WorldThe letters home from Islamic State hostagesThe notes released by the families of victims have made the war deeply personal to Americans
BusinessEncyclopedia of the oil crash: I is for interest rates...and International Energy Agency, Islamic State. View this and more in our encyclopedia of the oil crash
WorldInside the triumph at Kobani, and the reality that awaitsKurdish forces in Syria have turned the tide against Islamic State, but their ranks are becoming dangerously divided
WorldNewsmaker of the day: Kenji Goto, in the clutches of Islamic StateNewsmaker, Jan. 28: The deadline for negotiations to release the Japanese war correspondent has passed, but exchange still possible
WorldSyrian Kurds take back KobaniMichael Petrou on the expulsion of Islamic State from Kobani, the Syrian town once teetering on the brink
WorldNewsmaker of the day: Haruna YukawaNewsmaker, Jan 20: The troubled Japanese national now a captive of Islamic State
WorldBringing Canada’s role in Iraq into focusWar is war, and we’ve been in one ever since Canadian forces arrived in Iraq months ago, writes Michael Petrou
WorldThe regular businesses that are ISIS no moreEver since Islamic State began making headlines, everyone using the ISIS moniker had to decide whether to share the name
WorldThe Vicar of Baghdad and the lost Christians of IraqFor years, Reverend Canon Andrew White worked in Baghdad—until Islamic State forced him away from his flock