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June 24, 2015

Will a new set of policies do enough to help the relatives of captives held abroad?

Agence France-Presse

Obama admits government let down hostage families

Agence France-Presse

June 24, 2015

'I promised them that we can do better,' Obama said after hosting families of hostages at the White House.

Technology

GlobalPost's got a new look

GlobalPost

March 24, 2015

Updated

03/26/2015 - 1:00pm

Things look a little different on GlobalPost today. What you see will depend on whether you're visiting us on a laptop, your smartphone, or your favorite tablet. Here's a quick tour of our new features.

Agence France-Presse

Israel's campaign season has been ridiculous — here are the election ads to prove it

GlobalPost

March 04, 2015

Meet the Bibi-sitter.

Agence France-Presse

Incredible photos of Kenya burning ivory as part of its anti-poaching fight

GlobalPost

March 03, 2015

A 2014 UN and Interpol report estimated that about 20,000 to 25,000 elephants were killed in Africa every year.

Politics

Thousands of Russians mourn slain opposition leader Nemtsov at funeral (PHOTOS)

GlobalPost

March 03, 2015

'We never thought this could happen, but it did,' Gennady Gudkov, a prominent Kremlin opponent, said.

Conflict

Life under drones — in victims’ own words

GlobalPost

February 12, 2015

‘I no longer love blue skies. In fact, I now prefer grey skies.’

Agence France-Presse

Epic overnight negotiations end in a peace deal for Ukraine

GlobalPost

February 12, 2015

Updated

02/12/2015 - 8:43am

Given how quickly the first peace deal — also brokered in Minsk — fell apart last year, it's probably not quite time to get your hopes up.

Agence France-Presse

Islamic State claims female American hostage killed in Jordanian airstrike (LIVE BLOG)

GlobalPost

February 06, 2015

Updated

02/06/2015 - 11:15am

The SITE Intelligence group, which tracks extremist activity, says IS sent a tweet claiming the woman was killed in the besieged Syrian city of Raqqa.

Agence France-Presse

IS claims to have burned Jordanian pilot alive (LIVE BLOG)

GlobalPost

February 03, 2015

Updated

02/03/2015 - 12:40pm

The video released online showed images of a man purported to be Maaz al-Kassasbeh engulfed in flames inside a metal cage.

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