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Women walk past election posters of Syria's President Bashar Assad on a Damascus street on Monday. Despite the civil war, the election will be held Tuesday in areas controlled by Assad's government. Assad became president after his father's death in 2000 and is assured of winning a third seven-year term.

What Syria's President Seeks From A Not-So-Democratic Election

Bashar Assad is certain to cruise to victory Tuesday in a vote that's been widely condemned. But the point is not the voting. Rather, it's an attempt to show he still controls parts of the country.

Times Reporter Must Testify About Source, Court Decides

The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from James Risen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times. Media outlets had hoped the Court would grant greater protection to journalists.

Dean Dillon performs during the Academy of Country Music Honors show in September 2011 in Nashville, Tenn.

How Dean Dillon Made It From Strumming To Stardom In Nashville

When country songwriter Dean Dillon was 7, he got his first guitar: a tiger-striped Stella. He played at the county fair and mobile-home lots before setting out to take his chances in Nashville, Tenn.

Dean Baquet was named as the executive editor of The New York Times on May 14. He had previously held several executive positions in the Times' newsroom, and was the editor of the Los Angeles Times from 2005-2006.

An Old-Fashioned Newspaper Man Takes The Helm In A Digital World

Dean Baquet, the new executive editor of The New York Times, is a proud defender of old-school newsroom values. But, he says, he recognizes that both he and the Times need to adapt to the digital era.

'Period Of Turmoil' Preceded Abramson Firing, Says Top Editor At 'Times'

In an interview with NPR, The New York Times' new executive editor Dean Baquet said Jill Abramson was fired because of her failed relationship with the publisher and with senior editors.

Foster worked as a sociology professor at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in southern China for a total of five years before he was charged with theft and sent to jail.

U.S. Teacher: I Did 7 Months Of Forced Labor In A Chinese Jail

Stuart Foster of South Carolina was jailed last year in Guangzhou for theft. He says he was forced to assemble Christmas lights, some of them exported to the U.S.

'Gottland': A Short Book About Stalin's Long Shadow

Polish journalist Mariusz Szczygieł's compilation of short vignettes about Czechoslovakia centers on Prague's infamous Stalin monument, a giant edifice that lingers despite its destruction in 1962.

Muslim Rohingya women are pictured at the Thae Chaung camp for internally displaced people in Sittwe, Myanmar, on April 22. The stateless Rohingya in western Myanmar have been confined to the camps since violence erupted with majority Buddhists in 2012. The camps rely on international aid agencies, but still lack adequate food and health care.

In Buddhist-Majority Myanmar, Muslim Minority Gets Pushed To The Margins

As Myanmar has opened up its political system, it has unleashed long suppressed tensions. The Rohingya Muslims have been hard hit, with many driven from their homes and now confined to camps.

Clint Muhlfeld, an aquatic ecologist with the USGS, holds a native Westslope cutthroat trout in Glacier National Park.

Hybrid Trout Threaten Montana's Native Cutthroats

Climate change in the West is luring rainbow trout to higher elevations, where the fish are mating with native cutthroats, genetic evidence shows. Biologists and anglers worry cutthroats could vanish.

Canyon Crest Academy senior Eric Chen (far right) won this year's grand prize at the Google Science Fair.

San Diego Teen To Present Influenza Research At White House

Canyon Crest Academy senior Eric Chen will present his award-winning research on potential new drugs to treat influenza at Tuesday's White House Science Fair.

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