Photo: Shayne Laverdière Xavier Dolan directed, wrote and produced his fifth feature film, "Mommy." At the tender age of 25, French-Canadian filmmaking prodigy Xavier Dolan, also an actor, has already
Pakistan and Nigeria have in the last seven weeks suffered from horrific terrorist attacks that some analysts say are unprecedented in these countries’ violent recent histories. The carnage was a
Bangladesh is a developing country with significant achievements but no shortage of problems to confront. One of the most densely packed places on Earth, Bangladesh has enjoyed impressive development gains
Cartoons and the Prophet Muhammad do not seem to mix very well. Flemming Rose learned that the hard way nine years ago — long before anyone even dreamed that two
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February 2015 There were no appointments this month.
Macedonia Vasko Naumovski became ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to the United States on Nov. 18, 2014, having previously served as Macedonia's deputy prime minister responsible for the country's
Algeria Madjid Bouguerra became ambassador of Algeria to the United States on Feb. 23, 2015. Ambassador Bouguerra previously served as minister delegate in charge of Maghreb and African affairs at
UPDATE: On Feb. 8, the Nigerian government announced that it was postponing the Feb. 14 elections to March 28 to give security forces more time to fight Boko Haram. This
EVENT CATEGORIES Art Theater Dance Music Receptions ART Through Feb. 1 From Neoclassicism to Futurism: Italian Prints and Drawings, 1800–1925 The visual arts in Italy between the first stirrings of
Languages Çantonese Georgian Japanese Spanish English German Mandarin Swedish Farsi Hungarian Russian Turkish French Italian Silent Highlighted Festival Jewish Lens On its 25th anniversary, the popular annual Washington Jewish Film
Barack Obama may very well be remembered by history as, among other things, the president who was forced to confront one former Cold War enemy, Russia, while re-establishing full diplomatic
