Global
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What We're Following This Evening
American security in Turkey: The Obama administration has ordered all family members of U.S. troops and diplomats living in…
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Orbital View: Seeing Spots
You're not alone: A photo posted by Daily Overview (@dailyoverview) on…
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Eraldo Peres / AP Brazil’s Deepening Political Crisis
The PMDB, Brazil’s largest political party, has left the ruling coalition, raising the odds President Dilma Rousseff will be impeached.
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AFP / Getty Syrian Government Forces Recapture Historic Palmyra From ISIS
After several weeks of fighting, Syrian government troops were able to gain control of the ancient city of Palmyra this weekend, driving out ISIS militants who took the city last May.
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The Exaggerated Influence of ISIS, Visualized
How big and how dangerous is the Islamic State? We break it down by the numbers.
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Afolabi Sotunde / Reuters Nigeria’s Mission to Free Boko Haram’s Hostages
Nigerian troops have freed hundreds of hostages held by the militant Islamist group.
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Rebecca Cook / Reuters Obama on What Trump and Cruz Get Wrong About Islam
The struggle against jihadist terrorism isn’t the same as the struggle against communism—and it’s dangerous to conflate them.
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Martin Meissner / AP Is There Any ‘Logic’ to Suicide Terrorism?
One theory holds that such attacks are a response to territorial losses. But maybe there's no strategy behind them at all.
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Ali Hashisho / Reuters Those Wasteful Europeans
Despite their stereotypical excess, Americans throw out less than many people from more minimalist cultures.
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What We're Following This Evening
Pakistan mourns: The death toll in the bombing that shook a public park in Lahore yesterday has climbed to more…
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Orbital View: Icebrrrrg
Nope, this isn’t a cartoon: A photo posted by Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake…
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Noor Khamis / Reuters Uber’s Troubled Kenyan Expansion
The company began services in Mombasa last week amid protests.
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Eloy Alonso / Reuters Holy Week and Easter, 2016
Church services, processions of hooded penitents, Easter eggs hunts, Catholic passion plays, and more.
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Dado Ruvic / Reuters The Cost of America's Broken Promises
Radovan Karadzic’s story bears a moral for U.S. presidents to come: Beware the empty threat.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Real Secret of Washington, D.C.
It’s not all about politics, and in fact it’s an extraordinary city.
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SANA The State of Palmyra's Ruins
Syria’s antiquities chief is optimistic about the state of the ruins in the ancient city after government forces recaptured it from ISIS.
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Mohsin Raza / Reuters What Happened in Lahore?
An explosion in a public park in Pakistan has killed tens of people and wounded scores more.
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Syrian Arab News Agency / Reuters The Battle for Palmyra
Syrian government forces have regained control of the historic city after a months-long siege by the Islamic State.
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Sebastian Gil Miranda Schooled into Slavery
In Senegal, thousands of children are exploited by their teachers in the name of Koranic education.
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Ivan Alvarado / Reuters Jihad in Tunisia and Change in Cuba: The Week in Global-Affairs Writing
The highlights from seven days of reading about the world