For Russia, World Cup poses myriad challenges Ukraine, security and corruption complicate 2018 tournament With the world’s attention set to shift to crisis-riddled Brazil for the 2016 Summer Olympics, one government in particular is likely watching how...
Project Exile: Russian journalist flees Chechen threats "I was called an enemy of Islam, an enemy of Kadyrov. They promised to find me and kill me." Working for the liberal media in Russia, Karina Orlova, 30, was used to receiving criticism from government...
Chinese journalist disappeared after criticizing leader A Chinese journalist disappeared March 15 and was later confirmed to be detained by the police March 18. Jia Jia, a Beijing-based freelance journalist and columnist at the website Tencent Online, was on...
Four questions: War in Yemen A primer on Yemen's conflict Yemen's year-old civil war has left more than 6,000 dead, 30,000 injured and 2.5 million forced from their homes. Yet outside the region, there is little news coverage of Yemen's...
As election looms, Djibouti detains and releases 2 journalists Security forces in the tiny east African nation of Djibouti have detained and released two local journalists as political tensions rise ahead of elections scheduled for April. Mohamed Ibrahim Waïss, a...