The Daily Brief

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.
Sep 12, 2024 The Daily Brief

Hungary Making Ukrainians Homeless

Viktor Orbán’s Latest Outrage; Quick Takes: Mozambique; Thailand; US Elections; Australia; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!; Videos: US Elections; Global Health; Sudan; Venezuela; Gaza; Support Our Work!

A Ukrainian woman of Roma ethnicity sits on a chair on the street, after losing access to subsidized accommodation in Komárom-Esztergom county, Hungary, August 21, 2024.
Sep 11, 2024 The Daily Brief

A Reality Gap in US Politics

The Debate and the Deadly Darién; Quick Takes: Iran; UK; China/Taiwan; Readers’ Recommendations; Videos: Global Health; Sudan; Venezuela; Gaza; Russia; Support Our Work!

A woman embraces her son in a jungle
Sep 10, 2024 The Daily Brief

Negotiating the Next Pandemic

Forgetting the Pandemic at Our Peril; Quick Takes: Gaza; Angola; South Korea; Readers’ Recommendations; Videos: Sudan; Venezuela; Gaza; Russia; Afghanistan; Support Our Work!

World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
Sep 9, 2024 The Daily Brief

Modern Arms, Outdated Embargo

Closing an Arms Loophole in Sudan; Quick Takes: Ukraine; DR Congo; Vietnam; Readers’ Recommendations; Video: Venezuela; Gaza; Mongolia; Sudan; Afghanistan; Support Our Work!

Sudanese armed forces with an unexploded, one-way attack drone from the Rapid Support Forces recovered from an attack on a government building in Gedaref, Sudan, July 11, 2024.
Sep 5, 2024 The Daily Brief

Into the Arms of the Taliban

Germany’s Resumption of Deportations to Afghanistan; Quick Takes: Vietnam; Tunisia; Intersex Surgeries; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!

Afghans waiting to leave Afghanistan from Kabul’s international airport after the Taliban takeover, August 16, 2021.
Sep 4, 2024 The Daily Brief

Violence Versus Votes in Venezuela

Venezuela’s Post-Election Crisis; Quick Takes: Gaza/Israel; EU/Lebanon; Australia; Readers’ Recommendations; Videos: Gaza; Mongolia; Sudan; Afghanistan; Kazakhstan.

Police hurl a tear gas canister at protesters demonstrating against the announced election results declaring Nicolas Maduro's reelection, the day after the vote, in Caracas, Venezuela, July 29, 2024.
Sep 3, 2024 The Daily Brief

Far from Enough on Gaza

UK Suspends Some Arms Sales to Israel; Quick Takes: Saudi Arabia; Putin in Mongolia; Azerbaijan; Readers’ Recommendations; Videos: Fugitive Putin; Sudan; Afghanistan; Kazakhstan; Gaza.

Airbursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus fall over the Gaza city port, October 11, 2023.