The Committee to Protect Journalists names the ten worst countries in the world to be a blogger.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

Nowruz is a secular holiday with roots in the Zoroastrian religion, celebrating fertility and renewal and dating back thousands of years to ancient Persian kings.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

A round-up of how nations around the globe are dealing with the economic downturn: bailouts, I.M.F. loans, and schadenfreude.

What does Obama's foreign policy mean for the rest of the world?

Link to more information on Sunnia and Shia Islam.

March 20, 2007: Vali Nasr, Professor, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, and author of THE SHIA REVIVAL, discusses Iran's emerging regional role and the escalating tensions between Iran and the United States with anchor Daljit Dhaliwal.

Iran's unelected supreme religious leader still wields ultimate authority; and hard-line ideologues and militants have successfully blocked, sometimes violently, popular efforts to reform.

With rare access, WIDE ANGLE films behind the scenes with the young reporters of one of Iran's leading reformist newspapers.

Link to more information about Iran.