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Tue, 01/11/2016 - 23:16
Displaced by ongoing fighting, Iraqi families are braving the journey to safety and stability not far from the offensive in Mosul.
Tue, 01/11/2016 - 23:03
With Obama leaving, Washington’s foreign-policy brain trust sees a fresh opportunity to take the fight to Assad.
Tue, 01/11/2016 - 22:53
A scathing internal investigation details multiple failings by U.N. blue helmets to protect civilians during July violence in Juba.
Tue, 01/11/2016 - 21:43
Whoever succeeds President Barack Obama will inherit a global security order in an advanced state of decay.
Tue, 01/11/2016 - 20:35
Americans want to beat the Islamic State more than they fear a resurgent Russia.
Tue, 01/11/2016 - 20:20
France just ended it mission in the CAR, leaving the country with scandal-plagued U.N. peacekeepers.
Tue, 01/11/2016 - 19:54
Trump's plan to dump the Paris climate agreements prompts a rare foray by Beijing into U.S. politics.
Tue, 01/11/2016 - 19:38
President or no, Lebanon has had no effective governance for decades. That's not about to change.
Tue, 01/11/2016 - 19:29
We get it, Iceland. We get it.
Tue, 01/11/2016 - 19:14
A Japanese hospital conducted a formal review of an incident where a patient caught fire after passing gas in surgery
Fri, 28/10/2016 - 20:14
The FBI review of additional emails is already giving Republicans ammunition to attack the Democratic presidential nominee.
Fri, 28/10/2016 - 20:12
They’re taking their homes and churches back from the Islamic State. But it may be too late to start over.
Fri, 28/10/2016 - 19:36
Conspiracy theories surrounded the death of Mikhail Lesin. DC prosecutors determined he died after days of drinking.
Fri, 28/10/2016 - 19:16
The president of the Philippines says God told him not to use swear words again.
Fri, 28/10/2016 - 18:24
Somalia’s fight against jihad will be decisive for women’s rights — and may be decided by female soldiers.
Fri, 28/10/2016 - 16:42
When travelers don't get their visas on time, they get angry. And then they write Yelp reviews.
Fri, 28/10/2016 - 16:33
Server farms, I suspect, are our modern Delphis. Hidden away, accessible only to initiates. Essential to the way we live yet unavailable to most mere mortals.
Fri, 28/10/2016 - 16:33
The infantry's emphasis on physicality over intelligence is a joke.
Fri, 28/10/2016 - 16:31
These guys would be charged nowadays, I suspect.
Fri, 28/10/2016 - 14:10
Putin Blames Obama for Syria; And Lots More
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