After 25 years in Asia, reporter Mary Kay Magistad finds herself breathing a little easier

Bicyclists in crowded Indian city fight to take back the streets

President Rouhani faces cheers and eggs as he returns to Iran

Saudi facepalm over US pursuit of deals with Iran, Syria

Is it even possible for a human to run a marathon in under two hours?

Can an imam and Pink Floyd rehab the image of Islam for Turkey’s youth?

Peru makes book writing into a spectator sport and invites aspiring writers into combat

The monarchs were missing this summer … and we and weather were to blame

Climate, water, and the Syrian civil war: A scientist connects the dots

Despite near certainty in new UN report, a climate of denial persists

The next step falls into place on Syria’s chemical weapons as Obama talks to Iran’s Rouhani

Pakistan government asks separatist militant groups to stop fighting so they can get help to survivors of earthquake

Brit band Bastille takes the US by storm

Meet the Kenyan hero who fought terrorists and rescued dozens

The UN process is working, let the chemical weapon demolition begin

Fleeing rebels, desperate Syrians find refuge among Istanbul’s Alevis

Hispanic Idaho Congressman angers Latino voters by opposing path to citizenship

Italy’s Alcatraz produces one helluva wine

Billy Bragg explains how the roots of Americana music lead back to Britain

I never thought twice about my Barilla pasta, until now

Kofi Awoonor: Ghanaian Diplomat and Poet Dies in Terrorist Attack

Fears of Backlash in Kenya’s ‘Little Mogadishu’

German Hipsters Not Winning Friends in Berlin

The Delicate Diplomatic Dances at the UN

The Art of Negotiating a Nuclear Program

Scotland’s ‘Brew Dogs’ Hop Across America on a Craft Beer Tour

Renewed Violence Keeps Colombia Farmers from Getting Back Their Land

Nairobi Attack by al-Shabab: ‘A Sign of Desperation’

Al-Shabab on the Attack Inside Somalia

Nairobi Reels as Militant Shopping Mall Siege Continues

Canadian Physics Student’s Rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody Goes Viral

Hells Angels Open a Store in Toronto

Art Nabbed a Parking Spot in Ireland’s Busiest City

A Touch of India in North Carolina

‘My Daughter is a Blessing Not a Curse’

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Haitian Novelist Edwidge Danticat Talks Love, Loss and the Power of Radio

When Duke Ellington Played Kabul

A Look at Major Topics Ahead of the UN General Assembly

Syrian Official Says the Civil War is in a Stalemate

Leaders try to put a little heat in frigid US-Iranian relations

Did he or didn’t he accept the Holocaust? You decide

Know your foreign accents? Try picking these global leaders just from the sound of their English

Why toasting Arthur Guinness has left many with a bad taste

Sudanese take to the streets as gas prices double overnight

Sometimes it’s not what you say or how you say it… it’s the language you pick

Al-Qaeda is the least of Yemen’s problems…

Story: The fight for Catholicism is on in Poland

Why is Iran’s president traveling with his country’s one Jewish lawmaker?

From Hanoi to the Kronos Quartet: Musician Van-Anh Voh on making music in Vietnam and in the US

Kenya mall attack through a photographer’s lens

One man’s Hong Kong man cave, at 100 square feet

How New York City’s Latino politics are shifting

After the attack in Nairobi, will going to the mall ever feel the same?

Artists’ sand silhouettes depict war dead from Normandy invasion

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The ugliest building on Harvard’s campus just might be its most beautiful

Netanyahu calls Iranian president a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’

Worried about a US government shutdown? Take a cue from Belgium

Syrian rebel coalition says no to government-in-exile, yes to Islam