The Assad Files
Capturing the top-secret documents that tie the Syrian regime to mass torture and killings.
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Capturing the top-secret documents that tie the Syrian regime to mass torture and killings.
Nick Schifrin and Zach Fannin report on east Africa's deadliest terror group, Al Shabaab.
How a Panamanian law firm helps the rich hide their wealth.
Behind the email chains, invoices and documents that make up the Panama Papers are often unseen victims of wrongdoing enabled by the shadowy offshore industry.
A US judge has ruled that the IFC—the World Bank's private sector lending arm—cannot be sued over a $450m loan for a power plant that the plaintiffs maintained had destroyed their livelihood.
The 'Christian Dior of Cuba' looks back on bittersweet memories from his time living in a housing facility for people with HIV.
In a country where quality public education is difficult to access, many children find work in the fields instead of completing their schooling.
France is starting a controversial program to combat Islamic radicalization in jails—where many of the country's most notorious terrorists learned extremism. Will it work?
In Kenya, pedestrians are the most vulnerable road users.
From an “often ruthless” Honduran oligarch to a pair of Indian billionaires who ran a company accused of falsifying drug data, the World Bank has helped the rich get richer.
Studies report that many Indians choose to defecate in the open rather than use accessible toilets. Why is this?
Despite new laws to protect the rights of children in El Salvador who are suffering the consequences of the civil war, many youth remain endangered and seek refuge in orphanages.