January 7, 2016
Equality to brutality: global trends in LGBT rights
![Demonstration participants pose with signs that read "Proud to be transgender" in Hanoi, Vietnam. (c) 2015 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/default.aspx_.jpg?itok=5G4sRim1)
January 7, 2016
Dispatches: New Twist in a Flawed US Asylum System
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January 7, 2016
Yemen: Coalition Drops Cluster Bombs in Capital
Indiscriminate Weapon Used in Residential Areas
![Markings on a remnant of a CBU-58 cluster bomb found near al-Zira`a Street in Sanaa on January 6, 2016 indicating that it was manufactured in 1978 at the Milan Army Ammunition Plant in the US state of Tennessee.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/yemen.jpg?itok=oPVFcvay)
January 7, 2016
Saudi Arabia's Key to Security Is Not the Sword
January 6, 2016
China: Free 38 Detained Lawyers, Activists
Six-Month Deadline Approaches in Beijing Law Firm Round-Up
![China Lawyers](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/pu_zhiqiang.jpeg?itok=M77i3Tt7)
January 6, 2016
Dispatches: Tackling India’s Archaic LGBT Law
January 6, 2016
The Electoral Aftermath in Rakhine State
January 5, 2016
Dispatches: Congress Should Act on Gun Violence
![U.S. President Barack Obama stands with Vice President Joe Biden (R) and family members of shooting victims while delivering a statement on steps the administration is taking to reduce gun violence in the East Room of the White House in Washington January](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtx2152l_layout_comp.jpg?itok=iO99vktb)
January 5, 2016
Myanmar: Fahrenheit 436
One section of the country’s constitution promises some rocky times ahead.
![Burma](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_asia_burma_assk1.jpg?itok=L3ZUFdHs)
January 4, 2016
Afghanistan: Include Women in New Peace Talks
All Parties to Jan. 11 Meeting Should Have Female Representatives
![Members of the Loya Jirga, grand council, attend during the last day of the Loya Jirga, in Kabul on November 24, 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/loya_jirga_november_24.jpg?itok=j9vtfYB5)
January 4, 2016
Will the EU Be Called to Task on Kazakhstan?
January 4, 2016
Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution Largest Since 1980
Prominent Shia Cleric Among 47 Executed
![A girl carries a picture of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, who was executed along with 46 others in Saudi Arabia, during a protest against the execution in front of the United Nation's building in Beirut, Lebanon.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2015-saudi-nimr2.jpg?itok=td9LqU9i)
December 28, 2015
As Termez closes, time for German rethink on Uzbekistan
![Germany's air base in Termez, Uzbekistan, before its closure. Photo courtesy of the Bundeswehr.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/termez-bundeswehr.jpg?itok=3bcdBhUK)