Killings by militiamen in Herat underscore the risks of relying on armed civilians to fight off the Taliban.

Limited access to technology is exacerbating the education gap for Indigenous communities.

Widespread support for protesters may not translate into policy.

Will the pandemic’s delta phase be more equitable?

Matteo Salvini and the Italian far-right have found a new target in their crusade to marginalize Muslims: pork-free tortellini.

America’s laden tables used to wow queens and premiers. But is state dinner diplomacy as outdated as lobster aspic?

Wealthy Chinese are pushing to overturn their national cuisine’s image as fast and cheap.

In a politically correct era, is it ever OK to crave colonialist cuisine?

Rich countries’ pandemic policies are sucking growth and capital out of the developing world.

National sovereignty is one thing. Monetary sovereignty is another.

The ban on importing dogs from more than 100 countries is leaving U.S. government personnel posted abroad in limbo.

The Tokyo Games have brought a surge of nationalism and laid bare the methods of autocrats like Belarus’s Aleksandr Lukashenko.

The pandemic has become an excuse for expanding authoritarianism.

Around 90 percent of Haitians speak only Haitian Creole. So why is school mostly conducted in French?

There are many incentives for cross-border military cooperation—even among adversaries—as climate change worsens.

Increased economic inequality has only added to widespread discontent.

The biology of the delta variant has made mass revaccination an urgent necessity.

From piracy to the Ever Given, colonialism left hard scars.

A year the Beirut blast, the political class is desperate to avoid a political reckoning.

What life is like for the quarter-million residents of fortress villages in Tibet.