Dispatch

The view from the ground.

  • A soldier wearing a hat and face covering over his lower face and camouflage combat gear holds an artillery shell about the length of his forearm. He stands in a low, log-roofed bunker with boxes of ammunition stacked on either side.
    A soldier wearing a hat and face covering over his lower face and camouflage combat gear holds an artillery shell about the length of his forearm. He stands in a low, log-roofed bunker with boxes of ammunition stacked on either side.
  • A group of dozens of protesters wearing winter coats and hats walk down a street at night carrying flags and signs. The largest visible flag shows the AfD crest and bears the words "We are the People" in German, written over the colors of the German flag.
    A group of dozens of protesters wearing winter coats and hats walk down a street at night carrying flags and signs. The largest visible flag shows the AfD crest and bears the words "We are the People" in German, written over the colors of the German flag.

    ‘Anyone Who Dares Call Us Nazis Will Be Reported’

    Inside a remote forest town where Germany’s new right roosts. This article has an audio recording

  • Demonstrators wave Sudanese national flags and flags representing the anti-coup youth group Angry Without Borders during a procession marking the fourth anniversary of the Sudanese revolution, in Khartoum, Sudan.
    Demonstrators wave Sudanese national flags and flags representing the anti-coup youth group Angry Without Borders during a procession marking the fourth anniversary of the Sudanese revolution, in Khartoum, Sudan.

    For Sudanese Refugees, Egypt Is Barely a Refuge

    As the international community turns to other crises, people fleeing Sudan’s war face dire economic conditions.

  • People in a crowd smile as they look up at the yellow exterior of the Ram Mandir temple, festooned with flowers, which looms above them as light beams illuminate the night sky.
    People in a crowd smile as they look up at the yellow exterior of the Ram Mandir temple, festooned with flowers, which looms above them as light beams illuminate the night sky.

    The Temple Modi Built

    How a small town in an electorally significant state captured India’s imagination.

  • A child wearing flip-flops walks across the dusty ground amid dozens of makeshift tents at a refugee settlement in Tina, Sudan.
    A child wearing flip-flops walks across the dusty ground amid dozens of makeshift tents at a refugee settlement in Tina, Sudan.

    Europe Is Making Sudan’s Refugee Crisis Worse

    Faced with an indisputable emergency, the EU is erecting new barriers and ignoring its asylum obligations.

  • British Royal Navy pilot Lt. Cmdr. Rory Cheyne, an exchange officer with the U.S. Navy, flies an F-18 Super Hornet past HMS Prince of Wales.
    British Royal Navy pilot Lt. Cmdr. Rory Cheyne, an exchange officer with the U.S. Navy, flies an F-18 Super Hornet past HMS Prince of Wales.

    Britain’s Navy Is Diminished. Its Ambitions Are Not.

    The Royal Navy could be the key to America’s Pacific pivot.

  • A tram car moves along a street in Lisbon, framed on either side by buildings in the foreground. Another building looms over the tram in the background, with plaster siding and balconies in front of some of its windows. A woman in a sleeveless shirt and jeans walks on a crosswalk in front of the tram.
    A tram car moves along a street in Lisbon, framed on either side by buildings in the foreground. Another building looms over the tram in the background, with plaster siding and balconies in front of some of its windows. A woman in a sleeveless shirt and jeans walks on a crosswalk in front of the tram.

    Is Portugal’s Golden Visa Scheme Worth It?

    Wealthy investors pulled the country out of a financial crisis, but they also sent house prices skyrocketing.

  • French President Emmanuel Macron answers journalists' questions on the tarmac of Cairo's airport following his crisis diplomacy visits to Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Jordan.
    French President Emmanuel Macron answers journalists' questions on the tarmac of Cairo's airport following his crisis diplomacy visits to Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Jordan.

    Macron Breaks Ranks With the West on Israel-Hamas War

    Amid deepening internal rifts, France is trying again to punch above its weight on the world stage.

  • Rafet Kurse, a former fisherman, stands next to an abandoned boat on the former shores of Marmara Lake. A dry, dusty landscape stretches into the distance behind him.
    Rafet Kurse, a former fisherman, stands next to an abandoned boat on the former shores of Marmara Lake. A dry, dusty landscape stretches into the distance behind him.

    King of the Dammed

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s mega-infrastructure projects are enriching construction companies while reshaping his country’s waterscape for the worse.

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