KHANAQIN, Iraq — A wind-swept hilltop of parched, brown earth provided as good a vantage point as any...
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In the West Bank, World War I never ended
JERICHO, West Bank — History flows through the Jordan River, and also divides it. In the Hebrew Bible,...
Nov 10, 2014
Why World War I is so often forgotten in America
ST ANDREWS, Scotland – In this town known primarily for golf and Scotland’s first university, there is a...
Nov 09, 2014
Scientists call for more African-led research and development
By Emily Judem CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A rising call for African-led research has permeated Cape Town...
Nov 02, 2014
Mitrovica, a city divided
MITROVICA, Kosovo — We came to the bridge in search of redemption. Not the religious kind, but the...
Jul 01, 2014
Why World War I still matters, 100 years after it began
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina — One hundred years ago, on the morning of June 28, 1914, a slight,...
Jun 26, 2014
Sarajevo struggles to process its history of war
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina — The stairs that lead to the History Museum were cracked and crumbling and...
Jun 26, 2014
Returning to sites of Kosovo’s horrors, signs of healing and injustice
PRISTINA, Kosovo — In the Balkans, the 28th of June has resonated on the calendar through centuries of...
Jun 26, 2014
Kosovo’s ‘House of Cards,’ 15 years after liberation
PRISTINA, Kosovo — There were no big parades, no visible celebrations and hardly a public mention of the...
Jun 14, 2014
After a century of conflict, searching for peace in Bosnia
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina — The footsteps of the assassin are marked near the bridge here where a...
Jun 12, 2014
