Britain's Cameron Sees 'A Real Breakthrough' On Syria
The plan for U.S.-Russian peace conference marks a major step, the prime minister tells NPR.
Pakistan: Mapping The Unknown
OPB | Feb. 11, 2013 9:50 a.m.
OPB's Michael Clapp recently returned from a two-week trip to Pakistan. This is the first of a five-part series in which he will give his impressions of this complex and troubled nation.
Karachi Is A Dangerous Lover
OPB | Feb. 12, 2013 11:13 a.m.
You don’t wake up in Karachi so much as you come to. Your mind swirling with colors, sounds, images, faces, ideas and a taste in your mouth you can’t quite describe and can’t easily get rid of.
Brokenhearted In A City With No Soul
OPB | Feb. 18, 2013 8:51 p.m.
Pakistan is like that. It grabs you by the throat and only lets up occasionally so you can have a gasp of air.
The Birthday Of The Prophet In The Mughal City Of Gardens
OPB | Feb. 14, 2013 11:48 a.m.
If Karachi is a three-day frat party then Lahore is a weekend at the university library just before finals.
Western Retailers To Fund Upgrades At Bangladesh Factories
NPR | May 13, 2013 8:37 p.m.
Four of the largest buyers of Bangladesh-made apparel will help pay for better safety at factories.
Vietnam's Appetite For Rhino Horn Drives Poaching In Africa
NPR | May 13, 2013 5:32 p.m.
Many believe that wildly expensive ground rhino horn can cure everything from hangovers to cancer.
As Stigma Eases, Single Motherhood In Mexico Is On The Rise
NPR | May 13, 2013 5:27 p.m.
Nationwide a quarter of all households are now headed by a woman.
Five Years After A Quake, Chinese Cite Shoddy Reconstruction
NPR | May 13, 2013 5:27 p.m.
Earthquake survivors in Sichuan province say official corruption has been rampant.
Fashion Retailers Agree To Safety Plan After Factory Collapse
NPR | May 13, 2013 5:27 p.m.
Three of the world's largest clothing chains, including H&M and the owner of the Zara chain, have agreed to pay for fire safety and building improvements in Bangladeshi factories. The announcement comes three weeks after a building collapse that killed more than 1,100 workers in Dhaka.
After The Quake In China: A Survivor's Story
NPR | May 13, 2013 3:25 p.m.
For Zhang Ming, rebuilding her life has been much harder than simply relocating to new town.
A Pricey In-Flight Bed Gives Netanyahu Political Nightmare
NPR | May 13, 2013 2:41 p.m.
The Israeli prime minister spent $127,000 of public funds to outfit an El Al jet with a double bed.
Bangladesh Reveals Uphill Battle For Fair Trade Clothes
NPR | May 13, 2013 12:24 p.m.
Retailers are under pressure after the collapse of a building killed more than 1,100 garment workers in Bangladesh. But global demand for inexpensive clothing shows no sign of abating. The New York Times' Steven Greenhouse and Elizabeth Cline, author of Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, unravel the demand for inexpensive goods and prospects for safety in the garment industry.
North Korea Replaces Hard-Line Defense Chief
NPR | May 13, 2013 12:06 p.m.
North Korea's top commander is replaced with a relative unknown.
Welcome to 'Parallels,' NPR's International News Blog
NPR | May 13, 2013 12:04 p.m.
Our new blog will look to make sense of a big, messy, confusing world.
