The Daily Brief

February 7, 2023 The Daily Brief

Afghan Man Pans Taliban Ban: Daily Brief

Rare Protest by Man for Women’s Rights; France Falls Short in Fighting Racism; Earthquake Response; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Lebanon.

Professor Ismail Mashal speaking during an interview.
February 6, 2023 The Daily Brief

Get Real, Rwanda: Daily Brief

Rwanda Backs Abusive Armed Group in Congo; Myanmar Junta Extends Repression; One to Watch: Nigeria Elections; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Ghana.

People displaced by fighting between the M23 armed group and Congolese government forces gather north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on November 25, 2022.
February 3, 2023 The Daily Brief

Follow Finland! – Daily Brief

Finland Offers a Lesson to Others; US Backs Justice in Ukraine. Why Not Elsewhere?; FIFA-Saudi Outrage; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz; Quote of the Day: Kazakhstan.

The transgender pride flag.
February 2, 2023 The Daily Brief

Being Punished for Someone Else’s Crime: Daily Brief

Israel’s Use of Collective Punishment; Saudi State Murders Accelerating; Denied School for 500 Days in Afghanistan; Take Note: Other Key Stories; TikTok Take: The Real People behind AI; Quote of the Day: Nepal.

Israeli forces enter the East Jerusalem home of Khayri Alqam, who killed seven civilians in the Israeli settlement of Neve Yaakov on January 27, 2023, to seal and eventually demolish it.
January 31, 2023 The Daily Brief

Myanmar’s Spiral of Atrocities: Daily Brief

Anniversary of Myanmar’s Coup; Banned Landmines Harm Civilians in Ukraine; UK Tramples Windrush Commitments; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Migration.

Protesters hold a banner reading “We will never be frightened,” in Yangon, Myanmar
January 30, 2023 The Daily Brief

What Are the Police For? – Daily Brief

Yet Another Police Killing in the US; A Journalist’s Murder in Cameroon; El Salvador Update; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Italy and Libya.

People hold candles at a vigil for Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee
January 27, 2023 The Daily Brief

The Amazon’s Human Rights Crisis: Daily Brief

Lawlessness Drives Rainforest Destruction; Holocaust Remembrance Day; Seeing Red in the Philippines; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Daily Brief in the News: Iran; Weekly News Quiz; Quote of the Day: Cameroon.

Trucks carrying illegally harvested logs exit the Terra Nossa settlement, September 30, 2019.
January 26, 2023 The Daily Brief

Leaderless Lebanon: Daily Brief

Seeking Justice for Catastrophic Port Blast; Finally Allowed to Come Home from Syria Camps; China Protests Update; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Brazil.

In this Aug. 9, 2020 file photo, political graffiti is visible in front of the scene of the August 4 explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon
January 25, 2023 The Daily Brief

Russia’s Ruin: Daily Brief

Kremlin Slaughters Abroad, Silences at Home; Memo to the UK: Don’t Lose Children; Rare Good News from Egypt; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Listen: Indonesia; Quote of the Day: Peru.

Police officers detain a man holding a poster that reads "no war" during an unsanctioned protest on March,13,2022 at Manezhnaya Square in front of the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia.