Dispatch
The view from the ground.
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Somali children in a camp for displaced people after hundreds fled U.S. airstrikes against al-Shabab in Baidoa, autonomous South West State of Somalia, on Dec. 18, 2018. Some Germans Will Be Happy to See U.S. Troops Leave
Left-wing groups say the troop presence has made Germany complicit in U.S. drone wars.
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A recent landslide at Gwi Hka jade mining site in Myanmar. After Another Mining Disaster, Ethnic Minorities Lose Patience With Myanmar’s Leadership
For those in the borderlands, the recent landslide in Kachin state is a symptom of the government’s empty promises.
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A Lebanese father and his daughter light a candle outside the mansion of assassinated former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri A Verdict That Pleases No One in Lebanon
A U.N.-backed tribunal convicts one Hezbollah member in the Hariri murder but fails to determine who ordered it.
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Opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya boosts her height with books as she prepares to film a press video with Veronika Tsepkalo and Maria Kolesnikova in Minsk on Aug. 6 ahead of the election. The Woman Who Started a Revolution in Minsk
As protests swell across the country, Belarusians are calling for the return of the unlikely politician Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.
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An anti-government protest in Bangkok Thai Protesters Test a Royal Redline
The biggest rallies in years are risking the wrath of royalists eager to use the lèse-majesté law.
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Representatives attend a Loya Jirga, or grand assembly, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 7. Afghans Worried About Pressure From Trump as Talks With the Taliban Get Underway
Decision to release 400 Taliban prisoners paves way for negotiations.
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A girl carries a Lebanese flag through Beirut’s Mar Mikhael neighborhood on Aug. 13. In Beirut, Lebanese Want to Clear Out More Than Just Rubble
Calls for fundamental political reform are gaining momentum in Lebanon after a deadly twin explosion this month laid bare government negligence.
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U.S. President Donald Trump announces an agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel Normalization Deal Between Israel and the UAE Signals a Shift in the Region
The agreement requires Israel to put West Bank annexation on hold, but Netanyahu says it’s temporary.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Why Israel’s Political Odd Couple Could Be Headed for an Early Divorce
Netanyahu might be seeing an opportunity to evade his corruption trial by dissolving his coalition and calling yet another election.
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A picture shows the destruction at Beirut port in the aftermath of a massive explosion. Beirut’s Deadly Blast Reignites Anger Against Lebanon’s Ruling Elite
Lebanese people, rocked by a massive port explosion, are fed up with incompetence.
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A man in a mask stands before smoldering buildings near Beirut's port on Aug. 5. ‘This is Lebanon, This is Our Destiny’
A pair of gigantic blasts that obliterated Beirut’s port and smashed the city center is the last thing we needed.
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“Mom told me what happened, what a scare!” Fran, the digital influencer, says to her aunt over a video call. Her uncle and their family’s maid contracted COVID-19 from guests, who came over for a birthday celebration. The family “spared no expense” on medical care for the uncle, who survived after 12 days in an intensive care unit. The aunt is categorical: It wasn’t the guests who infected him; she blames the maid. “You know how it is in the favela, everyone crammed in,” she says. “She brought COVID to us.” The maid dies in a run-down public hospital and is replaced by another one right after. “New maid—I have to teach her everything. How annoying,” the aunt laments. “Hahaha, I know how it is. But thank God the worst is over now,” Fran says. “Life carries on.” A New Comic Exposes Racism Amid the Pandemic in Brazil
“Confinada” critiques the disproportionate toll the coronavirus has taken on poor and Black Brazilians—on top of ongoing systemic inequality in the country.
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The main gate of the United States European Command headquarters at the Patch Barracks. ‘It’s Hard to Be in Limbo,’ as COVID-19 Plays Havoc With Military Moves
It’s hard enough to make a permanent change of station overseas. Military families are finding it agonizing in a pandemic-torn world.
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Seventeen-year-old Mohammad Ibrahim stands in the remains of his home in Srinagar on May 29. In Kashmir, a Year of Exploding Memories
A year after the state’s special status was revoked, peace remains a distant hope.
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Activists and others gather outside the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg on June 24. After Lockdown, Femicide Rises in South Africa
Pandemic measures focus anger on crimes against women.
