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The Coming War on ‘Radical Islam’
How Trump’s government could change America’s approach to terrorism
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Chris McGrath / Getty Black Skies Above Mosul
As Iraqi and Kurdish troops close in on the ISIS stronghold of Mosul in Iraq, militants fleeing the region have been setting oil wells ablaze, blackening the skies with oily soot for miles
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Why Donald Trump Needs David Petraeus
The president-elect doesn’t understand that war is politics, because he lacks experience in both war and politics.
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Laszlo Balogh / Reuters What Trump Means for Central and Eastern Europe
Some nations are excited for the new president-elect. But others question what he means for their security.
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Jung Yeon-Je / AFP / Getty South Korean Protesters Call for Their President to Step Down
For the past five weekends, hundreds of thousands of protesters have been occupying large parts of downtown Seoul, in some of the largest demonstrations seen in decades.
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AFP / Getty Images Kissinger: The View From Vietnam
One of the saddest ironies of my own history is that the United States might have achieved its goals in Southeast Asia without ever going to war.
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Reuters How Did Fidel Castro Hold On to Cuba for So Long?
The combination of geography, charisma, and authoritarianism that helped the revolutionary outlast 10 American presidents
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Alexandre Meneghini / Reuters Remembering Fidel Castro
He presided over dramatic improvements in health and other human-development indicators in Cuba, but crushed dissent and repressed human rights.
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Tiksa Negeri / Reuters The African Rebel Leader Who's Stoked About Trump
Riek Machar thinks the president-elect will side with him in the South Sudan conflict—once he learns about it.
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Prensa Latina / Reuters Fidel Knew the 'Cuban Model' Couldn't Last Forever
When I spent a week with Fidel, a dictator who outlasted 10 American presidents, and who nearly outlasted an 11th, I found a man who sensed that change was coming, and that the Cuban system would not last forever.
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Leon Neal / Getty Photos of the Week: 11/19–11/25
Hong Kong’s skyline, a holiday lightshow in London, wildfire in Israel, a newborn giraffe in Amsterdam, a foamy ‘snowstorm’ in Santa Clara, California, and much more.
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Charles Platiau / Reuters François Fillon: The Man Who Could Be France's Next President
The candidate poised to lead the country’s center-right party ahead of next year’s election is a staunch conservative.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump's Big Test in the Middle East
The president-elect will encounter a region convulsed by change.
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Erich Schlegel / USA TODAY Sports The NFL’s Experiment in Mexico City
Pro football held a game south of the border for the first time since 2005.
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Bettmann / Getty A World to Be Thankful For
Here’s some of the good news of 2016. There’s plenty.
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Wally McNamee / Corbis via Getty Thanksgiving Photos From the Past Century
A look back at archival images of Thanksgiving traditions and celebrations from the past
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Yamada Taro / Getty What’s So Great About American World Leadership?
The U.S. voters who rejected decades of bipartisan foreign-policy consensus might be on to something.
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Pavel Golovkin / AP Cooperation With Russia Is Possible
… but it will depend on what, exactly, Trump is trying to achieve.
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Dan Kitwood / Getty A Labor of Love: Chimpanzee Rehabilitation in Guinea
Getty Images photographer Dan Kitwood spent time last year visiting the Chimpanzee Conservation Center in the Haut Niger National Park in Guinea, West Africa.
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KCNA / Reuters Can Trump Make a Deal With North Korea?
One of the biggest problems facing the president-elect might also be his biggest opportunity.
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Stephanie Keith / Reuters Water Cannons and Tear Gas Used Against Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters
Last night hundreds of Dakota Access Pipeline protesters attempted to force their way through police barricades. They were met with water cannons, tear gas,and rubber bullets, resulting in dozens of injuries.
