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Perhaps tens of thousands of Ukrainian women have lost their partners in the conflict with Russia. They look to rebuild amid precarity and uncertainty.

The island’s resistance to a dependable—and desperately needed—source of energy has been shaped by a covert history.

To some, Modi’s new temple embodies the revival of a Hindu golden age. To others, it symbolizes the waning of a pluralist nation.

A contested environmental legacy looms over three decades of conflict.

In the state of Kayah, a patchwork of anti-regime forces has cooperated to seize territory with surprising success.

Two years in, IR experts are divided on whether the U.S. response to Russia’s war will deter a Chinese invasion.

Accurate counting has produced a seemingly dire death rate.

Dozens of countries will vote this year. In many of them, democracy is at a tipping point.

From Kissinger to Kerry, Washington’s top diplomat once visited Beijing regularly. Not anymore.

Biden’s long-awaited meeting with Xi is a reminder of how most big economies are inextricably tied to both Washington and Beijing.

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

Presidents, officials, and candidates tend to fall into six camps that don’t follow party lines.

Unusually virulent weather and poor infrastructure have brought hell to eastern Libya.

Low vaccination coverage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo raises the risk of diseases spreading and adapting undetected.

Trump is just one of 78 political leaders in democratic nations who have faced criminal charges since the year 2000.

Those who fled Turkey are now facing extradition as Ankara seeks concessions from Stockholm before approving its NATO bid.

“We’re basically homeless here, but at least we’re home.”

Behind closed doors in western Ukraine, the devastating impact of the distant war becomes clear.

But some damage can’t be fixed by bricks and mortar.

Kyiv says more than 16,000 Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia. This is the story of a few who made it home.

With elections on the horizon, Turkey is trying to stabilize its currency while also dealing with the economic aftershocks of a traumatic earthquake.

Turkish villages are vanishing as the country boosts its reliance on hydropower.

A massive hack led to the expulsion of Iranian diplomats—but Tehran may have had help from Moscow.

The abrupt end of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia and the ongoing proceedings in Colombia show how the process doesn’t always serve the victims.

Open-source investigations were once potent journalistic tools, but in Ukraine, they’re being used on the battlefield.

Russia’s full-scale war started a year ago. Ukraine’s military started slashing its Soviet roots long before.

The war in Ukraine is a year old. Here are the stories of some who have survived.

Kashmiris fear an expensive infrastructure project will mean more military domination and demographic change.

Forgetting the site where Russia became a nuclear power comes with its own risks.

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

New President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has promised a more compassionate approach, but that’s not what it looks like in the slums of Manila.

“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.