Dispatch

A string of assassinations has spawned conspiracy theories and intercommunal suspicion, threatening the country’s stability.

The burning of the Moria refugee camp in Lesbos has exposed the EU’s short-sighted, inhumane, and ineffective approach to asylum.

Bibi succumbs to pressure from religious factions even as he imposes a second nationwide lockdown.

Seoul seems to have shown the way to mitigating both the health and the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

As the United States abandons demands for human rights, young Afghans are embracing free speech the only place they can—on the Internet.

The United Kingdom is going back on the terms of its divorce with Europe, threatening any future trade deals and even the integrity of the U.K. itself.

Maria Kolesnikova is a former musician who rose to prominence in recent protests.

How a dispute over an arms deal complicates normalization between Israel and the UAE.

A surreal helicopter flight highlights the besieged Belarusian president’s belief in force.

Most residents don’t have money for repairs, making them vulnerable to corruption schemes.

Left-wing groups say the troop presence has made Germany complicit in U.S. drone wars.

For those in the borderlands, the recent landslide in Kachin state is a symptom of the government’s empty promises.

A U.N.-backed tribunal convicts one Hezbollah member in the Hariri murder but fails to determine who ordered it.

As protests swell across the country, Belarusians are calling for the return of the unlikely politician Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.

The biggest rallies in years are risking the wrath of royalists eager to use the lèse-majesté law.

Decision to release 400 Taliban prisoners paves way for negotiations.

Calls for fundamental political reform are gaining momentum in Lebanon after a deadly twin explosion this month laid bare government negligence.

The agreement requires Israel to put West Bank annexation on hold, but Netanyahu says it’s temporary.

Netanyahu might be seeing an opportunity to evade his corruption trial by dissolving his coalition and calling yet another election.

Lebanese people, rocked by a massive port explosion, are fed up with incompetence.

Pandemic measures focus anger on crimes against women.

Hungary’s prime minister has used the pandemic to drain power from one of the last sources of opposition to his rule.

Afro-Brazilians make up over half of the country’s population, but they are still fighting for their right to live.

President Andrzej Duda is locked in a surprisingly close race with Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski. Their rivalry is the latest battle between the country’s poorer and more religious rural regions and its wealthier, socially liberal cities.

As coronavirus cases there exceed 1 million, the country’s poorest are struggling to access medical care.

The sudden death of the outgoing president, the coronavirus pandemic, and an ailing economy mean that wide-ranging reforms are needed more than ever.

Activists are calling for independence in eastern Nigeria once more as the government tries to stamp out separatism.

Children are at the center of the Central African Republic’s efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic—and to break the country’s cycles of violence.

Within weeks of a mass shooting, the Canadian government passed a ban on assault-style weapons despite widespread firearms ownership and vocal gun rights groups.

A country with a proud history of trade and commerce is starting to crumble into permanent poverty.

Foreign visitors have helped prop up the faltering Italian economy. If they don’t come back, the country is in trouble.

Public health is a convenient pretext for extending authoritarian controls.

The Iraqi government is finally starting to make progress in its attempt to curb the influence of Kataib Hezbollah.

As the pandemic threatens livelihoods, the country’s poor are relying almost exclusively on the charity of fellow citizens.

The government expects citizens to freely follow its advice—but not all ethnic groups have equal access to expertise.

The country’s public hospital capacity is already strained, and Jair Bolsonaro’s reckless policies will hit the poor the hardest.

The pandemic has hit the war-ravaged country at the worst possible time—just as peace appeared possible and as foreign military aid disappears.