German chancellor Merkel has proclaimed that Europe needs to find “redemption” from its economic sins through austerity. In Greece another round of austerity measures could push the already fragile economy toward collapse and the public toward desperate alternatives.
Bhutan's elections make way for new party;
Pakistani Taliban sets up cell in Syria;
Pak/US disagree on drones, nuclear energy
Petitioning goes digital;
Belarus wants China’
s help in cyberspace
215 groups in violation of “
foreign agent”
law;
Sergei Magnitsky posthumously convicted
Late last month, the State Department submitted its long-awaited report to Congress on Iran's activities in Latin America. That study, mandated as part of the Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act signed into law by President Obama last year, was designed to provide an in-depth look at Iran's growing operations south of the U.S. border and to present a strategy to confront its growing influence.