2016-10-06
Sharing a cartoon on Facebook that depicted a depraved extremist issuing orders to a meek God
Authorities announced federal indictments against 17 members of the international sex trafficking organization
America’s ceasefire deal with Russia never stood a chance
2016-10-04
The jump in household income merely helps to make up for lost ground
2016-10-02
This is what the Saudis have done with Wahhabism. The oil money has enabled them to spread this fanatical, destructive form of Islam all over the Muslim world and among Muslims in the west
A showdown on ground so symbolic to Islamists might actually play in favor of those opposed to the vision espoused by radical Islamists
2016-09-29
Increasingly, hungry refugees receive aid not as food, but as cash
In the political world, the answer is quite a lot. On the left and right – few mainstream leaders are having such a good year
2016-09-27
Why Foreign Fighters Have Become a Liability
In Kirkuk, the extremist group's defeat risks rekindling old ethnic and religious conflicts unless cooler heads prevail
In Ethiopia, 9,000 Jews are waiting to move to Israel—but it may not be the promised land after all
Protesters demanded the government's resignation over the failure to protect Nahed Hattar
2016-09-23
GDP has hardly grown in the last four years, and GDP per capita is still less than it was in 2007
2016-09-21
Military displayed long-range missiles, tanks, and the Russian-supplied S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system
United States says the ceasefire agreement it sponsored jointly with Russia is "not dead"
About 400 workers in Qatar have been without pay for up to four months, according the Indian Community Benevolent Forum charity
2016-09-20
Biologists, programmers and engineers plan to attack cancerous cells the way one attacks a bug in a computer
Nadia Murad tells leaders at U.N. refugee summit: "You decide whether it is to be war or peace."
Every aspect of globalization – free trade, free movement of capital, and international migration – is under attack
A rise in divorces is blamed on Islamism, poverty and Turkish soap operas
2016-09-18
Erdoğan’s government is by no means the first to compel Turkish citizens to hide their preferences and beliefs
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the lynchpin issue that will determine whether the region’s future will be one of peace and prosperity
Today’s invisible victims are refugee children holed up in tents, shacks, and hovels who will never enjoy a first day at school
2016-08-28
A new study suggests that a decrease in brain cell growth helps adaptation to stress.
Sarkozy never really accepted his defeat. Like Germany after World War I, he instead became consumed with a desire for revenge
2016-08-26
Iraqi pilgrims face restriction and unexpected search in addition to humiliation and verbal abuse in public
2016-08-16
hroughout its history, the city on the western side of the Bosphorus Strait separating Europe from Asia has been an epicenter of the relationship between the geopolitical West and East
2016-08-12
Safe from Islamic State, Yazidis now face a struggle with the Kurds