Dispatch
The view from the ground.
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An Afghan Commandos soldier stands guard. Afghan Air Force Could Be Grounded After U.S. Pullout
The one advantage the Afghan army had on the Taliban looks set to slip away with the hasty U.S. withdrawal.
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Street artists paint a mural depicting COVID-19 front-line workers in Nepal. Nepal’s Vaccine Disaster Has Left Millions Unprotected
Alleged corruption and geopolitical worries have created a deadly shortage.
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Sons help their father at an Afghan hospital. Afghanistan Swamped by COVID-19’s Third Wave
The government dithered and denied the pandemic’s severity. Now, a health disaster looms.
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An offshore wind farm off South Korea South Korea’s Big Bet on Green Energy Is Bogged Down
Seoul is building massive offshore wind farms, but fishing rights and protectionist sentiment may get in the way.
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Hospital workers install new intensive care beds Argentina Is the Pandemic’s Latest Hot Spot
An overloaded health system struggles to deal with a deadly second wave of the coronavirus.
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Yansakai vigilante members surrender their guns. Boko Haram Isn’t Nigeria’s Biggest Problem
Bandits in the country’s northwest are terrorizing civilians, destabilizing the region, and empowering jihadists.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Bibi Is Dethroned
After innumerable elections, Israel might have an alternative to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Palestinians demonstrate in solidarity with Gaza in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, on May 18. Gen Z Reclaims the Palestinian Cause
Youth activists on both sides of the Green Line have taken up the mantle abandoned by their ostensible leaders.
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Palestinian children walk amid rubble in Gaza. Why the Gaza Cease-Fire Won’t Mean Peace
The shooting has stopped, but the grievances that sparked the unrest are far from resolved.
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People wave the Palestinian flag as they celebrate a cease-fire. The Fighting Is Over but Underlying Causes Remain
A truce between Israel and Hamas fails to address core issues, including the siege on Gaza.
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Immigration officers walk on a bridge built in 1948 that connects Nigeria with Cameroon at Mfum border station in Cross Rivers State, southeast Nigeria on February 1, 2018. Separatist Movements in Nigeria and Cameroon Are Joining Forces
Escalating pro-independence movements by Anglophone Cameroonians and Biafrans are igniting ethnic tensions and could threaten regional stability.
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Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest in Cali, Colombia, on April 29. In Colombia, Violence Against Protesters Is Exploding
The United States should invoke the Leahy Law to stop paying for it.
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Naftali Bennett (left) of the Yamina party, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud party How Fighting With the Palestinians Gave Israel’s Netanyahu a Political Lifeline
A threat to his rule has fizzled since the shooting began.
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Arab and Jewish citizens clash in Israel. How War With the Palestinians Triggered Ethnic Violence in Israel
In mixed towns across the country, Arab and Jewish citizens turn on one another.
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Health workers arrange beds for COVID-19 patients at a care center in Amritsar, India, on May 9. Mourning in India
Thanks to social media, grief has become collective—even as the pandemic has made it a lonely affair.
