, South Sudan—an area we’ve focused on that has a rich heritage of Christian ministry and has since mid-2011 attracted…

Nadarkhani upon release from prison in early September

Globe Trot: Iranian pastor rearrested, Syrian death toll, reporter still missing …

International |  Iranian authorities have again arrested an Iranian pastor they freed from a Tehran prison in September. Youcef Nadarkhani, 35, who spent nearly three years in…

A Pakistani health worker chants slogans during a demonstration against the killings of her colleagues in Karachi Wednesday.

Globe Trot: Pakistan shootings, Church growth, heightened security around the world …

International |  In another shooting by suspected Islamists in Karachi, five female health workers vaccinating children against polio have been killed in Pakistan. Masked men…

An Egyptian referendum official counts votes at a polling station in Cairo Saturday.

Globe Trot: International reaction to shooting, Egypt draft constitution vote ...

International |  Worldwide condemnation and concern over the shooting in Connecticut is increasing pressure on Washington to enact stricter federal gun laws. Egypt’s Muslim…

Navy SEAL Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque

Globe Trot: More on Afghanistan rescue, Susan Rice, Jesus' birth, underwater discovery ...

International |  A closer look at the rescue of three aid workers in Afghanistan reveals that locals played a role in standing up to the Taliban. The rescue and raid by U.S.

Foreigns ministers pose for photographers during a meeting of the

Globe Trot: Confused U.S. policy on Syria, desperate conditions in Philippines …

International |  The United States along with up to 100 other countries recognized Syria’s opposition coalition at a “Friends of the Syrian People” conference in Morocco…

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (left) and Vice President Nicolas Maduro

Globe Trot: Chavez picks successor, U.S. doctor rescued in Afghanistan ...

International |  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez admitted that his cancer has returned and designated Vice President Nicolas Maduro as heir to the socialist dictatorship he…

A Filipino woman navigates debris following Typhoon Bopha.

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International |  Typhoon Bopha has left at least 418 people dead and nearly as many missing in the southern Philippines. “Probably half of the missing could be dead by…

Protesters chant anti Muslim Brotherhood slogans during a demonstration in front of the presidential palace in Cairo.

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International |  Egyptians living near the presidential palace in Cairo’s Heliopolis section report heavy clashes this morning with Muslim Brotherhood “thugs” who…

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