World Politics

Germany's CSU party proposed that immigrants 'should be obliged' to speak German at home — then, after nationwide mockery, rewrote the demand within days.

December 8, 2014 · 1 min read

In 2014, a 22-member team of Vedic Brahmins from Karnataka performed yagnas in Oman for the health of Sultan Qaboos — one of the most unusual interfaith

November 12, 2014 · 1 min read

Samantha Lewthwaite went from the widow of a 7/7 bomber to one of the world's most wanted terrorism suspects. TI's 2014 profile, reviewed as an archive.

September 27, 2014 · 1 min read

In August 2013, the NSA admitted analysts had spied on their own love interests using agency tools — the internal nickname was LOVEINT.

August 26, 2013 · 2 min read

At the African First Ladies Summit in Tanzania, Michelle Obama joked with Laura Bush that living in the White House has 'prison elements' — but it's a

July 2, 2013 · 1 min read

The killing of Fr. François Murad in Syria went viral with a beheading video. Later investigations showed the video showed different victims entirely.

July 1, 2013 · 2 min read

Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh lay on a ventilator in a Lahore hospital after a jail attack, with conflicting reports over whether he was brain dead.

April 30, 2013 · 1 min read

New Zealand's parliament voted 77-44 to legalize same-sex marriage — the 13th country in the world and the first in Asia-Pacific.

April 17, 2013 · 3 min read

Fairview School in the Missouri Ozarks trained staff to carry concealed weapons after Sandy Hook — a 40-hour course with annual background checks.

April 15, 2013 · 5 min read

Dubai police showed off a £360,000 Lamborghini Aventador at Dubai Mall — a supercar patrol car as much about marketing as catching speeders.

April 12, 2013 · 2 min read

Schools Superintendent Jennifer Gray said she expects school board members to meet within the next two weeks to determine if disciplinary action is warranted…

February 5, 2013 · 3 min read

David Coleman Headley received 35 years in a U.S. federal prison for scouting the 2008 Mumbai targets, spared the death penalty by his cooperation.

January 25, 2013 · 2 min read

After France intervened in Mali in January 2013, Islamist groups tied to al-Qaeda pledged retaliatory attacks on French soil.

January 14, 2013 · 2 min read

Two Chicago teenagers, 14 and 15, were shot dead hours apart on January 11, 2013, in Humboldt Park and Little Village, in separate attacks.

January 12, 2013 · 2 min read

In January 2013, Joe Biden warned that Obama would act on guns with or without Congress, floating executive orders ahead of a victims' meeting.

January 9, 2013 · 2 min read

Pamela Geller's AFDI bought 228 NYC subway ad spaces for posters pairing the burning World Trade Center with a Quranic verse on terror.

January 9, 2013 · 2 min read

An Atlanta postal supervisor, a coworker, and four accomplices pled guilty to stealing $3 million in U.S. Treasury checks from the mail.

December 19, 2012 · 2 min read

After Sandy Hook, CNN's Piers Morgan called gun-rights advocate Larry Pratt 'unbelievably stupid' on air, igniting a debate on guns and journalism.

December 19, 2012 · 2 min read

After the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre on December 14, 2012, an editorial: the gun lobby's arguments have run out, and the law must change.

December 14, 2012 · 3 min read

On December 6, 2012, Washington's marijuana legalization took effect with a midnight celebration at the Space Needle and a wink from Seattle police.

December 7, 2012 · 2 min read