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Suited up for the news, a cartoon by Slovakian cartoonist Marian Kemensky.

An international cartoonists’ conference shows off the artists’ wit and predictive power

Arts

Ebola, ISIS and Ukraine are the issues of the day for political cartoonists gathering in San Francisco for their annual conference. But for some of the international cartoonists visiting from Cuba, Pakistan, India and other places, the issue is more fundamental: Can I even get my cartoons published?

Russia Digs in Over Syria

Global Politics

Meanwhile, the Syrian Electronic Army is Busy Attacking Twitter

Global Politics

Number of Syrian Refugees May Grow to Three Million by End of Year

Global Politics

Syria Crisis: Assad Reduced to Warlord

Global Politics

Syrian Revolution “At Tipping Point”

Conflict & Justice

The US and many other nations are expelling top Syrian diplomats, blaming the Syrian government for the massacre of 100 people in Houla last week. About one-third of the victims are children.

The World

Cartoon Slideshow: Assad Continues to Ignore Critics

Global Satire

Syria’s Bashar al-Assad is not listening … to his opponents, to his international critics, or even to Koffi Annan, the UN/Arab League envoy who is talking, persuading — even pleading with Assad to play ball with Annan’s six-point peace plan. Pope Benedict visits drug trade-addled Mexico, and meet some non-human drug addicts: the food on […]

The World

Syria: Assad’s Emails Revealed

Conflict & Justice

The Guardian newspaper has brought to light what appear to be thousands of authentic emails from Syrian president Bashar al Assad, his wife Asma and other regime insiders.