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On the road with a teenage Syrian refugee, traveling the underground railroad from Sicily to Sweden.

From floods to droughts to plastic-bottle wastelands, a world with -- and without -- water.

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The art of the pickup in New Delhi, where homosexuality is illegal, Grindr is growing, and policemen are waiting just around the corner.

Far from home, a close-knit police battalion tried to keep the peace in one of the most strategically important towns in eastern Ukraine.

U.S. scholars rank the top 25 IR programs for undergraduates, master's, and Ph.D.s.

The world's most pressing public health crisis isn't AIDS or Ebola or malaria -- it's a soaring number of motorcycle fatalities. And it's costing developing countries billions.

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One of Europe’s poorest countries wanted a road, so U.S. mega-contractor Bechtel sold it a $1.3 billion highway, with the backing of a powerful American ambassador. Funny thing is, the highway is barely being used—and the ambassador is now working for Bechtel.

Europe’s carbon-trading market was supposed to be capitalism’s solution to global warming. Instead, it became a playground for gangsters, international crime syndicates, and even two-bit crooks -- who stole hundreds of millions of dollars in pollution credits.

Coal is trashing the environment, but also lifting people from poverty. Like it or not, the fuel isn’t budging from the world’s energy mix.