Laura Lynch

One of the first US volunteers with the YPG was Jordan Matson, from Racine, Wisc.

Anti-ISIS groups take in surfers and other Western volunteers

Conflict

There are now several dozen Westerners who have gone to Syria and volunteered for Kurdish militias fighting ISIS. And while many have military experience, some are simply outraged neophytes eager to help fight the jihadi group.

Kidnapping among the dangers of doing business in Kabul

Afghanistan’s widows face a bleak fight for survival

New play ‘Online’ explores Syrian protests

Arts, Culture & Media

UK arrests provide details of riot perpetrators

Children struggle to survive on the streets in Kabul

Global Politics

According to UNICEF, more than 30 percent of children of elementary-school age are working on the streets in Afghanistan and are often their family’s sole breadwinners.

Brits inciting riots on Facebook sentenced to years in prison

Concerns in UK over sentencing of two men to four years in prison for encouraging people to riot by posting messages on Facebook.

UK Makes Shockingly Large Cuts to Solve Budget Crisis

British Parliament has taken a different route to solving the budget crisis in the UK. Instead of deficit spending, they will cut government services, but the consequences are large…

London’s bet on the 2012 Olympics

London hopes the 2012 Olympics will transform its blighted East End, but the economics are a bit uncertain.

Clinton: Iran is becoming ‘military dictatorship’

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used strong words to describe Iran’s government, and proposes tough, new sanctions.