Why haven’t we heard about migrants all summer?

Fact checking the migration ‘crisis’ in the US

A muralist is painting weeds to represent the margins of society

Who was Abu Muhammad al-Adnani and what does his death mean for ISIS?

Where exactly does East meet West?

Until recently this school in South Africa told black girls to chemically straighten their hair

Historians disagree on whether ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ is racist

The huge US-EU trade deal is in danger of falling apart. No surprise there.

Karachi’s new mayor was sworn in. Then he went back to jail.

New York to London in 3 hours? More start-ups are looking at supersonic travel.

Singapore is dealing with an outbreak of locally transmitted Zika infections

Mr. Fuji, a prankster in and out of the ring, dies at age 82

The secretive tribunal that corporations use against governments

Remembering the king of Latin pop — Mexico’s Juan Gabriel

Women in Tunisia wary of surge in Islamist power, fearful of losing their rights

How Toots Thielemans inspired a champion whistler from the Netherlands

This is how an entire family that grows up together in the United States can end up with one person undocumented

Remembering an icon of the French fashion world: Sonia Rykiel dies, age 86

China is looking to the US as it builds its first national park system

Bombastic decor. A 72-page menu. But it’s the food that draws people to this restaurant in Bogota.

A Puerto Rican enclave in Brooklyn confronts the realities of rising prices and gentrification

Advocates say another privately operated immigration detention center for women and children is the wrong approach

Reporting on police brutality is complicated for some minority journalists

Did religion save this Guatemalan town?

Did religion save this Guatemalan town?

North Korea claims it’s now able to nuke the US mainland

Moms go on a hunger strike to get themselves and their kids out of immigration detention

Spanish facing major changes as elections loom and Basque terror ends

In a country where no one wants to talk about abortion, these women live-tweeted it

Once-impassable Northwest Passage sees its largest passenger ship

In this traditional Turkish candy shop, a daughter takes her turn

It takes an army of trucks from around the country to haul away the damage from Louisiana’s floods

Michelin isn’t reinventing the wheel, it’s reinventing the rubber supply chain

Ukraine marks 25 years of independence and hopes Russia pays attention

Too much boba is bad for you. California’s new data law could show who’s most at risk.

Three killer tracks out of Brazil that you missed during the Olympics

Oh, the phrases you’ll hear on the streets of Buenos Aires!

South Korean officials trying to convince youth of importance of unification

From ramen to sleeping space, the currencies of prisons around the globe

Washington Post finds donations may have secured access to Secretary of State Clinton

Amid rising refugee tensions, a Syrian expat orchestra gives back

Behold the forgotten spells from the tombs of ancient Serbia!

An MIT lesson in failure helps deliver fresh milk to millions in India

Teju Cole considers why racism is not someone calling him the ‘N’ word

Greek people hit the streets to protest continued austerity measures

A year of attacks leaves Paris’ streets emptier than usual

What the London Tube looks like past midnight

Cybercrime explored: Journalist documents DarkMarket

Ethiopian runner Feyisa Lilesa stages protest against his country’s government

Measured one way, Britain crushed the US and China in the medal count

Social media has role in drug cartel violence in Mexico

Cameroon’s ‘Golden Voice’ struck gold when he won a green card

Gamers want video games at the Olympics already!

Her cathedral: Rediscovering the pulse of her childhood

US support for Saudis in Yemen is ‘not a blank check’

Here’s some proof that women have always crushed the Olympics

Here’s some proof that women have always crushed the Olympics

In Haiti, the UN still has to clean up its act

How to help: Some of the groups that worked to save Omran Daqneesh — and countless others — in Syria

The war on drugs in the Philippines is leaving hundreds dead in the streets