Foreign Dispatch

This week we hear about the rebel "safe" zone in Syria, freedom of speech in Tunisia, and saving the Tigers in India.

This week, we hear about the Islamists of Benghazi, Singapore's high-tech industry, and a shortage of eggs in Mexico.

This week, we hear about the four Americans killed in Libya, mineworkers in South Africa on strike in a deadly stand-off with mine owners, the UK government apologizes for cover ups and lies about Britain's worst sporting disaster, Africa's oldest park, and Syria's revolution intensifies.

This week, we hear about Germany’s chancellor getting a hostile reception in Madrid, a safe haven for refugees inside Syria, and living off the grid in India.

This week, we hear about Syria's civil war intesifying, China blaming corrupt officials for collapsing bridges, how thousands of made-to-order lunches are delivered daily in Mumbai, the danger of being a government official in Afghanistan and the cemeteries of Grindstone Island.

This week, we hear about televangelists in Pakistan, a visit to China's Times Square, smartphone games in Japan, and sanctions putting the squeeze on Iran.

This week, we hear about Iran in crisis, cattle rustling in South Sudan, Germany's plan to go nuke-free, Muslims in Ramallah sneaking meals during Ramadan, and a Syrian defector.

This week, we hear about power cuts in Pakistan, China’s new cities, and saving the true croissant in France.

This week, we hear how the destruction of sacred documents in the Sahara has drawn world attention to Mali, why Russian authorities are bringing charges against a leading dissident, why London is strangely quiet during the Olympics, multimillionaire rabbis in Israel and tentative capitalism in Cuba.

This week, we hear about the Free Syrian Army in Syria, austerity hitting AIDS treatment in Greece, and migrant workers in Singapore.

This week, we hear about hints of change under North Korea’s new leadership, a slain advocate for women’s rights in Pakistan, Kenya trying to educate all its children, an Alawite joining the Sunni resistance in Syria, and visitors flooding into London for the upcoming Olympics.

This week we hear about a family's life changed by the war in Syria, what became of Beijing's Olympic structures, a high tech bubble in Berlin, a Spainish family of nine surviving on one salary, and a huge Irish auction.

This week we hear about China's population policy under pressure to change, the civilian cost of air attacks in Yemen, and a reality check for Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi.

This week, we hear about Egypt's new Islamist president, the young leaders of Syria's uprising, and the monks and the generals of Myanmar, also known as Burma.

This week, we hear about Syrian rebels fighting back, the tension in South Yemen and Aung San Suu Kyi making her return to Oxford.