For those left in Syria, life among the ruins takes on a ghostly air
Talal Barazi is seated in the pleasant outdoor restaurant of a heavily guarded hotel in Homs, or what is left of it. "Basically, it's Berlin after World War II," says...
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How France missed a homegrown terrorism plot
On the streets of Gennevilliers, a working-class suburb north of Paris, residents said there was little indication that a militant bent on warfare on French soil was living in their...
In Turkey, lavish new presidential palace proves divisive
From the hilltop mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the Turkish Republic, a panoramic sweep of this modern capital shows skyscrapers, five-star hotels, bustling residential districts and, to the...
In Lebanon, friends plead for release of Indiana hostage Peter Kassig
He was an unusual sight in this embattled but historic Lebanese port city, a Westerner who wasn't a journalist, a young man driven to provide humanitarian help to the unremitting...
Hostage planners kept U.S. out of loop
Although the U.S. government was supposed to have final authority on any plan to rescue three U.S. contractors held by guerrillas, it was kept in the dark by the Colombian...
Woman atop Paraguay party’s ticket
Paraguay's long-dominant ruling party Monday confirmed that a former Cabinet minister would be its candidate in the presidential election, although her nomination faced a court challenge. If elected in the...
Brazil’s scandals notable as they are plentiful
It was the president's brother on the line, asking for cash. "Hey, get me two grand," Genival Inacio da Silva demanded of a suspected gambling kingpin, according to transcripts of...
Flashy priest’s masses rock, draw Brazilian Catholics back
The pop-idol priest strides to the altar, a rock band pounding away to his right, cameras flashing to his left and the multitudes pulsating in this cavernous ex-factory that serves...
Attack adds new twist to gruesome toll in Baghdad
The civil defense men in blue uniforms joined neighborhood volunteers picking through the rubble with their hands, there being no heavy equipment to aid in this desultory task. Dedicated young...
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