Have you ever stared long enough at a map that you notice those weird blotches and dotted lines? These are likely disputed territories, or unrecognized countries. “At the world’s edge” will look...

Protests against Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir and the ruling National Congress Party have strengthened since they began Dec. 19 in the city of Atbara. Thousands of people joined the unrest in...

Juan Guaido and Nicolas Maduro continued this week to compete for presidential legitimacy while transition of power looms in Venezuela. Last week, Guaido, the 35-year-old Venezuelan opposition leader,...

President Donald Trump signed a bill on Jan. 24 to reopen the government for three weeks, ending the longest government shutdown in United States’ history. Trump signed the bill in submission to the...

Have you ever stared long enough at a map that you notice those weird blotches and dotted lines?  Or have you read a news story about a confict in a faraway part of the world and need some context? “At...

Senate Republicans proposed a bill Tuesday that would provide funding for the federal government, which if approved and accepted by the House and the president would end the longest government shutdown...

Originally published 11 October 2018 Officials report that upwards of 5,000 victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami that struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi could still be missing. The official...

Originally published 11 October 2018 Have you ever stared long enough at a map that you notice those weird blotches and dotted lines? These are likely disputed territories, where one or more  countries...

Originally published 11 October 2018 On Oct. 3, the Supreme Court of Peru repealed a pardon regarding former president Alberto Fujimori for “human rights abuses” and agreed that he should return to...

Originally published 11 October 2018 It has been two years since the referendum on the question of whether the United Kingdom should leave the European Union. Now, the two sides have diplomats meeting...

Originally published 4 October 2018 Usually in my column, I try to elucidate a problem, give my position with evidence to support it and advocate for it. I have done this, to the best of my ability, concerning...