International

A man walks through a room in the gutted U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans.

Globe Trot: The State Department has some explaining to do

by Mindy Belz

International |  The second-highest serving officer at the U.S. mission in Libya is set to testify today in Congress against the White House version of events surrounding the…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/globe_trot_the_state_department_has_some_explaining_to_do]

The Rev. Ross Bay, Bishop of Auckland

Anglican Church in New Zealand faces discrimination claim

by Leigh Jones

Religious Liberty |  A gay man in New Zealand who wants to become an Anglican priest is taking the Bishop of Aukland to the country’s Human Rights Tribunal for discriminating…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/anglican_church_in_new_zealand_faces_discrimination_claim]

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, damaged buildings wrecked by an Israeli airstrike are seen in Damascus, Syria.

Globe Trot: Israel targets Syrian weapons with dual airstrikes

by Mindy Belz

International |  Israel, largely staying on the sidelines of Syria’s civil war, this weekend launched a pair of airstrikes,including an attack near a sprawling military…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/globe_trot_israel_targets_syrian_weapons_with_dual_airstrikes]

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki

Globe Trot: Civil war looms in Iraq

by Mindy Belz

International |  Nobody wants a return to civil war in Iraq, but events are moving in that direction. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has become too divisive to stop it.

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/globe_trot_civil_war_looms_in_iraq]

PULLED: Two women discuss infidelity and condoms in the controversial ad.
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Staying on message

by Moses Wasamu

Kenya |  Kenyan churches successfully lobby to remove a U.S.-funded ad they say encourages adultery

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/staying_on_message]

An eight-story building with thousands of garment factory workers collapsed near Bangladesh’s capital of Dhaka.
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Good neighbor policy

by Jamie Dean

Bangladesh |  Disasters raise questions for average citizens: Are we prepared to help save lives?

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/good_neighbor_policy]

DESTROYED: A young girl stands amid burned ruins in Baga, Nigeria, on April 21.
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Tar bubbles and terrorism

by Mindy Belz

Human Rights |  Punishing crimes big and small can be life-and-death business

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/tar_bubbles_and_terrorism]

Kenneth Bae, right, and his friend Bobby Lee during their time together at the University of Oregon in the 1980s.

North Korea sentences Christian American to 15 years hard labor

by Whitney Williams

Religion |  Six months after detaining Korean American Kenneth Bae, North Korea has sentenced the man believed to be a Christian missionary to 15 years of hard labor. Bae…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/north_korea_sentences_christian_american_to_15_years_hard_labor]

Workers at a May Day protest in Madrid, Spain.

Globe Trot: European workers cry ‘May Day’ over unemployment

by Mindy Belz

International |  Workers across Europe are protesting on this May Day, demanding their governments tackle record-high unemployment with (surprise) more government bailouts.

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/globe_trot_european_workers_cry_may_day_over_unemployment]

Secretary of State John Kerry

USCIRF presses Kerry on religious freedom worldwide

by J.C. Derrick

Religious Liberty |  WASHINGTON—The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its annual report Tuesday, detailing the plight of persecuted…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/uscirf_presses_kerry_on_religious_freedom_worldwide]

A North Korean flag hangs inside the interior of Pyongyang’s Supreme Court

American Christian may face death penalty in North Korea

by Whitney Williams

Religion |  North Korean officials announced Saturday that detained American citizen Kenneth Bae will be tried before the country’s Supreme Court on charges of plotting…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/american_christian_may_face_death_penalty_in_north_korea]

Everett Dutschke stands in the street near his home in Tupelo, Miss.

Midday Roundup: FBI says second ricin letter arrest is the right one

by Leigh Jones

Newsworthy |  Poison pen arrested. Over the weekend, federal investigators arrested the second man suspected of sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, Sen.

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/midday_roundup_fbi_says_second_ricin_letter_arrest_is_the_right_one]

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