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A special report from behind rebel lines. Says one fighter, ‘The hatred in our hearts is growing. I worry that one day it will be bigger than our dreams.’

Early marriage and domestic violence in the camps are a fact of life for girls fleeing the civil war.

There are some hopeful signs, including his recent speech at the National Defense University and a new, less hawkish foreign policy team.

Western media are characterizing the demonstrations as a clash between Islamism and secularism—but it’s government abuse of power that Turks are protesting.

The Lebanese militia is now deeply embroiled in the Syrian civil war, which has become part of a regional struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran. 

It’s not 1945 anymore. Humanity needs to get itself together.

China did not participate in the Iraq war, but is still reaping the benefits of its prize—oil. 

How the world became a battlefield.

Peace talks with the FARC rebels are slowly progressing. But the agreement threatens to exacerbate already obscene levels of violence in rural areas.

Are Washington, Moscow and Beijing using the global arms trade to create a new cold war?