Dispatch

A bid to make Moscow a livable city is also making it a less democratic one.

A bold movement of progressive publishers and artists is bringing new comic book heroes to Pakistan’s at-risk children.

A red scare is sweeping Indonesia, digging up the ghosts of the 1965-1966 mass killings, and threatening a fragile democracy.

For five years, the Assad regime has relentlessly targeted medical workers in rebel-held territory. This is the story of their desperate fight to stay alive — and save lives.

The African National Congress suffered its worst-ever defeat at the polls. That’s good news for South African democracy.

In many ways, democratic Tunisia remains just as centralized as it was before the revolution. And that’s a big problem for the mayor of Kasserine.

This devastated community has been calling for help for years. Even in the new Tunisia, no one’s listening.

The border town of Ben Guerdane is a haven for smugglers. Locals would like to keep it that way.

Two-and-a-half years into South Sudan’s fighting, the U.N. might finally make it illegal to sell tanks and attack helicopters to the combatants.

For the hawkish new governor of Asia’s biggest city, fighting for female empowerment was a necessity, not a calling.

As Turkey’s purge picks up speed, a graveyard on the outskirts of Istanbul has some worried about what’s to come.

The aftermath of the coup is getting all the headlines. But Turkey's war against the Kurds continues in the shadows.