Yemen’s president sacks ministers and officers in attempt to turn tide of warYemen’s president sacks ministers and officers in attempt to turn tide of war

Dismissals follow Houthi victories and pressure from southern Yemenis for more power The UN-recognised government of Yemen has shaken up its political and military leadership in an attempt to regain territory lost to the Houthis in September and lift the four-week siege of Taiz, the country’s third largest city. A ...

‘Wrong on every count’: How the Guardian reported the 1956 Suez crisis‘Wrong on every count’: How the Guardian reported the 1956 Suez crisis

The military conflict in Egypt involving the UK, France and Israel that ended with a humiliating exit for the two European nations On 26 July 1956, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser announced the nationalisation of the Suez Canal Company, the joint British-French enterprise which had owned and operated the canal ...

A progressive understanding of Christianity won in the US elections | Bill McKibbenA progressive understanding of Christianity won in the US elections | Bill McKibben

James Talarico and Adam Hamilton’s interpretations of the Bible are wildly different from the conservative vision we are regularly fed Two-thirds of Americans identify as Christian, but since less than a third of the country actually makes it to church regularly, many rely on what they pick up from the ...