Oscar Nominated Documentary ‘The Square’ Takes on Political Life of Its Own
This was probably the only Oscar-nominated film watched behind the barricades in Kiev
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This Picture Shows What’s Wrong With Switzerland’s Anti-Immigrant Hysteria
Without multiculturalism, the Swiss would not be at the World Cup
Sochi Olympics Stir Nationalism of an Exiled People
Long before Pussy Riot or gay-rights activists sought a boycott of the Olympics, a forgotten community native to Sochi’s black-pebble beaches clamored loudly against the Games
Soldiers Lynch Suspected Rebel After Ceremony for National Unity
In a shocking scene, Central African Republic troops first stabbed and then lynched a man suspected of belonging to now-disbanded Seleka rebels. The hideous act came just after a ceremony where the crisis-hit country’s new …
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Marks Another Victory for Indian Americans
Indian Americans don’t need Satya Nadella — the Hyderabad-born techie named Microsoft’s CEO today — to feel good about themselves. Look around the U.S. and you already see “desis” in leading positions, and not just in the …
After Khobragade: Can U.S.-India Relations Recover?
Diplomatic dispute over arrested Indian official is the worst moment in India-U.S. relations since India’s 1998 nuclear tests
Plan for a New Indian Time Zone Shows How Strange Time Zones Are
A new push for a second Indian time zone illustrates the strange political nature of how the world counts its time
South Sudan: Ceasefire Can’t Paper Over New Nation’s Widening Cracks
In July 2011, U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed the birth of South Sudan, a nation that emerged free of its northern neighbor after decades of war and millions of lives lost and ruined. “This historic achievement is a …
Mikhail Kalashnikov, Soviet Inventor of the AK-47, Dies at 94
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Soviet general who designed the ubiquitous automatic weapon that now bears his name, died on Dec. 23 at the age of 94. Iterations of the gun he invented now exist in the tens of millions, making it the …
David Guttenfelder Is TIME’s Pick for Instagram Photographer of the Year
David Guttenfelder is TIME’s pick for Instagram photographer of the year. The veteran photojournalist is a seven-time World Press Photo award-winner. He has traveled the world for the Associated Press, covering wars, elections …
Kim Jong Un’s Magical Airbrush
Before and after pictures where you see Jang Song Thaek, Kim Jong Un’s purged uncle, and then you don’t
What’s the Deal With the Iran Nuclear Deal?
TIME’s guide to the Iran nuclear deal forged in Geneva this weekend — what was agreed, what was not and what’s all this about uranium enrichment, anyway
Oscar-Worthy Documentary Shows How Egypt’s Revolution Fell Apart
When it happened, Egypt’s February 2011 revolution seemed an epochal global event. If Cairo was not the birthplace of the Arab Spring, it was its apogee. The people of the Arab world’s most populous, most important nation, …