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For Conflict Zones, Sequestration Is Even More Devastating Muhammad Hamed/Reuters

For Conflict Zones, Sequestration Is Even More Devastating

For refugees the world over, Washington's budget gridlock is a life and death matter.

What if the UN Were Allowed to Shoot First in the DRC? James Akena/Reuters

What if the UN Were Allowed to Shoot First in the DRC?

Events in eastern Congo have spiraled out of control within days of a new peace initiative's launch. Now, some in the international community are considering an even more radical solution.

How the U.N. Caused Haiti's Cholera Crisis -- and Won't Be Held Responsible Allison Shelley/Reuters

How the U.N. Caused Haiti's Cholera Crisis -- and Won't Be Held Responsible

The world's top multilateral organization is accountable to no one -- and the victims of Haiti's choler outbreak aren't the only ones paying the price.

Happy Election Day, Djibouti Reuters

Happy Election Day, Djibouti

Why it matters that the tiny Red Sea country is holding an unprecedentedly-open parliamentary election tomorrow.

Counting the Dead in Syria Muzaffar Salman/Reuters

Counting the Dead in Syria

The U.N. is using a number that suppresses the true extent of the number of people killed in Syria. Do they have an better alternatives -- and would it even matter if they did?

Maryam al Khawaja's Perilous Journey Home Hammad al Mohammed/Reuters

Maryam al Khawaja's Perilous Journey Home

An interview with the exiled Bahraini activist, who recently visited the restive island nation for the first time in two years.

A Middle-Class Paradise in Palestine? Dan Baililty/AP

A Middle-Class Paradise in Palestine?

The West Bank's first Palestinian-designed planned city offers a window into the promises and perils of the current situation in the Middle East. But will it be a novelty, or a game-changer?

All Quiet on the Gaza Front Yannis Behrakis/Reuters

All Quiet on the Gaza Front

It will take more than two months without rocket fire for this Israeli border town to return to normalcy.

How Did Iranian Bullets Wind Up in Africa? Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters

How Did Iranian Bullets Wind Up in Africa?

A new report suggests that the tight relationship between the Iranian and Sudanese militaries has consequences far beyond the Sudan's borders.

Give Peace a Chance—in Space Wikimedia Commons

Give Peace a Chance—in Space

The White House Death Star petition was a joke, but the prospect of war in outer space is anything but.

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