U.S. Military’s Worst-Case Scenario: Large Parts of Africa Seized by ISIS, Al Qaeda, and Boko Haram
AFRICOM planning documents offer a nightmare vision of north and west Africa falling under the control of terror groups working together.
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A Day After Trump Pledges $1 Billion in Aid, Egypt Sentences American Citizen to Prison in Protest Crackdown
Despite the Trump administration's appeals, an American was sentenced to 15 years behind bars.
People Might Be Getting the Swedish Elections All Wrong
In Sweden's national election, many assume the far right is being bolstered by immigration. But what if the evidence shows that it's the economy, stupid?
As Assad Claims Victory in Syrian Civil War, Families Learn Fates of Disappeared Loved Ones
Three years ago, Noura Ghazi’s husband died in Assad's prisons. The government only gave notice of his death this year.
It Took a Handful of Women to Kneecap One of the World's Most Brutal Crime Networks
"The Good Mothers" tells the story of the women who turned against the ’Ndrangheta, a ferocious, family-based criminal cult rooted in southern Italy.
Sheryl Sandberg Misled Congress About Facebook’s Conscience
Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg said the company doesn’t operate in countries where it can't hew to democratic values. That’s just not true.
U.K. Charges Two Suspected Russian Intelligence Agents in Nerve Agent Attack
Two suspected Russian spies were charged on Wednesday with smuggling a Novichok nerve agent into Britain in March and using it to poison a former spy.
The Man Behind the Barcelona Attacks Was on Police Radar for Years. How Did They Let It Happen?
A year after the attack on Las Ramblas, the unfolding story of Abdelbaki Es Satty points more to a failure of the police than of the community he hid among.
America’s War Narrative Focuses on Its Soldiers. Afghans and Iraqis Are Brushed Aside.
American soldiers are at the center of a crop of new books about Iraq and Afghanistan. This contributes to an incomplete narrative of those wars.
New Video Shows More Atrocities by Cameroon, a Key U.S. Ally in Drone Warfare
A new video shows Cameroonian soldiers executing about a dozen civilians during what appears to have been an operation against Boko Haram.