Where can I find in depth background information on current events?

I read several newspapers everyday, so I am pretty well informed. Still, there's a lot of background information I'm missing, especially about international events. I'm a speech and debate competitor, so being able to understand the context is very important. What books or websites would you recommend as a primer on recent history?Where can I find in depth background information on current events?I find that regularly reading the Wall Street Journal gives me a lot of good background information on all kinds of international events.