World News Desk
GlobalPost's editors keep track of what's important in the international news cycle so that you don't have to.
Chatter: What we're hearing
Need to know: An Iranian passenger plane crashed in northwest Iran Wednesday, killing all 168 people on board, Iranian state media reported. The Caspian Airlines jet departed from Tehran and was heading to Yerevan, the Armenian capital, when it crashed 16 minutes into the flight. The cause of the crash was not known.
Want to know: Known for centuries as the breadbasket of the Middle East, Iraq has become a net importer of food for the first time in recent history, mainly due to decades of war, sanctions and ineffective government policy. This isn't good news for a country that USAID predicts could face a major food crisis within a generation. Here's a photo gallery of the shrinking Euphrates River.
What is going on with the Taliban? Fresh from a trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, countries he has visited several times, GlobalPost executive editor Charles Sennott gives an in-depth look at the Taliban's history and the current situation in a series of radio reports from Afghanistan and Pakistan titled "Inside the Taliban" to be aired over the next four days on The World, a co-production of the BBC World Service, PRI and WGBH Boston.
Dull but important: A Nigerian militant group said Wednesday it is calling a 60-day ceasefire in response to the government releasing an ailing rebel leader. The group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has been demanding a fairer distribution of oil wealth in the Niger Delta. Photographer Finbarr O'Reilly has been documenting the battle, which has been disrupting oil production, for GlobalPost.
Just because: Britain's National Health Service has a new pamphlet, called "Pleasure." Its message to teens: sex can be fun. Health officials are urging teachers to emphasize that sexual relations can be healthy and pleasurable instead of simply explaining the mechanics of sex and warning about diseases.
Six participants in Russia's Mars-500 project emerged into a muggy Moscow afternoon Tuesday after spending 105 days in a series of hermetically sealed tubes. The project, which will culminate in a 520-day isolation experiment, aims to test reactions to long-term isolation similar to what would be expected in interplanetary space travel.
Also in Russia, one of the country's richest men is building the most exclusive housing complex in Russia, if not the world.
Wacky: The Paris tourist board has made a request of the city's residents: smile. The board has set up stands manned by teams of "smile ambassadors" to welcome vacation-goers.
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