Dispatch

Tafsir Siyaposh has spent the past year pressing the Taliban on women’s rights by besting them at their own theological jousts on live television.

Few restraints remain for Tunisian strongman Kais Saied after his constitutional referendum passed overwhelmingly and opposition parties boycotted the vote.

Molenbeek was labeled a hub of European extremism. Seven years later, with drug trafficking rising, alienated residents want to change the narrative.

“We managed to survive the pandemic, but this is worse.”

“Now, I see that even the woman has a life.”

With control over oil revenues and smuggling profits up for grabs, militias from the western city may once again exercise outsized influence over who leads the country.

The food crisis is hitting the country’s most vulnerable the hardest.

Abe’s killing may have boosted an already strong LDP vote.

A year after mass demonstrations, the island continues to crack down on its most vulnerable communities.

On the anniversary of its liberation from the Islamic State, Iraq’s second city heals its scars.

In a country where one woman dies every two days from a botched abortion, the internet is sometimes the only option.

The battle for cash pits the Kabul extremists against Hazara locals.

The M23 rebel group is back, threatening to take much of the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo—and sparking wider regional tensions.

Prodded by Washington, Seoul and Tokyo are taking steps to overcome deep historical tensions.

Seoul and Washington have pledged they’re ready to talk with a nuclear-testing North Korea—but they’re not getting any response.

Is it a genuine push toward a cleaner—and safer—nation?

The Taliban can’t govern in normal times, let alone disaster response.

He campaigned on “Hugs, Not Bullets.” Now, he’s militarized the country.

But a fifth election in less than four years is more likely to produce deadlock—again.

Lebanon’s large refugee population has long given up on their futures in the country.