Tag: news

• Penetrating Every Stage of Afghan Opium Chain, Taliban Become a Cartel

  May 26, 2020

  ZARANJ, Afghanistan — Shortly after sunrise, an Afghan special operations helicopter descended on two vehicles racing through the empty deserts of southern Afghanistan, traversing what has become a superhighway for… more ›

• The Shadow Commander

  January 7, 2020

  Last February, some of Iran’s most influential leaders gathered at the Amir al-Momenin Mosque, in northeast Tehran, inside a gated community reserved for officers of the Revolutionary Guard. They had… more ›

• ‘The training stays with you’: the elite Mexican soldiers recruited by cartels

  December 8, 2019

  Delfino was handpicked twice. At 18, he was chosen by the Mexican army to join its elite unit, the airborne special forces group known by its Spanish acronym, Gafe, where… more ›

• The Cruelty Is the Point

  October 27, 2019

  The Museum of African-American History and Culture is in part a catalog of cruelty. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelty-is-the-point/572104/ more ›

• The Secret War Machine

  September 25, 2019

  The missing link between the Contras and al Qaeda. It may come as a shock that Vice Admiral John Poindexter has popped up as a visionary cyberguru for Darpa. Until… more ›

• Netherlands becoming a narco-state, warn Dutch police

  September 19, 2019

  The Netherlands is starting to resemble a narco-state with the police unable to combat the emergence of a parallel criminal economy, a report from the Dutch police association has warned.… more ›

• Homepage

  September 6, 2019

  Creative Growth Art Center is a studio for artists with disabilities, supporting a multitude of world-renowned artists and bolstering burgeoning talents. The common ground for most artists here is a… more ›

• The Future of Cities

  September 6, 2019

  From developments in skyscraper architecture, green energy and driverless transport to social divides within cities and with nations, manufacturers clinging on in the margins and China starting a new metropolis… more ›

• The News Provenance Project

  July 29, 2019

  The News Provenance Project is exploring new ways for publishers to help fight misinformation. https://www.newsprovenanceproject.com/ more ›

• Taliban fighters double as reporters to wage Afghan digital war

  May 20, 2019

  KABUL (Reuters) – Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s chief spokesman and editor-in-chief of the insurgent group’s daily news bulletin, starts every day by collecting reports of overnight fighting with U.S. and… more ›