With a debt crisis looming, this comedian compares Greece to a ‘petulant teenager’

For these prisoners in Australia, taking away their cigarettes might have been the last straw

How do you behave in a war zone? There’s an app for that

For adopted Guatemalans, a searcher will look for birth moms. But sometimes the reunions are fraught.

How do you explain the leap second to a 6-year-old?

Hope and apprehension in Tehran as nuclear negotiations continue

From gender neutral beginnings to pink princess themes and today’s female STEM minifigs: LEGO’s messy history of marketing to girls

Tunisian gunman described as a normal college student

For Greek youth, life has been one crisis after another. So, panic? ‘The bars are full.’

As US scrambles to address visa backlog, international musicians are out of luck

Who sees opportunity now in Greece? Oh, Bitcoin.

The story of one young woman’s almost-recruitment from Washington to the ISIS Caliphate

Solar-powered airplane lands safely, breaking flight record

Mathematicians mourn the loss of the ‘Rolls-Royce of chalk’

The US has been preparing for a scenario where talks with Iran fail

A son to his mom: ‘You’re OK. The court said it was OK.’

SpaceX rocket blasts apart after liftoff

Obama’s ‘Grace’ — His best speech ever?

Which countries will follow America in legalizing gay marriage?

There’s an uncertain future for thousands of Haitian immigrants to the Dominican Republic

While gay people in America can marry, gay people in India face jail time

Terrorist attack at French business shocks France with its grisly tactics

On the Danube, the world’s newest micro-nation. But Liberland has a problem.

No fair, China: Trying to tempt Muslims from fasting during Ramadan — with beer

Tunisia suffers worst terrorist attack in recent history

Once held hostage, she’s now trying to help her former captors

Macy’s to Trump: ‘You’re fired’

What a week: America shows a progressive side

This Supreme Court ruling was all about religion

These isolated towns in dangerous El Salvador are murder-free zones

Japan has just built the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine

Halal BBQ: It’s what’s for iftar in this suburb of Houston

The FIFA Women’s World Cup heats up as the quarterfinals kick off

Is ISIS gaining or losing ground in Syria?

Is the Confederate flag about to go the way of Nazi symbols?

Kurdish bomb experts defuse IEDs on a shoestring

A teacher told non-Muslim students in Malaysia to drink their own urine. The school was firebombed.

Here’s life in Yemen: ‘It’s about 5:30 p.m. There are jets flying over us.’

When Belarus closed its last liberal arts school, the university went into exile

Boston Marathon bomber apologizes at sentencing hearing

Nigerians vie for a life-changing slip of paper

Should we call Dylann Roof a terrorist?

An insider’s view of the battle of Waterloo

Guys like Dylann Roof concern police more than groups like ISIS

In the world’s deadliest city, graffiti artists use their ‘weapons’ for good

Alone and abused. That’s the reality for many of America’s night janitors.

Is Mexico doing the US’s dirty work on Central American migrants?

Climate change poses a massive health risk, but fighting it will be good for everyone

Pakistanis must deal with a heatwave while fasting for Ramadan

Rwandan intelligence chief arrested in London — on Spanish charges from 2008

Go behind the scenes with Mexico’s answer to John Oliver

Tanzid Sakib’s first experience with an American school literally left him on the floor

You think coerced marriages aren’t a problem for women in the US? Think again

As South Carolina deals with its Confederate flag, one town in Brazil flies it with pride

Texas Muslims open doors for the start of Ramadan

Combat medics train for war in an LA emergency room

British civil servants get a lesson in grammar from the new justice secretary

Lima taps ancient Andean canals to help fight its water shortage

Boom! Entrepreneur launches Donald Trump piñatas. In Mexico.

Conservative S.C. lawmaker tells presidential contenders to show guts, join his call to take down Confederate flag