World

Newsmaker, Feb. 4: The Egyptian judge—known for wearing sunglasses on the bench—sentences 230 protesters to life in prison

Apartheid death squad leader Eugene de Kock is granted parole

Kurdish forces in Syria have turned the tide against Islamic State, but their ranks are becoming dangerously divided

Newsmaker, Jan. 28: The deadline for negotiations to release the Japanese war correspondent has passed, but exchange still possible

Why rules aimed at cracking down on corruption by mining firms miss the mark

Newsmaker, Jan. 27: A New Jersey meteorologist dons the goat horns for false East Coast snowstorm alarm. But should he be the only one?

Michael Petrou on the expulsion of Islamic State from Kobani, the Syrian town once teetering on the brink

In the wake of the Paris attacks, thousands of French Jews are fleeing—not to Israel, but to Britain

As senior officials suggest a high-altitude stall, fears grow about disasters similar to the AirAsia incident

Michael Petrou explains what the world might expect from the new king