Iranian Foreign Policy Going Nuclear?

Uncertainty over whether caretaker foreign minister, a nuclear expert, will continue in post.

Tehran Breathes Sigh of Relief

Air pollution in late autumn got so bad that even the crows fled the capital.

IWPR Postcard

Bi'lin's Political Theatre

Weekly West Bank confrontation pitting the IDF against Palestinians and Israeli sympathisers is rarely short on drama.

Iranian Drug Users “Dumped” in Afghanistan

Police and addicts report deportations of Iranian nationals, who are then prevented from returning.

Comment

Coverage of Election Body Exposes Media Failings

Much of the criticism of the IHEC has betrayed the partisan nature of the Iraqi press.

Iraq: Oct/Nov ‘10

Iraqi trainees say they learnt important journalistic lessons from IWPR course.

Editorial Comment

Kurdish Press: Still a Long Way to Go

Iraqi Kurdistan enjoys a vibrant media scene, but it remains beset with a multitude of problems.

Kirkukis Dismiss Time Bomb Fears

Residents of disputed area say they get along pretty well, claiming politicians are behind talk of rising tensions.

Global Voices: Middle East & North Africa

The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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