The Daily Brief

Oct 2, 2024 The Daily Brief

Defending Democracy in the US

Threats to the Democratic Process in the US; Quick Takes: Japan; Egypt; Kyrgyzstan; Readers’ Recommendations; Videos: Middle East; Myanmar/Bangladesh; Burkina Faso; US Immigration.

Election workers help voters on the state's primary election day at Lewisdale Elementary School in Chillum, Maryland, May 14, 2024.
Oct 1, 2024 The Daily Brief

Blocked at the Bangladesh Border

Rohingya Fleeing Myanmar for Bangladesh; Quick Takes: Tunisia; Former Soviet Union; Guatemala; Readers’ Recommendations; Videos: Israel/Gaza/Lebanon; US; Burkina Faso; Kyrgyzstan; Sudan.

Villagers flee fighting between Myanmar security forces and the Arakan Army near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, February 6, 2024.
Sep 30, 2024 The Daily Brief

More Arms, More War, More Crimes

Expanding Atrocities in the Middle East; Quick Takes: DR Congo; Greece; South Korea; Readers’ Recommendations; Videos: US Immigration; Lebanon; Burkina Faso; Kyrgyzstan; US/Egypt/Israel.

Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in the southern village of Kfar Rouman, south Lebanon, September 25, 2024.
Sep 25, 2024 The Daily Brief

A Study in Repression

Partnerships with Hong Kong Universities; Quick Takes: Belarus; Uruguay; El Salvador; Readers’ Recommendations; Videos: US Immigration; Lebanon; Burkina Faso; Kyrgyzstan; US/Egypt/Israel; Support Our Work!

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Sep 24, 2024 The Daily Brief

Nine-Year-Old Brides

A Push to Legalize Child Rape in Iraq; Quick Takes: China; Vietnam; COP29; Readers’ Recommendations; Videos: US Immigration; Lebanon; Burkina Faso; Kyrgyzstan; US/Egypt/Israel; Support Our Work!

A woman looks at wedding dresses in a store window
Sep 23, 2024 The Daily Brief

Ana’s Story

Some US-Americans Forgetting Their Roots; Quick Takes: UN Future; Azerbaijan; DR Congo; Readers’ Recommendations; New Podcast: From Mass Graves to Mass Incarceration; Videos: Lebanon; Burkina Faso; Kyrgyzstan; US/Egypt/Israel; Hungary; Support Our Work!

A protest against the "Remain in Mexico" policy in front of the US Supreme Court
Sep 19, 2024 The Daily Brief

Paging the Laws of War

Pager Explosions in Lebanon; Quick Takes: Afghanistan; Indonesia; Israel/Palestine; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!; Videos: Burkina Faso; Kyrgyzstan; US/Egypt/Israel; Hungary; US Elections.

People stand outside a hospital emergency room
Sep 18, 2024 The Daily Brief

Facing Terror in Burkina Faso

Islamist Armed Groups Slaughtering Civilians; Quick Takes: US; EU and Deforestation; Uzbekistan; Readers’ Recommendations; Online Event: Women in Afghanistan; Videos: Kyrgyzstan; US/Egypt/Israel; Hungary; US Elections; Health.

Screenshot of a video filmed by fighters of the armed Islamist group JNIM showing their assault on the military barracks in Mansila, Sahel region, Burkina Faso, on June 16, 2024.
Sep 17, 2024 The Daily Brief

“Tradition” Is No Excuse

Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan; Quick Takes: Iran; Russia/Ukraine/Mongolia; Readers’ Recommendations; Videos: US/Egypt/Israel; Hungary; US Election; Health; Sudan.

A rally outside Kyrgyzstan's Interior Ministry demanding the resignation of its leadership after the murder of kidnapped bride Aizada Kanatbekova amid alleged inaction by the police, in Bishkek, April 8, 2021.
Sep 16, 2024 The Daily Brief

More Cash, More Crimes

US Military Aid to Egypt and Israel; Quick Takes: India; Afghanistan; Germany and Central Asia; Readers’ Recommendations; Videos: Hungary; US; Global Health; Sudan; Venezuela; HRW’s Arabic Newsletter.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken greets staff members at the US Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, May 26, 2021.