by Melinda Haring | 25 May 2016 | Europe, Ukraine
The conflict in Ukraine has propelled U.S.-Russian relations to their lowest point since the Cold War and soured Russia’s ties with Europe. Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko arrives in Ukraine after being released by Russia, 25 May 2016. (EPA/Sergey Dolzhenko) This is...
by News Decoder | 9 May 2016 | Europe, Islam, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, Terrorism
By Ally Oh We’re always told to look for the good — the silver lining, the upside, the half-full glass — but it’s not always that easy or simple. On a recent weekend, listening to a heartbroken Turkish girl cry and yell at everyone in the bathroom to get...
by Nelson Graves | 25 Apr 2016 | Contests, News Decoder Updates, Youth Voices
Danielle Castonzo of Indiana University and Ivy Turinsky of School Year Abroad France have won News-Decoder’s writing contest. Nuclear weapons, renewable energy, criminal justice, refugees, terrorism, drugs, nationalism, urban growth, sex trafficking —...
by News Decoder | 19 Apr 2016 | Americas, United States
Last month dozens of foreign policy experts in the U.S. Republican Party issued a letter denouncing Donald Trump’s worldview and vowing to oppose his presidential candidacy. Coming from officials who had served under Republican presidents and who normally would...
by Nelson Graves | 9 Feb 2016 | Middle East, Syria
Are Arab nations doing enough to help Middle Eastern refugees, especially from Syria? Should Europe be doing more? Syrian refugee Bissan Alabdullah, almost 3, near the Syrian border in Jordan, 20 January 2016(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File) Are Arab nations doing...