--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Laurent Laughlin ## Laurent Laughlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close ## Laurent Laughlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  May 20, 2015 ### [A Fighting Chance: Wrestling Out of Poverty in Senegal](https://time.com/3888158/wrestling-senegal-video/) The stakes are high, as the winnings can lift many fighters out of poverty [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Feb 27, 2015 ### [The Families of ISIS Fighters Speak Out](https://time.com/3683821/isis-isil-families/) Turkish relatives TIME about their loved ones who have gone to fight in Syria [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 15, 2014 ### [The Fight Against ISIS on the Border Between Turkey and Syria](https://time.com/3631586/islamic-state-kobani-turkey-syria-kurds/) Here's what the conflict looks like from the border town of Kobani [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 1, 2014 ### [Start Your Engine for the World’s Deadliest Race](https://time.com/3071064/deadliest-race/) This is one of the most dangerous races known to man. [WORLD](/section/world/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/laurent-laughlin/","name":"Laurent Laughlin"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/laurent-laughlin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/laurent-laughlin/"},"name":"Laurent Laughlin","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/laurent-laughlin/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```