By Mujib Mashal, June 21, 2015, published in The New York Times. KABUL, Afghanistan —  Taliban envoys have been busy over the past month, shuttling from conferences in one world capital to the next, in the biggest rush of activity on the Afghan peace front in years. They have held informal talks [...]

By Melissa Boughton, June 21, 2015, published in The Post and Courier. “Charleston strong” wasn’t just a phrase Sunday night. The city has been praised for its response to a shooting that left nine dead Wednesday night in Emanuel AME Church, but a walk Sunday night across the Arthur Ravenel [...]

By David Carroll Cochran, June 8, 2015, published in Waging Nonviolence When it comes to war, deja vu can be a depressing thing. With the U.S. military in Iraq once again, this time to battle Islamic State fighters, it is tempting to see the cycle of war as endless. Over [...]

By Frances D'Emilio, June 21, 2015, published in YahooNews ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday denounced what he calls the "great powers" of the world for failing to act when there was intelligence indicating Jews, Christians, homosexuals and others were being transported to death camps in Europe during World [...]

By Carl Bildt, June 16, 2015, published in The World Post VIENNA -- Turkey is moving into unchartered political territory, following the failure of the ruling Justice and Development Party to retain its parliamentary majority in the country's recent general election. The choices that Turkey makes in establishing a new government [...]

By Tom Hastings, June 16, 2015, published in PeaceVoice When Benjamin Netanyahu courted, received, and responded to an invitation to address a far rightwing Republican Congress in order to publicly, internationally diss President Obama, he scolded our President, saying the proposed deal to keep Iran from getting a nuclear bomb [...]