War in Afghanistan

Opinion: Obama has a hard sell on Afghanistan troop increase

Will Obama's vow to "finish the job" ring as hollow as "mission accomplished" did in Iraq? C.M. Sennott explores the perilous terrain of counterinsurgency based on his reporting in Afghanistan for the Special Report "Life, Death and the Taliban."

• Life, death and the Taliban: Blowback

• Life, death and the Taliban: War of ideas

• Life, death and the Taliban: Counterinsurgency

• Life, death and the Taliban: Funding the Taliban

• Are US taxpayers funding the Taliban?

• Are Pentagon contracts funding the Taliban?

• Obama's war

Cardinal sins

Report: Police and clergy protected pedophile priests

A New report on clerical abuse from 1975 to 2004 details the cover-up of abuse allegations.

• New questions about Legionaries of Christ

• Ireland deeply shocked by abuse revelations

Join Passport

Securing America’s northern front

Washington’s War on Terror is disrupting sleepy communities on the Canadian border, where some can’t buy gasoline without a passport.

• Grid leap forward

• Japan’s downward spiral

Crime and punishment

Guatemalan gangs: swagger, tattoos but no rules

With Guatemalan gangs in their infancy, heinous crimes — including rape — are accepted, and even encouraged.

• Malaysian model drinks beer, asks to be caned

• Belgium's prison break problem

From the grave

Real-life CSI techniques go global

A Bosnia-based organization is a global leader in the science of identifying human remains using DNA.

• Opening the "death wells" of Turkey

• Digging up the dead

Poland is in an energy bind

Heavily reliant on coal, Poland is facing pressure to switch to renewables while its facilities already need an upgrade.

• Where green technology clashes with culture

• Brazil tries to preserve the Amazon through financial incentives

Ethical shopping

Special report: Silicon Sweatshops

Despite strict "codes of conduct," labor rights violations are the norm at factories making the world's favorite high-tech gadgets.

• Silicon Sweatshops: Shattered dreams

• Silicon Sweatshops: The China connection

Dog days

Special Report: The Dog Meat Mafia

Inside the seedy world of Southeast Asia's booming dog meat trade

• A second chance for wolves and Mastiff dogs

• The dogs of Bangkok

Full Frame

Photo essays and conversations with photographers.

Full Frame: Family of man

The 21st-century family of man: photography as public diplomacy.

• Left behind in Tajikistan

• Africa's new narcostate

On Location videos

On Location: Tel Aviv

• Beijing: The Chinese on Obama

• Mexico City: Gangster chic

• Haryana: India's looming food crisis

• Tokyo: Blue light special

• Java: Murder 101

• Paris: Kinder, gentler strike season

• Beijing: Neighbor or narc?

• Cairo: Cough like an Egyptian

• Delhi: India's killer roads

Reviving Turkish baths

Afghanistan: Waiting for the dust to settle

Swordfighting at a chestnut festival

On Location: Mexico City — Gangster chic

Senegal's breakdancers take it to the beach