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The next geopolitical contest may be over green technology, and China, for now, is poised to win control of those supply chains.

“We have no right to ask others to help us if we are not prepared to defend ourselves,” Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said.

Soaring demand for luxury furniture in Asia is decimating Ghana’s forests while creating a lucrative but environmentally destructive industry.

The battle to save the Amazon goes beyond Brazil.

Those who return home find shattered houses, no heat, and the worst yet to come.

One small town in Ukraine held off a Russian attack and helped liberate a key regional capital.

Russia’s terror campaign against Ukraine’s power plants is cutting off the lights—and energizing resistance.

Although Ukraine has reclaimed the one provincial capital taken by Russia, there’s still a long road to recovery.

For many coming home to Ukraine’s east, their prewar lives are a distant dream.

In Sindh province, the food insecurity that followed extreme flooding may be a harbinger for the climate future.

A street vendor’s plight highlights violations that Washington would prefer to ignore.

The Kosovo government’s laws on ID cards and license plates have enraged ethnic Serbs and heightened tensions between the young nation’s fractured communities.

One year after a military coup, activists continue to mobilize despite deadly crackdowns.

Another mass grave in Ukraine reveals the horrors of Russia’s occupation.

Fighting in Ukraine’s south has caused an exodus.

As foreigners flood the country, ordinary Greeks can’t afford the sacred rite of a summer holiday.

The return of the Taliban may have ended the fighting. The suffering goes on.

The battle for cash pits the Kabul extremists against Hazara locals.

Is it a genuine push toward a cleaner—and safer—nation?

The Taliban can’t govern in normal times, let alone disaster response.

The battle for the Donbas could well be the deadliest phase of the war.

The country has offered solidarity to neighbors fleeing Russia’s war. Will it get more support from the EU?

With the east in flames, the western Ukrainian city houses refugees, aid workers, and diplomats seeking to turn the tide of war.

After weeks of siege by the Russians, some in Mariupol are finally escaping the bombs, the burning buildings, and the bodies.

War is intensifying along the Black Sea coast, with one key city standing in the invaders’ way.

Two weeks into the war, residents of Ukraine’s second-largest city are still surviving in squalid shelters.

Ukraine’s capital still stands, even as its suburbs have been mauled by indiscriminate Russian strikes.

The Taliban takeover has pushed many Afghans over the border and into another kind of limbo.

Shusha was the key to the recent war between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Now Baku wants to turn the fabled fortress town into a resort.

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.

Criminal bands and fighters are capitalizing on fear to expand their control in vulnerable communities.

A year after the state’s special status was revoked, peace remains a distant hope.

A look at how protests, political violence, and conflict have played out during the pandemic.

With little faith in the government’s coronavirus response, many rural Cambodians are turning to the divine.

As the coronavirus death toll mounts, interrupted mourning rituals leave families unmoored.

Since U.S President Donald Trump's 2017 travel ban went into effect, thousands of Iranians have been separated from their families in the United States.

With 2,500 asylum-seekers packed in tightly and no coronavirus tests available, doctors and volunteers are doubtful that education will be enough to prevent the spread of the virus.

Chinese investment has led to a crush of infrastructure development in Ghana’s tropical forests—and not everyone is happy about it.

The Trump administration has made it nearly impossible for Afghans who aided U.S. troops to claim asylum in the United States. Instead, thousands who aided Americans on the battlefield are stranded in a country that doesn't want them.

Malnutrition is passed from one generation to the next between mother and child—unless someone commits to stopping the deadly cycle.