Thousands March in Mexico City for Missing Students (PHOTOS)
A gathering of thousands filled the streets of Mexico City on Wednesday to protest the disappearance of 43 students in the state of Guerrero last month. Parents of the victims headed the march,...
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8 Reasons Why Malala Yousafzai Is An Inspiration To Us All
On Friday, 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai became the youngest person -- and the first Pakistani -- ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Malala was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 for daring to seek...
View ArticleMasked Gunman Kisses Robbery Victims: Cops (VIDEO)
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — A masked gunman in Guam apologized to two employees of a small casino and hugged and kissed them before fleeing with more than $5,000. The man, wearing a camouflage baseball cap on...
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Gut-Wrenching Images Show The Brutal Reality Of The Ebola Outbreak In Liberia
Grim news emerged in the battle against Ebola on Friday as the World Health Organization announced that more than 4,000 people have died from the disease since the outbreak began. Most cases were...
View ArticleJapan's Biggest Rock Band Is Planning To Incept Your Brain
They rock out in frocks, leather and lipstick. They fill stadiums routinely, and count Emperor Akihito as a patron. They are X Japan -- megastars in much of the world -- and their sights are set on the...
View ArticleWeekend Roundup: Ebola On The Loose
This week the world anxiously winced as Ebola spread out of Africa to the US and Spain. The traveling virus exposed some harsh new global realities: the hot zone incubator of Africa's impoverished...
View ArticleFinally, A Good News Day For Pakistan
Last winter, as I reported in Pakistan on the plight of religious minorities increasingly under attack in the Muslim-majority country, there was one question people shot back at me in nearly every...
View ArticlePassenger Edmond Alexandre Indicted In Dispute Over Reclined Airplane Seat
BOSTON (AP) — An airline passenger who became upset after a woman reclined the seat in front of him, causing the pilot to divert the plane, has been indicted on a federal charge of interfering with a...
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Children Are Sacred
Bolivia has become the first country to legalize child labor to such a degree of permitting children from 10 years of age to work only with some minimal restrictions. My 10-year-old son was...
View ArticleInside the Heart of an Epidemic
I am not sure that in my 16 years with Save the Children that I have seen -- and felt myself -- such palpable fear in a place as I did last week in Liberia. But it is a fear that comes at you in waves,...
View ArticleAl Qaeda-ISIS Merger A Terrifying, But Unlikely Possibility
WASHINGTON -- In what would be a nightmare for their enemies across the United States and the rest of the West, global terror network al Qaeda and the increasingly powerful Islamic State militant group...
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How Can Science Respond to Ebola Epidemics? Q&A With Dr. Jean Patterson
Photo courtesy of Texas Biomedical Research Institute I recently had the chance to speak with Jean L. Patterson, Chair of Virology and Immunology at the Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio,...
View ArticleAs ISIS Threatens A Key Town In Syria, Is The U.S. Playing A Dangerous Game?
As the U.S. led coalition continues to engage ISIS in Iraq and Syria, much of the world's attention has been focused on Kobani, a city on the northern border of Syria, a stone's throw from Turkey,...
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9 Key Terms You Should Know Before Seeing The Massive Hokusai Exhibition
Hokusai, the 18th century Japanese artist, created a dizzying amount of artwork throughout his lifetime. Working primarily in woodblock prints, though partaking in painting and drawing as well, Hokusai...
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Intricate Scandinavian Fairy Tale Illustrations From 1914 Will Make Your...
Normally we assume even the most lavish of illustrations, rendered by the most talented and inspired of artistes, cannot compare to the fanciful imagery that's yielded by the powers of the unbridled...
View ArticleIsraeli And Palestinian Teens Sing About 'Home' Together
The Palestinian and Israeli members of the YMCA Jerusalem Youth Chorus both call the ancient city of Jerusalem their home. Despite the decades of conflict that divide their communities, the teen...
View ArticleIraqi Yazidi Girl Escapes After Being Sold As Slave By Islamic State
MAQLUBA, Iraq (AP) — The young Yazidi girl rocked apprehensively as she described the ordeal that took her from her family, snatched from her home by militants in Iraq, then sold as a slave in Syria...
View ArticleGirls Deserve the Chance to Reach Their Dreams
Wherever you go around the world, you will find young girls with big dreams. Girls like Fatima, who dreams of being a scientist, so that her name can live forever through her experiments. Girls like...
View ArticleThe Role Of The Kurds In The Fight Against ISIS
Every week, The WorldPost asks an expert to shed light on a topic driving headlines around the world. Today, we speak with Peter W. Galbraith on the role of Kurds in the fight against the Islamic...
View ArticleGirls Are Everyday Heroes
When I was a little girl I dreamed of being a super hero. In my imagination, I would fly to remote places and use my strength to help other people. One of my favorite "super powers" was being...
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