North Africa

‘Peace President’ BS Blown Up by People Trump Vowed to Save

Trump’s peacemaker crusade left him with a Nobel-shaped hole in the ego.

Will Neal

Racist German Shooter Exposes the Global Network of Hate

Tobias Rathjen killed nine people of migrant backgrounds in Hanau's laid-back shisha bars, then shot his mother and himself.

Josephine Huetlin

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SURVIVAL

Rape, Sexuality, and Race: How ‘History of Violence’ Shocks

Edouard Louis’ bestseller about his rape and near-murder has been adapted into a shocking and compelling play, which confronts issues around violence, racism, and sexuality.

Tim Teeman

Lost Masterpieces

The Buried Secrets of the World’s Very First Lighthouse

For 1600 years, the Pharos stood on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea guiding ships into the port of Alexandria, before an earthquake consigned it to the bottom of the ocean.

Allison McNearney

The Spies Helping Push South Sudan to Genocide

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Revealed: The Spies Pushing South Sudan to Genocide

Documents obtained by The Daily Beast from several sources show the way other African leaders and intelligence services collude with President Salva Kiir’s brutal regime.

Justin Lynch

INTRIGUE

Did the Allies Plot to Assassinate France’s Wartime Leader?

The conspirators behind the assassination of a hated former Vichy prime minister in WWII have never been unmasked. Were they French royalists? The English? Or the Americans?

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North Africa

‘Peace President’ BS Blown Up by People Trump Vowed to Save

Racist German Shooter Exposes the Global Network of Hate

Rape, Sexuality, and Race: How ‘History of Violence’ Shocks

The Buried Secrets of the World’s Very First Lighthouse

Revealed: The Spies Pushing South Sudan to Genocide

Did the Allies Plot to Assassinate France’s Wartime Leader?

The Spy Who Helped Free France From the Nazis

12 Amateur Spies Paved the Way to War Against the Nazis

Watch Tinariwen Perform Live in Paris

ISIS Expands Its Grasp On Libya

John Singer Sargent’s Watercolors