After six months of anti-government protests, the Thai military has declared martial law over the Southeast Asian country, affirming that it is not a coup. This declaration comes after the May 7 announcement that the Prime Minister and nine of her ministers were dismissed after abuse of power.
"It’s an illusion that more weapons will tip the balance between the two parties," the chair of a U.N. panel on the Syrian conflict said on Monday. "No one is winning."
Bakeries. Bread lines. Hospitals. These are the targets against which the Syrian government is said to have been conducting "indiscriminate and in some cases deliberate" air strikes—killing more than 4,300 civilians since July of last year, according to a new report by the New York-based human rights group Human…
The Palins are in India, right now! Sarah Palin will be giving the keynote address at the India Today Conclave, a fancy conference whose past keynoters include Al Gore, Benazir Bhutto, and Pervez Musharraf. You can enjoy the unusually intense promo clip up top. Until the Conclave, though, she and Todd have some time…
Tonight, Jon Stewart broke down the latest developments (well, as of this afternoon) in the Egypt situation, from President Hosni Mubarak's defiant speech, to the recent outbreak of violence by pro-Mubarak thugs, to the attack on Anderson Cooper, and more!
Yesterday, Israeli forces attempted to cut down a tree on the country's border with Lebanon, and it resulted in the deadliest clash between the two countries in years. Tonight, Jon Stewart opined on the controversy, criticizing Israel in the process.
Seriously, what will happen if our number-one obsession, the world's most important literary magazine n+1, writes a piece about this here bilious website? Will time and ass-space collide? Anyway, we hear the piece is done for the new issue, but this is first we heard about it, because essayists don't report, ya know!…
