Passport
List of Passport articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Victory for ‘Sky Net’: China’s ‘Most Wanted’ Fugitive Is in U.S. Custody
Yang Xiuzhu topped the "most wanted" fugitives list China circulated last month, although it turns out that U.S. authorities had already detained her last June.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘The Pool Is for Fire Safety,’ and Other Excuses for Remodeling Jacob Zuma’s Mansion
South African President Jacob Zuma has faced hundreds of corruption allegations in the past. Now he's been cleared of overusing government funds to ramp up his already lavish private home.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Putin Signs Decree Classifying ‘Peacetime’ Deaths of Russian Soldiers
The move comes amid fears of a fresh offensive by Russian-backed separatists.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 After Eight Years and Few Wins, Tony Blair Steps Down as Mideast Peace Envoy
His most notable achievement as Middle East peace envoy: moving his offices out of a hotel and into a permanent location.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Russia: U.S. FIFA Investigation Is Illegal, Extraterritorial Use of Law
Less than 24 hours after U.S. and Swiss authorities unveiled a sweeping investigation into corruption at the highest ranks of FIFA, including how the 2018 World Cup was awarded to Russia, Moscow is hitting back.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Berlusconi’s New Instagram Feed Is the Most Berlusconi Thing Ever
Former Italian Prime Minister, current billionaire convict, and longtime plastic surgery enthusiast Silvio Berlusconi joined the photo sharing site Instagram last week, in the run-up to regional elections on Sunday that pose a survival test for his center-right Forza Italia party, which has been effectively run into the ground thanks to its leader's various misdeeds.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Vatican: Irish Gay Marriage Referendum a ‘Defeat for Humanity’
The Irish referendum on same-sex marriage was the first time such rights were granted by popular vote.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Syrian Doctor: Assad’s Barrel Bombs Have Us Fearing the Sun
The Syrian government's efforts to suppress the rebellion against it have been described as war crimes.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 If Nigeria Is a Petrostate, Why Is It Always So Short on Fuel?
Nigeria has some of the world's richest oil fields. But recent strikes prove its lack of refinery infrastructure could soon make it a failing petrostate.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Overwhelming Majority Votes to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage in Ireland
The vote makes Ireland the world's first country to allow same-sex marriage by popular referendum.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Famed Writer Karl Ove Knausgaard Declares War on Sweden, ‘Land of the Cyclops’
The Norwegian super author goes to attack against what he sees as Sweden's narrow, parochial view of literature.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Islamic State Wants to Use America’s Love of Junk Food Against It
A member of a pro-Islamic State forum has chipped in a rather out-of-the-box idea for jihad: turn Americans consumers off of salty snacks by associating them with beheadings -- a scheme he says will destroy the American economy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Want to Be an Islamic State Suicide Bomber? Get in Line.
Even in the self-declared caliphate, it’s hard to shake the yoke of nepotism.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Photographs of the Ruins of Palmyra Now Threatened by the Islamic State
Palmyra is home to some of the world's best-preserved ruins.
