It was a pleasant, sunny morning. I was enjoying the breeze from the window beside my desk. I felt a quake and then the horrific sound of an explosion. This is the first of five contributions by young readers following recent deadly attacks in Kabul and London. A...
By Nelson Graves News-Decoder was born two years ago. We’ve learned a lot, but like most toddlers, we’re not looking back and instead are focused on our next steps. Our readers know us mainly for our website, where we’ve published just under 500...
North Korea is the world’s most dangerous flash point. If the U.S. faces an existential threat, will Donald Trump reach for military options? North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (R) and U.S. President Donald Trump (L) during the second US-North Korea summit in Hanoi,...
The U.S. strike against Syria has drawn Washington deeper into a messy conflict and set back ties with Russia. But a military escalation is not sure. Abdul-Hamid Alyousef holds his twin babies who were killed during a suspected chemical weapons attack, in Khan...
It was only a game about Kashmir. But in a world keen to avoid nuclear war, the lesson was clear: the U.S. can foster peace by wielding a big stick. A Kashmiri girl seen through a hole in a wall of her home, which was hit by shells fired by the Indian Army across the...