Even before the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing were linked to Russia, the nation saw how the attacks could resonate at the Sochi Olympics. Now, the fast-moving terror situation in America is having a ripple effect on the Games.
In the Muslim world there were concerns about who might be blamed; in Britain thoughts turned to their own marathon set to take place Sunday. In its aftermath, the Boston Marathon bombings became a global news story, appearing on front pages in places ranging from Argentina to Turkey.
Kim Kardashian went to Nigeria to promote a party. Stop, we can feel your eye roll from here. That said, we were wondering what her reception was like and (surprise?) it appears Nigerians dislike Kardashian as much as most Americans do—but for completely different reasons.
Let's be honest, this Petraeus thing is just odd. So odd that we are having trouble giving it a name because it's an undulating charybdis of adultery, ill logic, adults acting stupid, and embarrassment involving people who are supposed to be the most upstanding Americans in the country. And we were wondering how this mess looks to everyone who doesn't live here.
American elections are always a global event, but with this year's emphasis on the Electoral College, foreigners are cramming to re-learn the complicated state-by-state election system.
We learned today that the Aurora mass shooting is as big a story around the world as it is in the U.S., but the reaction is not. A headline in Norway's largest newspaper captured the disbelief in other industrialized countries in the wake of the tragedy: "Stricter Firearms Is a Non-Issue Even After Massacre."
President Obama's recently signed executive order outlining emergency control of the Internet didn't get much attention in the U.S. but it's spooking foreign journalists.
The recall victory of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is sending shockwaves through Europe as right-wing and left-wing newspapers marvel at the Republican's ability to survive an election months after stripping the collective bargaining rights of public-sector unions.
The Pakistani press does not share the outrage of U.S. lawmakers at the 33-year prison sentence of the doctor who helped the CIA locate Osama bin Laden. In fact, Dr. Shakil Afridi, charged with running a fake vaccination clinic to collect bin Laden's DNA, should be glad he wasn't executed according to some Pakistani dailies.
India's leading newspapers latched onto yesterday's sentencing of former Rutger's University student Dharun Ravi convicted of bias intimidation against college roommate Tyler Clementi.
She may be America's Tea Party darling but Congresswoman Michele Bachmann can now run for public office in Switzerland.
Europe is scratching its head over the possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court will strike down President Obama's signature legislative achievement.
He's a native son of India and the press has his back.
President Obama's pledge that the United States "will always have Israel's back" and will attack Iran if it develops a nuclear weapon reverberated across the world Monday.
The cyberbullying trial following the suicide of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi in 2010 may be happening in New Jersey, but in India, the proceedings are being broadcast live as Indian-American defendant Dahrun Ravi faces up to 10-years in state prison.
Texas governor Rick Perry caused something of an international incident Monday, suggesting that longtime NATO-ally Turkey was ruled by "Islamic terrorists."
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's bold U.N. speech condemning the discrimination of gay, lesbian and transgendered people across the world had a significant impact in the U.S. But how's it playing around the world?
Checking in on how Europe is covering the race for the GOP nomination, it turns out our media brethren across the Atlantic are just as focused on the candidates' gaffes and blunders as we are.
The international media is talking about his religion, his jobs record, his controversies
Europe's worried, China's lecturing, and the Arab world? It's busy
The superpower status of the United States is at risk, say editorials
The refrain from European papers: screw this up and the whole world suffers
Foreign audiences are captivated by our captivation
Or a lesson in how gaffes can be global
Your kids are irritating? 'Easier to say you're giving up tea for heroin,' says reviewer
Bemusement, amusement, and head-shaking over "Anglo-Saxon" Palin obsession
As DSK heads to trial, the French media run explainers--and takedowns
If you ever wanted to see a German explain a wiener joke, now's your chance
Swedish and Japanese media merely note the event; Germans find it vulgar
A roundup of reactions from President Obama's target audience
If Gingrich's candidacy is mostly a curiosity to Americans, what can foreigners think?
Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals is published in the land of steak frites
Global voyeurism sparked by an American phenomenon: the power couple
No major U.S. paper marked the star's half-century, but Germans sure did
And it's all the more iconic because we haven't seen bin Laden's corpse
The French are inflamed with liberal zeal, a Spanish op-ed brings up Melville, and more
A look at the nuances in headline-writing
A mob attack on Lara Logan in Cairo is not major news in the region
Today's news raises questions, like what's the German word for "silliness"?
Perspectives on "le phénomène «Glee»"
The French, on the other hand, aren't that interested
American media portrays the company as a villain; foreign press see it a little differently
Chinese don't care, Russians find the Tea Party interesting, Germans love! Obama
Home News From Afar: Aside from a South Korean blog, the world is smirking
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