Dispatch

The debate over how to best marshal the country's alternative energy sources may affect a new independence referendum.

The Law and Justice party is tapping into divides that have split the country for centuries—and will probably win this weekend’s elections because of it.

The PiS government is rooting out, relocating, and demoting political critics in the name of judicial reform.

With the repeal of Article 370, India has opened the way for fierce competition over scarce government jobs.

The party is likely to win the vote, but it may eventually lose the broader cultural fight.

After 15 years of corruption, Iraqi protesters have finally reached a breaking point. Some even want military rule.

A Chinese-financed project to connect the Estonian and Finnish capitals has hit a snag as Europe ponders how to deal with Beijing’s economic heft.

Repression in Xinjiang leaves tens of thousands of children without parents.

Park staff struggle to protect the animals—and themselves—against poachers and militias.

A new investigation into the 2014 Ayotzinapa case may bring more answers but doesn’t guarantee real changes.

But the Russia-China flirtation may not last forever. As in the classic novel “Romance of the Three Kingdoms,” the Chinese can be calculating about alliances.

The prime minister now expects there will be a delay, but he thinks voters will reward him at the polls for trying.

Ethnic cleansing of Uighurs in China has forced an exodus to Istanbul—and a desperate effort to keep their culture alive.

Many Afghans say the threat of violence is too great to risk coming out to the polls.

How one family’s story illustrates the meaninglessness of Saturday’s election in the face of an endless civil war.

Hindus left stateless in Assam think Modi will save them. Muslims fear the worst.

The country’s substance use spike is undermining its focus on gross national happiness.

Cut off from the outside world, Kashmiris are digging trenches, starting strikes, and preparing for a long fight ahead.

Following a high court ruling that his suspension of Parliament was unlawful, the lame-duck British prime minister will have to confront a hostile Commons.

If the election hasn’t killed the Israeli leader’s political career, the indictments probably will.

For the first time, the country’s Arab minority could wield some leverage in the political process.

A Belgian fighter captured in Syria was transported to Iraq to face trial. He's now on death row.

The Arctic island offers a harrowing reminder of the environmental damage, and political dangers, already imposed by climate change.

The youth vote is becoming increasingly important in Argentina, but the leading presidential candidates are deliberately avoiding the issue that matters most to them.

Even if President Juan Orlando Hernández were to leave office, the country’s problems would persist.

Witnesses say travel is nearly impossible and communications have been severed.

Esper’s visit is designed to send a pointed signal to Mongolia’s neighbors: Russia and China.

Sudan’s protesters wanted to overthrow their president and his regime. They were only half-successful.

Ukraine’s president now has an unprecedented level of parliamentary support. What will he do with it?

A comedian-turned-president, a rockstar-turned-party leader, and a sea of new faces in the parliament: Meet the new political reality in Ukraine.

Ethiopia’s prime minister oversaw the chaotic release of thousands of prisoners, including many ethnonationalist militants. His amnesty may now be coming back to haunt him.

Han Kuo-yu came out of nowhere to win a critical election. But he had a little help from the mainland.

Following violent unrest, the speaker of the Georgian Parliament steps down after a Russian lawmaker sat in his chair.

Italy’s far-right deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, is publicly attacking the pope in a battle for the country’s soul.

Chinese facial recognition software has arrived in Serbia. It confirms the West’s worst fears about Huawei.

Police unions are using their country’s newfound freedoms to protect themselves—and attack freedom fighters.