The real war on women is in the Middle East.

Meet Patrick Ball, a statistician who's spent his life lifting the fog of war.

How the president's drone war is backfiring.

American drones have changed everything for al Qaeda and its local allies in Pakistan, becoming a fact of life in a secret war that is far from over.

A natural history of hunger.

Small loans probably won't lift people out of poverty or empower women. But that doesn't mean they're useless.

With 100,000 – young, old, and everything in between – out in the freezing streets of Moscow, the heat is being turned up on Vladimir Putin's drive for the presidency.

The sweeping protests that have riled Moscow signal the end of Russia's strongman, but the real gains will require millions to adopt the project of democracy and dignity.

A series of CIA memos describes how Israeli Mossad agents posed as American spies to recruit members of the terrorist organization Jundallah to fight their covert war against Iran.

Fishing with handguns and touring ancient ruins in post-American Iraq.