Dispatch

Waning immunity, new virus variants—India’s sharp surge could be caused by any number of alarming factors.

Environmentalists’ intent on saving the planet by protecting natural habitats are creating human disasters of their own.

U.S. diplomacy is back in West Africa—but the United States is also back to its old counterterrorism playbook.

As China, the United States, and other nations roll out their COVID-19 cures, it’s hard to know where to get the jab.

With election results deadlocked, an Arab-led party is seen as a possible swing faction.

Netanyahu’s focus on maintaining ultra-Orthodox support as the pandemic raged didn’t help him win, but it has left deep scars.

He appears to have beaten back challengers who include defectors from his own party.

The country is almost bankrupt, but it still forks out on migrant workers under the heavily criticized kafala system.

The U.S. defense secretary, in a surprise visit to Afghanistan, warned that Taliban violence remains “pretty high” as Biden weighs withdrawal.

As another Israeli election nears, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s surrogates take a page from Trump’s playbook.

Activists have changed their tactics in response to deadly crackdowns, frustrating the military regime.

Centrist Yair Lapid refused to join Netanyahu’s coalition last year. Now the decision is paying off.

Once teeming lakes are fast disappearing and with them, a lucrative career for tens of thousands of people in the region.

Israel emerges as a test case.

Hezbollah suspected in the killing of Lokman Slim but accountability is unlikely.

Volodymyr Zelensky is taking on his country’s pro-Russian media machine. But can he emerge victorious?

Yeliz Guzel’s pride choir brought LGBTQ Turks together—but left her ostracized.

The Erdogan regime has gotten used to controlling the country’s social institutions, but university students have had enough.

Brazil’s president downplayed the risk of COVID-19, delayed the purchase of lifesaving vaccines, and dithered as citizens died in Manaus—but his hold on power remains strong.

Even in death, billionaire Sheldon Adelson remains good for Israel's Netanyahu.