Dispatch
The view from the ground.
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domeoftherock Jerusalem’s Forever Crisis
The epicenter of the Arab-Israeli crisis will always be the Temple Mount, where both sides struggle over ancient history and modern-day politics.
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Kazakh_terror ‘Our Future Will Be Violent Extremism’
Kazakhstan — Central Asia’s most stable state — is waking up to the fact that Islamic extremism has planted its roots and is here to stay.
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wall1 Are American Jews Giving Up on Israel?
As the ultra-Orthodox pass new measures governing prayer at the Western Wall and religious conversion, a rift is growing between Israel and American Jews.
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alnuri From the Rise of the Caliphate to the Fall of Mosul, One Family’s Journey
Residents of this shattered city initially welcomed the Islamic State, but the honeymoon was short. The damage left behind will take generations to heal.
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jordanalaqsa In Jordan, a Killing Threatens to Upend Peace with Israel
As tensions simmer in Jerusalem, a linchpin of Israel’s security relationship with the Arab world is put to the test.
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GettyImages-585530962crop Why Did Russia Send Sergei Gorkov to Meet With Jared Kushner?
The laid-back head of a Russian state bank was an unusual choice of emissary -- and brought an unusual present. What was he after?
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An election official checks identification outside of a polling area in Patan Durbar Square, a UNESCO world heritage site, on May 14, 2017. (Photo Credit: TIM BOWDEN) Nepal’s Oligarchy Isn’t Earthquake-Proof
A 2015 disaster devastated the country — and paved the way for this year's breakthrough elections.
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GettyImages-109048530crpo The Donald Trump Jr. Scandal Is Straight Out of 1990s Moscow
The motley crew that set up the Veselnitskaya meeting is a throwback to the days of the Wild East, where anyone with hustle and an agenda could become a player.
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djt Trump’s Mideast Peace Plan is Crashing Against Political Reality
Both Israelis and Palestinians are chafing under the Trump administration's plans to revive the long-moribund peace process.
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This picture taken on May 18, 2017, shows police officers investigating an alleged drug dealer killed by unidentified gunman in Manila. President Rodrigo Duterte swept to an election victory last year largely on a pledge to wipe out his nation's illegal drugs trade within three to six months, saying he would do so by killing thousands of people. Duterte fulfilled his vow on the death toll, drawing condemnation from rights groups who warned he may be orchestrating a crime against humanity as police and unknown assassins filled slums with bullet-ridden corpses. / AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS (Photo credit should read NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images) Duterte’s Death Squads Were Born in America’s Cold War
The Philippines' new "war on drugs" is claiming thousands of lives. But the culture of vigilante violence started with anti-communism.
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rtegolge On a Mission to Mars, Imprisoned in Turkey
The Kafkaesque trial of a U.S. NASA scientist — accused of being a coup-plotter — shows just how paranoid the Turkish judiciary has become.
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GettyImages-143986310crop Donald Trump Finally Found a German Thing He Likes
The president wants to transfer Germany’s vaunted job training model to the United States. Will it get lost in translation?
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GettyImages-93036588crop Vladimir Putin Is Trying to Get Down With the Cool Kids
After years of wooing the middle-aged and elderly, the Kremlin is attempting to court young voters. And it's extremely awkward.
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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 14: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) meets with Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in the Oval Office at the White House, March 14, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Mohammed bin Salman Will Rule Saudi Arabia for Another 50 Years
What the elevation of the young crown prince — now successor to the throne — means for the Middle East.
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ZALA ANBESSA, ETHIOPIA: An Ethiopian soldier mans an observation post facing the Temporary Security Zone on the Eritrean border at the northern town of Zala Anbessa in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, 19 November 2005. The United Nations mission to the Horn of Africa on Friday reported increasing movement of troops along the tense border between Ethiopia and Eritrea. UN Mission spokeswoman Gail Bindley-Taylor-Sainte said the situation along the frontier "remains tense and potentially volatile." AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images) The Rehabilitation of Africa’s Most Isolated Dictatorship
Eritrea is coming in from the cold. Could that spark a shooting war with Ethiopia?
