How a childhood in Somalia helped one guy co-star with Tom Hanks in ‘Captain Phillips’

Nobel Prize shoves the small Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons into the spotlight

‘Lost’ Doctor Who episodes found in Nigeria are delighting the Whovian fan cult

Families are ‘terrified’ by Egypt’s violent crackdown in the Sinai

Why it’s a bad idea to make sarin gas in your kitchen

Is the new booze ad ban in Turkey good for health … or Islam?

These South African girls are inspired by Malala, even without a Nobel Prize

Weapons inspectors have nothing to offer residents of destroyed Damascus neighborhood

Syrian rebel forces are guilty of atrocities, too

Must read? Book tells haunting story of doctors allegedly euthanizing their patients

Music Heard on Air for October 11, 2013