Mass kidnapping of students in Iguala, Mexico, brings outrage and protests

To be sure, many Mexicans and quite a few foreign visitors have wished ill upon the country's militant schoolteachers, whose idea of protest often involves snarling traffic for hours or blocking tourists from catching flights home. On the whole, they are not mild-mannered, middle-age bookmarms with apples on their desks. Mexicans more typically think of […]

















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Why the threat to execute Abdul-Rahman Kassig feels so personal

Last week, exactly a year after finding out that my friend had gone missing in Syria, I saw him again. But it was far from the scenario his family and friends had been hoping for. Kneeling in the dirt in an orange jumpsuit, Abdul-Rahman Kassig, or Peter as he was known before his conversion, was […]

















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Crossword: What in the world, this week

We hope you've been following the news this week, because it's time for our weekly quiz. The clock starts when you click the "START" button. The target time to complete this puzzle is 15 minutes. To see how scoring works, read this post. Note that we've added a new feature which allows you to read […]

















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6 people who seem like naturals for the Nobel Peace Prize — but never won it

It's Nobel Prize season! Hopefully, by now you have read up on who is most favored to take home the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and are done Wikipedia-ing who exactly is that person who won the Nobel for literature. (In fact, on the Nobel Web site about the literature award, more than 92 percent […]

















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Map: How ATMs have taken over the world

Somalia's first ever ATM machine was unveiled in Mogadishu this week, a major step for a country that has struggled with instability and war. "I have been staying in Mogadishu for longer than I originally planned so I ran out of cash," Omar Hassan, a visitor from Britain, told the BBC. "I couldn't believe my […]

















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