Some of the first to vote on Super Tuesday were U.S. expatriates in 41 foreign countries

LONDON —  While Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on Tuesday were looking to southern states and New England for a super-sized boost, a little noticed contest was getting underway in numerous cities around the world. Indeed, the first votes cast for presidential hopefuls on Super Tuesday were not in the United States, but in New Zealand, […]











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Iranians took part in an election. Guess what: Their votes mattered.

In Washington, the common line ahead of Iranian elections last Friday was that the vote didn't really matter. Millions of Iranians were going to the ballot box to elect a new parliament as well the members of another body, a somewhat obscure clerical assembly that supervises the country's supreme leader. In both cases, observers argued, this exercise of democracy would be […]











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Zika epidemic uncovers Brazil’s hidden birth-defect problem

As researchers race to establish a link between the Zika virus and a birth defect known as microcephaly, one of their biggest obstacles is the lack of reliable health data in Brazil, where the epidemic broke out there last year. Since October, Brazil’s Health Ministry has received reports of about 5,600 suspected cases of microcephaly, […]











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Osama bin Laden almost sounds like a U.S. presidential candidate in this secret letter

In a letter apparently written by Osama bin Laden, the late al-Qaeda leader denounced the corporate interests supposedly driving politics in the United States and hailed the courage of the country's Founding Fathers. Yes, you read that right. The letter is part of a tranche of more than 100 documents released Tuesday by the office of the Director […]











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The world’s abortion policies, explained in 7 charts and maps

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear its most significant abortion-related case in nearly a decade on Wednesday. With eyes focused on Washington, it is worth exploring how other countries have dealt with the issue. In 2013, the United Nations published an extensive report on abortion policies all over the world. Although some details may have changed […]











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