Dispatch

The battle for the Islamic State stronghold still rages, and civilians are bearing the brunt of the horrors of war.

Amid sky-high inflation, dangerous shortages, and political unrest, Nicolás Maduro’s regime is on the verge of collapse.

An aesthetic overhaul of Macedonia’s capital was supposed to inspire a stronger national identity. It inspired a national protest movement instead.

For years, the government paid militants in the Niger Delta not to blow up oil pipelines. Now it’s cutting them loose — and they’re taking up arms once again.

During her time in Russian prison, Nadiya Savchenko became a symbol for Kiev’s fight against Moscow. But can she make the jump from martyr to politician?

And veiled threats from the U.S. Secretary of Defense clearly don’t scare it, either.

A gun-toting, tough-on-crime bloc of lawmakers has captured a majority of Brazil’s lower house. And it’s threatening to remake politics in this troubled country.

The Gaza Strip may still lie in rubble, but Hamas operatives are convinced that they are ready for another battle.

In a country where rape is “normal” and survivors almost never get justice, momentum is building for a new law.

As the Syrian Democratic Forces launch an offensive near the Islamic State capital, its fighting force has some Kurds and Arabs up in arms.

As voters in Peru head to the polls, the country might elect a controversial candidate — Keiko Fujimori. But has she convinced the electorate that she’s shed the shady past of her father’s presidency?

A high-profile, Putin-backed campaign to protect the habitat of Persian leopards has been quietly abandoned, clearing the way for the country’s richest man to expand his ski resort.