Dispatch
The view from the ground.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ax-Wielding Terrorists and Germany’s Stiff Upper Lippe
Germans are showing enormous restraint amid the rising threat of homegrown terrorism. But the Islamic State hasn’t really hit them yet.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Purge After the Coup
Turkey's political parties were united in opposing the attempted military coup -- but Erdogan's attempt to use the incident to tighten his control on the state could tear them apart again.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Politics Roils Colombia’s Tentative Peace Deal With the FARC
As the government of Juan Manuel Santos looks to finalize a peace deal — four years in the making — with rebels, opponents are trying to rip it to shreds.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hezbollah’s Crucible of War
Joining Syria’s civil war has made Hezbollah much more powerful, but much less popular, in the Middle East.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Night Erdogan Almost Lost Turkey
Army generals are attempting to topple the president — but whoever comes out on top, Turkish democracy is sure to lose.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘They Will Find Us and Kill Us’
From murder to mass rape, a special report from the front lines of South Sudan’s civil war.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Britain’s Extra Crispy Class War
How fried chicken overran the United Kingdom — and kicked off a uniquely British row about race, ethnicity, and obesity.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Turkey’s ‘Deep State’ Has a Secret Back Channel to Assad
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has recently patched up ties with Russia and Israel. Are a couple of nationalist politicians laying the groundwork for a deal with Syria’s strongman?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ebola Lives On in Survivors’ Eyeballs and Testicles
West Africa's Ebola epidemic is over, but shocking new science suggests that tens of thousands of survivors could still be carriers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Aung San Suu Kyi Must Focus on Ending Burma’s Civil War
The country’s democratic transformation will mean little unless it can bring peace to long-suffering ethnic minorities.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless
The family of Cambodian dictator Hun Sen sits on at least $200 million. But it might not save them from populist anger.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Renewed Violence in South Sudan Threatens Fragile Peace Agreement
Former rebels accuse the government of attacking their camps with helicopter gunships as the world’s newest nation slides back toward civil war.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Independence Day Nobody’s Celebrating
South Sudan’s peace deal is in tatters, its economy is in free-fall, and violence rages across the world’s youngest country.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 From Cocaine Cowboys to Narco-Ranchers
As the drug trade takes over Central America, drug barons have found an increasingly reliable option for laundering their cash: cows.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Liberia’s Education Fire Sale
Everyone knew the country's public school system was a mess — but nobody thought the government would try to fold up shop.
