Biblical tradition holds that northern Iraq is the land of Cain and Abel. And it is right there...
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America and the Kurds: A history of tragedy and betrayal
The Trump White House’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria and clear the path for neighboring...
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Where’s the transatlantic response to Russian meddling?
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Humanity lost, humanity found: 25 years after Rwanda’s genocide
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Finding Humanity: A Journey in Post-Genocide Rwanda
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A hundred years after WWI, haunting parallels between America’s Trump and Germany’s Wilhelm
An inheritor of privilege, this leader of a superpower was impatient, reckless and vulgar. He was capable of...
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From the ashes of the Great War came powerful songs and poetry.
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History echoes across the gravestones of World War I with a warning for today’s leaders
One hundred years ago -- at the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month --...
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The correspondent who exposed the “fake news” of World War One
BOSTON - At a time when women in the U.S. were still winning their right to vote, Mary...
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Tracking the impact of Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen
As fresh conflicting theories surrounding the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi emerge daily, the pressure on the...
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