Dispatch

The first minister’s party will almost certainly win the election this week, but the nationalist movement still faces divisions of its own.

The world according to Annalena Baerbock, the Green Party candidate—and frontrunner to become chancellor.

Biden repealed major restrictions on U.S. foreign assistance, but anti-abortion ideology still limits crucial reproductive care in the places that need it most.

Watching a catastrophe unfold from afar has left India’s diaspora feeling angry and helpless.

The publication of the British prime minister’s cellphone number is the latest debacle to hit a scandal-plagued government.

A century after the mass killings, Armenians in Turkey are still outcasts.

Nearly a decade after signing a deal with the United States, the future in cities like Buenaventura looks worse and worse.

After years of state oppression, many Uzbeks are finding stricter interpretations of Islam on the internet. Some experts say it could have radical consequences.

In Logar province, just outside of Kabul, fear of a Taliban takeover rises.

The United States’ withdrawal may be a balm domestically. It’s anything but for those that lived through the horror.

Islamophobia has spread far beyond the persecuted Uyghur minority.

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.