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How a famous former Nazi officer became a hitman for Israel

Otto Skorzeny was a diehard Nazi. So historians were astonished to learn this week that — after the war — he was recruited by the Israeli intelligence service.

Mother Earth

Can we accurately gauge the impact of climate change on extreme weather?

Scientists have long avoided attributing specific extreme weather events to changes in global climate, but a recent report suggests we can do so with a high level of confidence.

Commentary

Desperate times in Zimbabwe as El Niño food shortage ravages the nation

As El Niño spreads drought across parts of Africa, all countries must get equal attention and precise actions must be put in place before the situation spirals out of control.

BeNeLux

Flights resume at bomb-hit Brussels Airport under tighter security

Brussels Airport partially reopened Sunday, 12 days after it was hit by Islamic State attacks, with tearful staff applauding the first departure and an initial trickle of passengers undergoing strict new security checks.

Syria

Mass grave of victims of IS found in Syria's Palmyra

Syrian troops have found a mass grave containing the bodies of 42 people executed by Islamic State jihadists in Palmyra, as Washington warned the group's leader will eventually "taste justice".

BeNeLux

Beleaguered Molenbeek struggles to fend off jihadist recruiters

In the rundown Brussels neighborhood with a reputation as a haven for jihadists, residents struggle to confront the threat of radicalism as recruiters increasingly go underground.

A close encounter of the underwater kind

'The largest of the whales started swimming directly at me ... I got very scared because I know that they are the only animal which could and indeed have swallowed a human being.'

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How London became obsessed with the golden supercars of a Saudi billionaire

Every spring, quiet backstreets in London fill with the roar of revving engines and screeching tires. And this year, a fleet of supercars with a matching gold finish.

Greece

Greece to send some 750 migrants to Turkey in EU deal launch

Greek officials on Saturday declined to comment on a report it will send some 750 migrants back to Turkey from Monday to kick off a controversial EU readmissions deal.

Human Rights

Here's what happens when women are punished for having abortions

Donald Trump said women should be punished for getting abortions. In El Salvador, they are.

Conflict

It's official — North Korea is pursuing a nuclear program

A top Pyongyang envoy told Reuters the hermit kingdom will move ahead with its nuclear and ballistic missile program, in defiance of the US and its allies.

Sexuality

Old custom, new couples: Gay Indians are having arranged marriages

A new company is helping gay Indians find spouses — even if India won’t recognize their marriages yet.

Conflict

Burundi’s last civil war killed 300,000. A new one is coming

Once again, Burundi is spiraling toward civil war.

Health

Zika is spreading. Birth defects aren’t — yet

Colombia and Venezuela, proving grounds for the Zika crisis, so far show no signs of a microcephaly spike.

Conflict

Libya now has three governments, none of which are able to govern

The next few weeks will be crucial in deciding Libya’s fate.

Technology

A Chinese funeral parlor is using 3-D printing to help the dead look their best

“It is difficult for relatives to see incomplete faces or bodies of their loved ones when they attend memorial services, and makeup cannot always sufficiently repair them."

Scandals

Can your vote be a 'sin'? Abortion brings the church into Peru's presidential race

An archbishop says Catholics can't vote for candidates who support abortion rights, and starts a firestorm.

Politics

South Africa's president could be impeached

But he probably won't be — despite the country's top court ruling that Jacob Zuma breached the constitution.

Technology

Why Singapore is ground zero for the robot car revolution

Silicon Valley is the world’s top research hub for autonomous cars. But Singapore appears primed to tap America’s technological gains and get them on the road first.

Conflict

Boko Haram kidnapped 300 children and it barely made the news

Human Rights Watch calls it the biggest documented school abduction by Boko Haram militants. The Nigerian government denied it happened.

Brazil

Dilma’s doom: Why Brazil’s leader is inching toward impeachment

President Dilma Rousseff’s biggest coalition partner just dumped her, and the party’s already planning sweeping changes if it takes power.

Health

Cities have found a better way to reach the homeless: Services on wheels

Mobile laundry, free haircuts and other small ways to help the world’s homeless.

Conflict

Brutal Bronze Age battle discovery changes understanding of history

Archaeologists have uncovered what might be the oldest battlefield in the world, and it's changing much of what we know about society and war in ancient Europe.

Politics

China tells developers: Stop giving things embarrassing Western names

Chinese officials say property developments with names like "Yuppie International Condos" and "Merlin Champagne Town" are threatening the country's dignity.

Americas

This Guatemalan rapper thinks hip-hop can unite all women

Rebeca Lane gets inspiration from women who defy patriarchal norms, and her current tour is meant to help others do the same.

Egypt

Hijacker surrenders after Cyprus airport standoff

A man hijacked an EgyptAir passenger plane Tuesday and forced it to divert to Cyprus demanding to see his ex-wife, sparking a dramatic airport standoff that ended peacefully after six hours.

Health

A new bill aims to make Brazil's abortion law even tougher

As Zika spreads, a Brazilian lawmaker is pushing for harsher jail sentences for abortions in cases of microcephaly.

Conflict

Syria troops press advance after blow to IS in Palmyra

Syrian forces pressed their offensive against the Islamic State group on Monday, the day after seizing control of the ancient city of Palmyra in a major blow for the jihadists.

Conflict

By the numbers: The terror attacks we paid attention to

There's the amount of media coverage an attack gets. Then there's the number of readers who actually search for it.

Conflict

Worst fears come true for Pakistan's Christians in Easter attack

Taliban militants said they were targeting Christians with a suicide bombing which killed at least 72 people, nearly half of them children, in a crowded park in Lahore.

Politics

The failed socialist utopian dream that helped make Dallas a major city

The efforts of a French socialist helped make the Texas metropolis what it is today.

Cuba

Fidel Castro blasts Obama's Cuba trip

Fidel Castro laid into Barack Obama after the US president's historic visit to Cuba in a testy newspaper column Monday, saying the communist island doesn't need any "gifts from the empire."

Money

The global rent-a-womb industry is starting to crumble

Developing nations are getting tired of renting women's bodies to Westerners.

Mexico

For Mexicans, Easter means burning an effigy of Donald Trump

This year, it was easy for our friends south of the border to choose a symbolic representation of evil to destroy.

Syria

Palmyra ruins generally 'in good shape': Syria antiquities chief

Ancient artifacts in Palmyra are in much better shape than expected, Syria's antiquities chief said Sunday after regime forces recaptured the city from the Islamic State.

When Terror Gets Old

What Northern Ireland teaches us about today's war on terror

Former Irish fighters say governments make terror worse by repeating old mistakes.

Mother Earth

Meet the tiniest, fluffiest ambassador for the critically endangered Philippine eagle

A new chick offers hope for the survival of one of the world's most endangered eagles.

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