In case you haven’t noticed, the US is working with governments from Indonesia to the Horn of Africa in an aggressive and coordinated effort to attack Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda-inspired movements. Consider the events GlobalPost correspondents reported just this week: In ...Read More
As a foreign correspondent, I covered the Holy Land for many years. But then I came back to Boston to the true Promised Land: Fenway Park. And yesterday, opening day for the Red Sox, represents a kind of religious holiday ...Read More
So our correspondents all over the world are covering war, calamity, the global economic crisis, climate change and, hey, it can get you down. But starting tonight and through tomorrow you can find love stories from around the world at ...Read More
We are in "A World of Trouble." The global economic crisis is the story. And it will be the story for years to come. By every estimate, we are only seeing the beginning of an historic downturn in the global ...Read More
There are no polling booths for war. But Israel voiced a nearly unanimous agreement that the punishing military offensive in Gaza was the right thing to do. Now as the real votes are counted in Israel’s national parliamentary election, it’s results ...Read More
The mists of history swirl around Pope Benedict XVI's hometown in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps in Germany. It was there that he came of age as Joseph Ratzinger and served in Hitler Youth during the rise of the Third ...Read More
By a crackling fire place in the elegant Brattle Street, Cambridge home of the French Consul General, the Ambassador carefully sipped his cafe noir in the cold morning light. Pierre Vimont, French Ambassador to the United States, sat down with GlobalPost ...Read More
As Barack Hussein Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America, he will ascend to what is truly the first global presidency. And so today will mark the first truly global inauguration with an estimated ...Read More
GlobalPost's greatest asset is the incredible writing and reporting talent that we have in the field. And you can, of course, read these well-reported, well-written stories, or Dispatches as we call them, on our site. But you can ...Read More
GroundTruth is written by Charles Sennott, the Executive Editor and co-founder of GlobalPost. The blog is a way for GlobalPost to let you know what our correspondents all over the world are covering every day. It is a place where Sennott highlights the best work in the field by a stellar team of correspondents . 