Ben Taub

After a newborn died of opioid poisoning, a new branch of pediatrics came into being. But the evidence doesn’t add up.

For years, Russia has been using the Norwegian town of Kirkenes, which borders its nuclear stronghold, as a laboratory, testing intelligence operations there before replicating them across Europe, Ben Taub writes.

Ben Taub on Omar Ameen, who came to the U.S. to escape violence in Iraq and was subsequently accused of being a member of an ISIS hit squad.

Ben Taub reports on Mohamedou Salahi, whom Guantánamo’s leadership considered to be its highest-value detainee but whose guard suspected otherwise.

Ben Taub on the thousands of teen-age refugees from Benin City, Nigeria, who risk death and endure forced labor and sex work on the long route to Europe.

Ben Taub on the documents, captured by the Commission for International Justice and Accountability, that tie the Syrian regime to mass torture and killings.