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They were promised paradise — in North Korea
For 25 years, ethnic Koreans who called Japan home were lured by propaganda to North Korea. Over 90,000 people heeded the call. They were promised al…
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Sudan’s war enters a fourth year
What began as a power struggle between the army and the powerful paramilitary force — former allies in a coup that removed a civilian government — ha…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The last detention camp for ISIS wives and kids
After U.S.-backed Iraqi and Syrian forces defeated ISIS, its surviving fighters went to prison. Their wives and children were sent to detention camps…
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Hezbollah re-arms… but how?
In 2024, Israel killed Hezbollah's top leaders and is thought to have decimated its arsenal. So how is the Iran-backed group still firing rockets int…
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A Ukrainian mayor, released from captivity, returns to a radically different city
Ukraine has been a country living through war for more than four years, since Russia’s full-scale invasion. But the experience of that war varies wi…
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Life in a Ukrainian city dramatically changed by war
Weapons evolve over the course of a war, and for the war in Ukraine the use of drones has radically altered the battlefield. But those same weapons …
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A ceasefire with Iran is declared, why is there still fighting in Lebanon?
President Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, just ahead of a deadline he imposed for the country to open the Strait of Hormuz or face ca…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Daring to dissent in Russia
One Moscow poet is making rare criticism of the Russian war on Ukraine. The Russian assault on Ukraine is now in its fifth year. For ordinary Russian…
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What 9,000 year old remains in Germany tell us about human development
When a 9,000 year-old grave of a shaman was discovered in 1930s Germany, the discovery was quickly politicized to support Nazi propaganda. But new an…
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Venezuelans are daring to hope again
It’s been three months since the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. Ordinary Venezuelans reflect on what that night of the Maduro capture was like,…
1 month, 3 weeks ago