

The trickiest country for American foreign policy right now is ... America.


The world population could peak in your lifetime.


The “reactionary spirit” and the roots of the US authoritarian moment.


The attempt on Donald Trump is the latest in a wave of political violence.


This week’s NATO summit was already dominated by election anxiety. Biden’s shaky performance didn’t help.


Elite clerics still hold ultimate power.


The intellectual Pratap Bhanu Mehta explains how liberalism grew out of 3,000 years of Indian history.


France held back the far right. No one knows what’s next.


The European elections tell us little about Biden’s chances — but a lot about his choices.


A historic defeat brings in new UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer as the Tories pick up the pieces


The UK is getting a new government. What is it promising to do?


The musician is packing arenas and performing on The Tonight Show.


A proposed tax hike sparked unrest, but Kenya’s real problem is a debt crisis.


How Emmanuel Macron accidentally helped the far right normalize itself.


The Wikileaks founder will plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act for publishing leaks about the Iraq War.


More than 1,300 people died during the pilgrimage to Muslim’s holiest site — but it’s not just because of heat.


The next phase of Israel’s war in Gaza, explained.

More refugees live in cities. Could cash help them rebuild their lives?


“The survivors would envy the dead.”


Its catastrophic war policy is driven by a national ideology of trauma.


El Salvador has touted its tough-on-crime policies (and kept quiet on human rights issues). Now everyone wants to try.


Wars are getting more common and militaries are building up. There’s just one thing missing.


Three months after she disclosed her illness, the Princess of Wales is making a return to public life.


What the defeat of the party that ended apartheid means for South Africa.


The problem is that it’s not clear either side wants a ceasefire.


“Utter neglect of displaced people has become the new normal.”


Benny Gantz’s departure from the war cabinet won’t change much immediately. But it could end up mattering a lot.


Far-right parties made big gains in EU Parliament elections — and that’s already having an effect.


Already the world’s worst displacement crisis, new battlefronts in Sudan could unleash ethnic violence and genocide.


Three big lessons from Narendra Modi’s shocking underperformance in the 2024 election.


The BJP’s poor performance shows the limits of his autocratic, Hindu supremacist policies.


More than 3,500 people in Rafah alone could die from conflict trauma by August if Israel expands its invasion.


Allowing Ukraine to fire Western weapons into Russia strengthens an ally, but risks violating an unknown red line.


Anti-Palestinian racism is a distinct form of bigotry that’s too often ignored.


The biggest takeaways from Narendra Modi’s political setback.


It’s the latest — and perhaps strangest — escalation in tensions between the two countries.


Biden has put renewed pressure on Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza.


The end of Gaza’s suffering can’t wait on Hamas’s destruction.

