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Why Assad Is Winning Khaled Abdullah Ali Al Mahdi/Reuters

Why Assad Is Winning

If the Obama administration and its European and Arab allies want to support the rebels, they must do so now.

Why Soldiers Are Targeted for Terrorist Attacks Toby Melville/Reuters

Why Soldiers Are Targeted for Terrorist Attacks

This week's machete incident was far from the first time radicals went after service members.

A Dozen Extraordinary Picnics and the Finest Passage Ever Written About Them David Nikonvscanon/Flickr

A Dozen Extraordinary Picnics and the Finest Passage Ever Written About Them

A meditation on "one of the gentlest and loveliest things we can do."

No, the War on Terror Isn't Ending Larry Downing/Reuters

No, the War on Terror Isn't Ending

We're constraining, but not stopping, the use of targeted drone strikes.

What's Behind Venezuela's Toilet-Paper Shortage? Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters

What's Behind Venezuela's Toilet-Paper Shortage?

Maduro struggles to govern as Venezuelans reminisce about the more comedic predecessor.

Nearly a Quarter of People in Greece and the U.S. Can't Afford Food Reuters

Nearly a Quarter of People in Greece and the U.S. Can't Afford Food

Hunger has grown dramatically in Europe since 2007

Under Hamas, No More Coed Classes in Gaza Mohammed Salem/Reuters

Under Hamas, No More Coed Classes in Gaza

The latest sign of the 'Hamisization' of the Strip

Life Under the KGB's Watchful Eye in 1980s Russia Reuters

Life Under the KGB's Watchful Eye in 1980s Russia

Everything was bugged, we were followed constantly, and even our dog knew we had a "minder."

Dissidents Fight Back as Governments Step Up Spyware Attacks Flickr

Dissidents Fight Back as Governments Step Up Spyware Attacks

Unsafe communications : today's popular uprisings :: Unsafe sex : the 1980s

Can Obama End the 'Forever War'? Reuters

Can Obama End the 'Forever War'?

Ahead of Thursday's speech, the president is trying to narrow the use of drones.

The Daughter of Uzbekistan's President Personally Negotiates Bribes With Swedish Telecom Company  AP

The Daughter of Uzbekistan's President Personally Negotiates Bribes With Swedish Telecom Company

How singer, designer, and dictator-in-training 'Googoosha' has her hand in the bribery terms with TeliaSonera

You Can't Blame Ireland for Apple's Tax-Avoidance, Either Reuters

You Can't Blame Ireland for Apple's Tax-Avoidance, Either

The country was just trying to boost its economy -- and some say it worked.

How Soccer Can Help Us Predict the Next Arab Spring Revolution Amr Dalsh/Reuters

How Soccer Can Help Us Predict the Next Arab Spring Revolution

In some countries, those engaging in public forms of dissent are often tortured and "disappeared." Soccer fans, in contrast, are allowed to vent as much as they want, and in large numbers.

Playboy Bunnies in the Holy Land Ariel Schalit/AP

Playboy Bunnies in the Holy Land

Oy vey, some remark, as the men's magazine launches an Israel version.

Why Ending Child Marriage Abroad Is Good for the U.S. Danish Siddiqui/Reuters

Why Ending Child Marriage Abroad Is Good for the U.S.

When fewer girls get married, GDP, health, and wages all increase -- making for a safer, more prosperous world.

Coffee Leaf Rust: It's Coming for Your Morning Joe Jose Gomez/Reuters

Coffee Leaf Rust: It's Coming for Your Morning Joe

Are consumers pushing for organic coffee inadvertently harming the environment?

Where Else Do Tornadoes Strike? Reuters

Where Else Do Tornadoes Strike?

The U.S. gets hit the most, but South Africa, Bangladesh, and Canada also see a fair amount of twisters.

What's Behind Nigeria's Escalating Bodycount? Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters

What's Behind Nigeria's Escalating Bodycount?

Between an Islamic insurgency, a security crackdown, and sectarian clashes, 571 people were killed in Africa's most populous country in April.

Life as One of the Most Persecuted Ethnic Groups on the Planet Peter Andrews/Reuters

Life as One of the Most Persecuted Ethnic Groups on the Planet

You are a Hazara, and you've been on the run for centuries. Now you're in Syria, and things aren't looking up.

A Day in the DRC Armin Rosen

A Day in the DRC

Witnessing life in Goma, a city that's been invaded, ransacked, inundated with refugees, and flattened by a volcano -- all in the last 17 years.

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