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A three-decade dream of communist markets ended in the scrapyard.

India’s film industry is under growing pressure to bend its knee to Hindu nationalists.

A confederation of states must choose whether to follow the bloody path of the former Yugoslavia or the prosperous model of the European Union.

Repressive rule, and the utter despair that follows, has already had a significant impact on people fleeing to the United States.

From the Islamic Revolution in Tehran to fuzzy animals playing counterinsurgents, these board and video games are inspired by foreign relations.

A roundup of some of our favorite reads this year.

Globe-trotting diversions from us to you.

By focusing on an external enemy, the Law and Justice Party is trying to transform its image in Brussels and beyond.

Yams mean wealth, power, and the holidays—if you can afford them.

Fights about the party’s past are serious business in Beijing.

The State Department repeats calls for U.S. citizens to leave the country as soon as possible.

The country’s opposition finally has a shot at ousting the party that has ruled since a 2009 coup—if voting isn’t rigged.

The move comes amid a European energy crunch and Russian troops massing on the border with Ukraine.

Each week, host Ibtihaj Muhammad tells heroing stories of courage and conviction, both on and off the court. 

How one woman and her family made the difficult decision to move.

How to make sense of the new global trend that grants legal rights to animals, plants, and rivers.

The pro-business Free Democratic Party is about to wield power in Berlin, thanks to the country’s youngest voters—but doesn’t yet know what it wants.

Blinken pledges “Africa is the future,” but vaccine apartheid persists.