World Politics

Days after the Abbottabad raid, a pro-Taliban party held Pakistan's first public rally honoring bin Laden — small in size, heavy in symbolism.

The trail to bin Laden began with a courier's pseudonym and ended at an oversized compound in Abbottabad. How U.S. intelligence connected the dots.

Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Navy SEALs in Abbottabad in May 2011. The raid, the announcement, and what his death did and didn't change.

In 2011, Pakistan's PM Gilani reportedly urged Afghan President Karzai to pivot from Washington toward Beijing — a bold but unsuccessful diplomatic play.

March 2011: Lelyveld's 'Great Soul' was banned in Gujarat before critics had read it, while reviews sold Gandhi as weirdo, incompetent, faddist.

In February 2011, an anonymous online call urged Chinese 'Jasmine Revolution' protests in 13 cities. How Beijing's show of force snuffed it out.

On February 14, 2011, thousands marched in Tehran chanting 'Mubarak, Ben Ali, now it's Seyyed Ali's turn.' Inside Iran's day of rage.

On January 25, 2011, the Day of Rage brought tens of thousands of Egyptians into the streets. How Tunisia lit the fuse under Mubarak's 30-year rule.

How Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation in Sidi Bouzid on December 17, 2010 sparked the Tunisian revolution -- and the Arab Spring.

Anil Verma, a senior Indian diplomat in London, was recalled in January 2011 after police questioned him over alleged domestic violence. His wife sought asylum.

In January 2011, reports that China issued stapled visas to Arunachal residents sparked debate: a policy shift, or just another obstacle? History answered.

A Virginia court secretly ordered Twitter to surrender five WikiLeaks-linked accounts. WikiLeaks demanded Google and Facebook disclose their own subpoenas.

Women in South Asia were 37% less likely than men to own a phone. In 2010, a Clinton- and Blair-backed push called mWomen set out to close that gap.

A Michigan school district barred the Sikh kirpan in late 2010 after a fourth-grader carried one to class, sparking debate over faith and zero-tolerance.

After Punjab governor Salman Taseer's assassination in January 2011, fears grew for Aasia Bibi, the Christian woman on death row for blasphemy.

A 2011 UK report found grooming gangs were disproportionately Pakistani-origin — and that fear of seeming racist had silenced police and social workers.

A BVA-Gallup survey ranked France among the world's least happy nations and India among the most optimistic. Subjective wellbeing is about expectations.

Mandatory HIV tests for foreign teachers — but not ethnic Koreans — reignited a debate about xenophobia in South Korea. A look back at the 2010 controversy.

As 2011 began, Pakistan's president Asif Ali Zardari looked politically finished — a shaky coalition, a power crisis, and the army watching. A look back.

Nicolas Sarkozy’s December 2010 India visit blended ceremony with commerce: Rafale jets, nuclear reactors, and France’s bid for New Delhi’s favor.