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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.

Gruesome Attacks on Egyptian Women Spawn Helmeted, Volunteer Protectors AP

Gruesome Attacks on Egyptian Women Spawn Helmeted, Volunteer Protectors

Soraya Bahgat, founder of Tahrir Bodyguard, on sexual assault and the future of women's rights in Egypt.

How Iran's Syria Policy Is Making it Lose the Regional Popularity Contest Reuters

How Iran's Syria Policy Is Making it Lose the Regional Popularity Contest

Iran's unyielding support of Assad is damaging its standing in the Middle East and feeding into a growing regional trust deficit.

Worrying Signs Afghan Women's Rights Will Slip After U.S. Departure Mohammad Ismail/Reuters

Worrying Signs Afghan Women's Rights Will Slip After U.S. Departure

A law to protect women failed to pass parliament this weekend, sparking fears that the country's conservative forces want to roll back the clock on gender.

Can We End Hunger by Eating Bugs? Wikimedia Commons

Can We End Hunger by Eating Bugs?

How the real caveman diet will help meet our global food needs.

The Flaw in Many Humanitarian Arguments for War Reuters

The Flaw in Many Humanitarian Arguments for War

Wars with humanitarian justifications often save fewer lives than the same amount of money could if spent elsewhere.

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