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Culture
What Americans have been missing out on in Iran
A lot has happened in 35 years.
Global Economy
China stocks plummet because of poor economic data
Hong Kong stocks also slumped.
Chatter
The US and Turkey are going to try to create an 'Islamic State-free zone'
It's not as simple as it might sound.
Conflict
Afghanistan's model city is also its kidnapping capital
The kidnappers in Herat are not usually members of the Taliban or any other armed opposition group. Their motives are not ideological.
Kenya
Obama said some weighty things in Kenya
As Barack Obama jetted off to Ethiopia, ending his first and likely only visit to Kenya as US president, a hashtag trended here: #NowThatObamaIsGone.
Syria
Assad says Syrian army 'fatigued' but will prevail
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad acknowledged the shrinking ranks of his government's army in a rare public speech on Sunday.
Islamic State
Islamic State recruiters are coming for Russia’s best and brightest
Officials hope hotlines and psychology courses will help.
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When Terror Gets Old
Even terrorists get older. Then what happens? (VIDEO)
Northern Ireland's retired militants grapple with a brutal past.
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Obama is a proud Kenyan-American
The US president leaves Kenya for Ethiopia today, ending his visit with a tough-love message only family can get away with.
Kenya
Meet George Obama, the US president's half brother on the sidelines
Barack Obama's visit to Kenya had the trappings of a family reunion. Just a selective one.
Vietnam
A rap anthem called 'F*ck Communism' is going viral in Vietnam
The US-based, 24-year-old rapper behind the song could face jail time when he returns home next year.
Money
The drug war isn’t the only battle Mexico is losing
The country now has 2 million more poor people than it had in 2012.
Kenya
Politico says Kenya is Obama's 'most dangerous trip yet.' Everyone else says, what?
Call it the cringe heard 'round the world.
Leaders
Obama disappoints Kenya's bombing survivors
Barack Obama laid a wreath today for victims of the 1998 US embassy bombing in Nairobi. But some Kenyan survivors of the attack were hoping for much more.
Kenya
Kenyans welcome Obama as their own 'son of the soil'
But as the US president nears the end of his time in office, what legacy does he leave in Africa?
A Global Church
Pope Francis and the revolution in Vatican foreign policy
Francis assembled a "progressive" brain trust of mayors this week to focus on climate and modern-day slavery.
Chatter
Turkey has finally joined the fight against the Islamic State
Turkey has started launching airstrikes against Islamic State positions. And it says the US is now welcome to use its bases to do the same.
US Foreign Policy
US President Barack Obama begins landmark Kenya visit
US President Barack Obama arrived in the Kenyan capital Nairobi late Friday, making his first visit to the country of his father's birth since his election as president.
Mother Earth
If you thought NASA's New Horizons mission was done blowing your mind, you were wrong
Science!
Politics
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza wins controversial third term
The United States, European Union and former colonial power Belgium said the vote lacked credibility.
Money
The sad story behind the world's cheapest Big Mac
This isn't just about burgers.
Scandals
The UK’s pedophilia scandal is even worse than anybody thought
New papers may supply a missing piece of evidence supporting allegations that British officials knew senior members of government were sexually abusing children.
Islamic State
A reality show thought it was a good idea to send contestants to a Syrian war zone
Disaster tourism gone a little too far.
Culture
The internet's greatest reactions to CNN calling Kenya a 'hotbed of terror'
'The most trusted name in news.'
Chatter
Iraqi forces gear up to take back Ramadi
First Ramadi, then Fallujah. The two cities now under Islamic State control are only a few dozen miles outside of Baghdad.
Politics
Berlusconi thinks he's going to be Putin's next economy minister
The Kremlin says Putin's offer was more 'figurative' than real.
Israel and Palestine
This man is bringing surfing to Gaza's dangerous seas
Shark attacks might be scary, but here surfers worry about raw sewage and gunfire.
United Kingdom
A group of artists found the perfect way to protest anti-homeless spikes
As homelessness has increased in London, so have the spikes.
Conflict
Don Winslow's crime fiction about Mexico's drug violence is as painful as the true story
Do novels about the drug war glorify violence? The best-selling author of 'The Cartel' says he wrestles with the question constantly.
Mother Earth
A lot of the Arctic is engulfed in a ‘river of smoke’ right now. Check out NASA's photos
Wildfires in Canada, Russia and Alaska are sending plumes of smoke across the globe.
Politics
White House finalizing plan to close Guantanamo prison
The White House is in the "final stages" of drafting a plan to close the contentious Guantanamo Bay prison and will submit it for review by lawmakers, spokesman Josh Earnest said Wednesday.
Sexuality
Thailand isn’t always the LGBT paradise it appears to be. Just ask these gay dads
The surrogate mother now refuses to sign documents giving them full custody of the child.
Chatter
China just gave Ai Weiwei his passport back
Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist and dissident, has been banned from traveling abroad since 2011.
Scandals
Turns out people get angry when you say white Americans are terrorists, too
There's a common post-9/11 assumption about terrorism in the United States — that it’s mainly the work of Muslims and foreigners. It’s not.
Technology
The RoboCup world soccer championship proves humans will dominate sports for a while
Be proud. No matter how uncoordinated you are, you can still kick a soccer ball better than an autonomous robot.
Saudi Arabia
The US defense secretary tries to reassure the Saudis about Iran
US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter landed in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as part of a regional tour aimed at reassuring Washington's allies over a nuclear deal with Iran.
Islamic State
Turkey blames IS for suicide attack that killed 32 in Suruc
This is the first time the government has directly blamed the Islamic State for a strike inside Turkey.
Mother Earth
Queen Elizabeth II owns all of the UK's swans. And every year, she counts them
GlobalPost went on a 'swan upping.' It was wild.
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