May 4, 2016

Wie man im Nahen Osten alles nur schlimmer macht – und wie es zu verhindern wäre - International Crisis Group

Wie man im Nahen Osten alles nur schlimmer macht – und wie es zu verhindern wäre - International Crisis Group

Crime, Corruption, and the King’s Dog: Risky Topics for Global Media | Freedom House

Crime, Corruption, and the King’s Dog: Risky Topics for Global Media | Freedom House

Global Press Freedom: Countries to Watch | Freedom House

Global Press Freedom: Countries to Watch | Freedom House

Famous Women, Banknotes, and Online Abuse – Lingua Franca - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Famous Women, Banknotes, and Online Abuse – Lingua Franca - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education

The huge, strange coalition opposed to an Obama apology at Hiroshima

The huge, strange coalition opposed to an Obama apology at Hiroshima

Asia Unbound » TPP and its Implications for Global Access to Medicines

Asia Unbound » TPP and its Implications for Global Access to Medicines

Head in the clouds: The highest hotels in Asia – Travel Wire Asia

Head in the clouds: The highest hotels in Asia – Travel Wire Asia

Baggage mishandling rates are lowest ever recorded, report says – Travel Wire Asia

Baggage mishandling rates are lowest ever recorded, report says – Travel Wire Asia

Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 4 May 2016 | Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 4 May 2016 | Human Rights Watch

May 3, 2016

Riding with Karachi's motorbike journalists - Al Jazeera English

Riding with Karachi's motorbike journalists - Al Jazeera English

Poland vs. History by Timothy Snyder | NYR Daily | The New York Review of Books

Poland vs. History by Timothy Snyder | NYR Daily | The New York Review of Books

Second refugee sets herself on fire at Nauru detention center - Asian Correspondent

Second refugee sets herself on fire at Nauru detention center - Asian Correspondent

Bangladeshi blogger gets death threats, seeks refuge in the U.S. - Asian Correspondent

Bangladeshi blogger gets death threats, seeks refuge in the U.S. - Asian Correspondent

Domestic abuse is thriving in China’s culture of silence - The Washington Post

Domestic abuse is thriving in China’s culture of silence - The Washington Post

Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 3 May 2016 | Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 3 May 2016 | Human Rights Watch

May 2, 2016

What we learned about online nonprobability polls | Pew Research Center

What we learned about online nonprobability polls | Pew Research Center

Seymour Hersh: Bin Laden killing story a fantasy - AJE News

Seymour Hersh: Bin Laden killing story a fantasy - AJE News

Al-Qaeda Everywhere: US support for Oppressive Gov't's undermined victory against Bin Laden

Al-Qaeda Everywhere: US support for Oppressive Gov't's undermined victory against Bin Laden

Baidu (BIDU), China's version of Google (GOOG), is "evil," a growing number of users say — Quartz

Baidu (BIDU), China's version of Google (GOOG), is "evil," a growing number of users say — Quartz

Google Keyboard for Android now has a one-handed mode | The Verge

Google Keyboard for Android now has a one-handed mode | The Verge

WhatsApp, Used by 100 Million Brazilians, Was Shut Down Nationwide Today by a Single Judge

WhatsApp, Used by 100 Million Brazilians, Was Shut Down Nationwide Today by a Single Judge

CrisisWatch | Tracking Conflict Worldwide - International Crisis Group

CrisisWatch | Tracking Conflict Worldwide - International Crisis Group

Iraq: Al Jazeera Closure a Blow to Free Speech | Human Rights Watch

Iraq: Al Jazeera Closure a Blow to Free Speech | Human Rights Watch

Viral video: China demolition crew shown beating villagers with batons - Asian Correspondent

Viral video: China demolition crew shown beating villagers with batons - Asian Correspondent

Two Tibetan Monks Detained For Ten Days, Beaten Following Traffic Dispute

Two Tibetan Monks Detained For Ten Days, Beaten Following Traffic Dispute

Cambodian Sex Scandal Cover-up Dragnet Nets Six

Cambodian Sex Scandal Cover-up Dragnet Nets Six

Tibetan Monk Detained in New Solo Protest in Ngaba

Tibetan Monk Detained in New Solo Protest in Ngaba

Asia's factories stay sluggish, stimulus lacks traction - Business Insider

Asia's factories stay sluggish, stimulus lacks traction - Business Insider

China Takes a Shot at 'Cannon Ren' Over Anti-Propaganda Tweets

China Takes a Shot at 'Cannon Ren' Over Anti-Propaganda Tweets

Hundreds Stage Protest in Hong Kong Over Sacking of Newspaper Editor

Hundreds Stage Protest in Hong Kong Over Sacking of Newspaper Editor

Australian aid tumbled in 2015

Australian aid tumbled in 2015

Let's get strategic about border security

Let's get strategic about border security

Aid & development links: Happiness Report, Australian aid budget, Venezuela's two-day work week and more

Aid & development links: Happiness Report, Australian aid budget, Venezuela's two-day work week and more

Modi’s panic button for women's safety: Pros and cons

Modi’s panic button for women's safety: Pros and cons

Landmark heart disease study marks 30 years of research - Chicago Tribune

Landmark heart disease study marks 30 years of research - Chicago Tribune

When to Call a Doctor When You're Traveling Overseas | Washingtonian

When to Call a Doctor When You're Traveling Overseas | Washingtonian

May 1, 2016

Best free email service - iCloud vs Gmail vs Outlook & more | Expert Reviews

Best free email service - iCloud vs Gmail vs Outlook & more | Expert Reviews

Global Terrorism Database

Global Terrorism Database

IRIN | Can de-radicalisation be taught at school?

IRIN | Can de-radicalisation be taught at school?

Week in pictures: From India's drought to Syria carnage - Al Jazeera English

Week in pictures: From India's drought to Syria carnage - Al Jazeera English

#AleppoIsBurning: Calls to boycott Facebook over Aleppo - AJE News

#AleppoIsBurning: Calls to boycott Facebook over Aleppo - AJE News

May Day observed from Istanbul to Taipei - AJE News

May Day observed from Istanbul to Taipei - AJE News

Brazil: Behind the Dilma Rousseff impeachment story - Al Jazeera English

Brazil: Behind the Dilma Rousseff impeachment story - Al Jazeera English

German far-right party calls for ban on minarets and burqa | World news | The Guardian

German far-right party calls for ban on minarets and burqa | World news | The Guardian

What Is Alzheimer’s Disease? - The New York Times

What Is Alzheimer’s Disease? - The New York Times

Hackers’ $81 Million Sneak Attack on World Banking - The New York Times

Hackers’ $81 Million Sneak Attack on World Banking - The New York Times

This Persian Gulf country may be the anti-Dubai — and that’s a good thing - The Washington Post

This Persian Gulf country may be the anti-Dubai — and that’s a good thing - The Washington Post

This Persian Gulf country may be the anti-Dubai — and that’s a good thing - The Washington Post

This Persian Gulf country may be the anti-Dubai — and that’s a good thing - The Washington Post

The rise of the aerostate: U.S. carriers scramble as Persian Gulf rivals emerge - The Washington Post

The rise of the aerostate: U.S. carriers scramble as Persian Gulf rivals emerge - The Washington Post

Silent Killers - The New Indian Express

Silent Killers - The New Indian Express

Daily chocolate intake linked to lower risk of diabetes, heart disease - Medical News Today

Daily chocolate intake linked to lower risk of diabetes, heart disease - Medical News Today

Israel, Hamas and Egypt form unlikely alliance against Islamic State affiliate - The Washington Post

Israel, Hamas and Egypt form unlikely alliance against Islamic State affiliate - The Washington Post

Daniel J. Berrigan, pacifist priest who led antiwar protests, dies at 94 - The Washington Post

Daniel J. Berrigan, pacifist priest who led antiwar protests, dies at 94 - The Washington Post

Five myths about the Pacific Rim - The Washington Post

Five myths about the Pacific Rim - The Washington Post

How Clinton and Obama tried to run the world — while trying to manage each other - The Washington Post

How Clinton and Obama tried to run the world — while trying to manage each other - The Washington Post

Protests in Baghdad throw administration’s Iraq plan into doubt - The Washington Post

Protests in Baghdad throw administration’s Iraq plan into doubt - The Washington Post

Apr 28, 2016

The Social Consequences of Switching to English – Lingua Franca - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Social Consequences of Switching to English – Lingua Franca - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Supreme Court Gives FBI More Hacking Power

Supreme Court Gives FBI More Hacking Power

Malária: Cabo Verde e Timor-Leste entre os países capazes de eliminar a doença até 2020 - OMS - Observador

Malária: Cabo Verde e Timor-Leste entre os países capazes de eliminar a doença até 2020 - OMS - Observador

What is the Dark Web? What is the Deep Web? How to access the Dark Web - How-To - PC Advisor

What is the Dark Web? What is the Deep Web? How to access the Dark Web - How-To - PC Advisor

Google Play Music is better than Spotify - Tech Insider

Google Play Music is better than Spotify - Tech Insider

How long until we see Google Play on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux? | Ars Technica

How long until we see Google Play on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux? | Ars Technica

Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 28 April 2016 | Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 28 April 2016 | Human Rights Watch

Apr 27, 2016

In Yemen, Saudi-Led Intervention Gives Rise to New Armed Religious Faction

In Yemen, Saudi-Led Intervention Gives Rise to New Armed Religious Faction

Israeli Arabs more optimistic about two-state solution than Arabs living in the Palestinian territories | Pew Research Center

Israeli Arabs more optimistic about two-state solution than Arabs living in the Palestinian territories | Pew Research Center

The Divide Over Islam and National Laws in the Muslim World | Pew Research Center

The Divide Over Islam and National Laws in the Muslim World | Pew Research Center

Dutch Intelligence: Competition Could Fuel Jihadi Plots :: The Investigative Project on Terrorism

Dutch Intelligence: Competition Could Fuel Jihadi Plots :: The Investigative Project on Terrorism

Ahead of rare North Korea Congress, money trumps Party for most - Channel NewsAsia

Ahead of rare North Korea Congress, money trumps Party for most - Channel NewsAsia

Snowden Debates CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Encryption

Snowden Debates CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Encryption

Everything You Think You Know About Child Sex Trafficking is Wrong ... Alexandra Lutnick Tells You Why

Everything You Think You Know About Child Sex Trafficking is Wrong ... Alexandra Lutnick Tells You Why

During Passover, Remember That Sex Trafficking is Bondage - Sisterhood – Forward.com

During Passover, Remember That Sex Trafficking is Bondage - Sisterhood – Forward.com

The Trump Bomb by Jeremy Bernstein | The New York Review of Books

The Trump Bomb by Jeremy Bernstein | The New York Review of Books

Who Is Xi? by Andrew J. Nathan | The New York Review of Books

Who Is Xi? by Andrew J. Nathan | The New York Review of Books

Syria: Civilian Deaths Rising as Attacks Resume | Human Rights Watch

Syria: Civilian Deaths Rising as Attacks Resume | Human Rights Watch

Egypt: Fearing Protests, Police Arrest Hundreds | Human Rights Watch

Egypt: Fearing Protests, Police Arrest Hundreds | Human Rights Watch

Austria: Drastic, Unjustified Measures against Asylum Seekers | Human Rights Watch

Austria: Drastic, Unjustified Measures against Asylum Seekers | Human Rights Watch

Freedom of the Press 2016: The Battle for the Dominant Message | Freedom House

Freedom of the Press 2016: The Battle for the Dominant Message | Freedom House

Banning of Mejlis’ Activity Could Lead to Criminalization of Ethnic Identity | Freedom House

Banning of Mejlis’ Activity Could Lead to Criminalization of Ethnic Identity | Freedom House

Weekly Book List, April 1, 2016 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Weekly Book List, April 1, 2016 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

India: Mobile phones to have mandatory 'panic button' from 2017 - Asian Correspondent

India: Mobile phones to have mandatory 'panic button' from 2017 - Asian Correspondent

Africa must get education lessons from India | The Herald

Africa must get education lessons from India | The Herald

Sri Lank's northern province poorer, undeveloped after 26-year civil war with Tamil Tigers

Sri Lank's northern province poorer, undeveloped after 26-year civil war with Tamil Tigers

Researchers estimate worldwide economic burden of dengue

Researchers estimate worldwide economic burden of dengue

Devastating wheat fungus appears in Asia for first time : Nature News & Comment

Devastating wheat fungus appears in Asia for first time : Nature News & Comment

Punishing Heat Wave Sets Records Across Asia

Punishing Heat Wave Sets Records Across Asia

Media Activism and Postcolonial Futures | International Institute for Asian Studies

Media Activism and Postcolonial Futures | International Institute for Asian Studies

Will Beijing's South China Sea 'land creation' lose it the peace?

Will Beijing's South China Sea 'land creation' lose it the peace?

Australia's new cyber security strategy: A critical outlook

Australia's new cyber security strategy: A critical outlook

Australia's new strategic partnership with France

Australia's new strategic partnership with France

Rights Groups Call For Medical Parole For Jailed Chinese Activist

Rights Groups Call For Medical Parole For Jailed Chinese Activist

Executed Uyghur's Relatives Hit Hard by Arrests, Surveillance

Executed Uyghur's Relatives Hit Hard by Arrests, Surveillance

Renowned Chinese Dissident Harry Wu is Dead

Renowned Chinese Dissident Harry Wu is Dead

Jailed Uyghur Scholar Nominated For Top Human Rights Award

Jailed Uyghur Scholar Nominated For Top Human Rights Award

Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 27 April 2016 | Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 27 April 2016 | Human Rights Watch

Apr 26, 2016

Mitsubishi admits rigging going back more than 25 years - AJE News

Mitsubishi admits rigging going back more than 25 years - AJE News

Waiting for 3G: Palestinians call for connections - AJE News

Waiting for 3G: Palestinians call for connections - AJE News

Yemeni forces capture al-Qaeda stronghold in Hadramout - AJE News

Yemeni forces capture al-Qaeda stronghold in Hadramout - AJE News

Bangladesh's pluralism is at risk if Sheikh Hasina does not stop extremists | World news | The Guardian

Bangladesh's pluralism is at risk if Sheikh Hasina does not stop extremists | World news | The Guardian

Inside the lost cave world of the Amazon's tepui mountains | New Scientist

Inside the lost cave world of the Amazon's tepui mountains | New Scientist

Norovirus outbreak infects thousands in northern Spain | World news | The Guardian

Norovirus outbreak infects thousands in northern Spain | World news | The Guardian

Syrian food crisis deepens as war chokes farming | Reuters

Syrian food crisis deepens as war chokes farming | Reuters

Inside the gypsy capital of the world: The Moldovan town where locals flaunt their wealth by building flamboyant homes and the 'Gypsy King' rules supreme  | Daily Mail Online

Inside the gypsy capital of the world: The Moldovan town where locals flaunt their wealth by building flamboyant homes and the 'Gypsy King' rules supreme  | Daily Mail Online

What It’s Like to Live in the World’s Most Polluted City

What It’s Like to Live in the World’s Most Polluted City

With Facebook No Longer a Secret Weapon, Egypt’s Protesters Turn to Signal

With Facebook No Longer a Secret Weapon, Egypt’s Protesters Turn to Signal

America's Prisons for Refugees | The Progressive

America's Prisons for Refugees | The Progressive

Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 26 April 2016 | Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 26 April 2016 | Human Rights Watch

Apr 25, 2016

Canadian hostage beheaded by Islamist militants in Philippines | World news | The Guardian

Canadian hostage beheaded by Islamist militants in Philippines | World news | The Guardian

Editor of Bangladesh's first and only LGBT magazine killed | World news | The Guardian

Editor of Bangladesh's first and only LGBT magazine killed | World news | The Guardian

How Google Trends Predicted Donald Trump's Rise, and What It Means For Polling

How Google Trends Predicted Donald Trump's Rise, and What It Means For Polling

A Different Guernica by John Richardson | The New York Review of Books

A Different Guernica by John Richardson | The New York Review of Books

Rise in Palestinian children held by Israel 'alarming' - AJE News

Rise in Palestinian children held by Israel 'alarming' - AJE News

Is China changing its policy towards Uighur Muslims? - Al Jazeera English

Is China changing its policy towards Uighur Muslims? - Al Jazeera English

Syria's civil war: Deadly car bombing near Damascus - AJE News

Syria's civil war: Deadly car bombing near Damascus - AJE News

WikiSabah: Biggest intelligence raid in US Special Forces' history exposes jihadi accountant behind terror group's $1million-a-day oil operation

WikiSabah: Biggest intelligence raid in US Special Forces' history exposes jihadi accountant behind terror group's $1million-a-day oil operation

China: President Xi says religious groups must submit to Communist Party's control - Asian Correspondent

China: President Xi says religious groups must submit to Communist Party's control - Asian Correspondent

Asia Unbound » Beijing’s Squeeze Play on Taiwan

Asia Unbound » Beijing’s Squeeze Play on Taiwan

A history of (parts of) the world in thirty and one travel pieces

A history of (parts of) the world in thirty and one travel pieces

China Struggles as Oil Losses Climb

China Struggles as Oil Losses Climb

China Struggles as Oil Losses Climb

China Struggles as Oil Losses Climb

China Jails Citizen Journalist Who Witnessed Tiananmen Immolation Protest

China Jails Citizen Journalist Who Witnessed Tiananmen Immolation Protest

Foreign Diplomats Barred From Visiting Rights Activist in Beijing

Foreign Diplomats Barred From Visiting Rights Activist in Beijing

Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 25 April 2016 | Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 25 April 2016 | Human Rights Watch

Apr 23, 2016

Welcome to the Devolution: The High-Tech World Is Making Us Weak and Weird - The Daily Beast

Welcome to the Devolution: The High-Tech World Is Making Us Weak and Weird - The Daily Beast

When Doctors Encounter Human Trafficking: What To Look For | CommonHealth

When Doctors Encounter Human Trafficking: What To Look For | CommonHealth

The Slavery No One Talks About at the Seder

The Slavery No One Talks About at the Seder

Andrew Bacevich and America’s Long Misguided War to Control the Greater Middle East

Andrew Bacevich and America’s Long Misguided War to Control the Greater Middle East

More Snowden fallout? China bans Apple services in latest blow to US tech industry | ZDNet

More Snowden fallout? China bans Apple services in latest blow to US tech industry | ZDNet

Syria death toll: UN envoy estimates 400,000 killed - AJE News

Syria death toll: UN envoy estimates 400,000 killed - AJE News

Mmusi Maimane: 'Fighting a system, not a race' - Al Jazeera English

Mmusi Maimane: 'Fighting a system, not a race' - Al Jazeera English

South Africa's Julius Malema warns Zuma government - AJE News

South Africa's Julius Malema warns Zuma government - AJE News

Islamic State claims it killed Bangladeshi academic | World news | The Guardian

Islamic State claims it killed Bangladeshi academic | World news | The Guardian

Scotland Yard warns Muslims against sectarian feuds after Glasgow murder | UK news | The Guardian

Scotland Yard warns Muslims against sectarian feuds after Glasgow murder | UK news | The Guardian

In pictures: Nepal's fractured national treasures - Channel NewsAsia

In pictures: Nepal's fractured national treasures - Channel NewsAsia

India's English craze here to stay despite government push-back - Channel NewsAsia

India's English craze here to stay despite government push-back - Channel NewsAsia

Deleted Xinjiang 'Heroes' List Revealed Details of Unconfirmed Clashes

Deleted Xinjiang 'Heroes' List Revealed Details of Unconfirmed Clashes

Unshackle India's Strategic Thinking | Economic and Political Weekly

Unshackle India's Strategic Thinking | Economic and Political Weekly

China hopes to formally join climate change agreement before September - Asian Correspondent

China hopes to formally join climate change agreement before September - Asian Correspondent

Asia Unbound » Taiwan and the European Union’s Fight Over the Death Penalty

Asia Unbound » Taiwan and the European Union’s Fight Over the Death Penalty

Weekend catch-up: Middle East sectarianism, New York primary, Twitter in China, Ash Carter in India and more

Weekend catch-up: Middle East sectarianism, New York primary, Twitter in China, Ash Carter in India and more

Asia Unbound » Friday Asia Update: Five Stories From the Week of April 22, 2016

Asia Unbound » Friday Asia Update: Five Stories From the Week of April 22, 2016

Today's Headlines from The Washington Post

Today's Headlines from The Washington Post

Today's Headlines - The New York Times

Today's Headlines - The New York Times

Are super PACs becoming captive to hedge funders? Six give nearly $10 million to presidential groups in March alone | OpenSecrets Blog

Are super PACs becoming captive to hedge funders? Six give nearly $10 million to presidential groups in March alone | OpenSecrets Blog