Somalia has made surprising progress in its campaign against Al Shabab. Convincing people the jihadis are the enemy isn’t hard. The challenge is maintaining unity and solidifying gains.

Progress roundup: Drinking water and hydroponics are growing around the world. And in Bangladesh and New Zealand, species protection is paying off.

A Nigerian NGO is teaching rural women how to make reusable pads, the latest in a slow but sure reversal of outdated attitudes to menstruation.

As a historic drought grips Kenya and the U.N. prepares for its biodiversity conference, tensions are high between locals and wildlife. Elephants and other animals are wandering into villages in search of food, sometimes resulting in violen...

Three prominent autocrats, in China, Russia, and Iran, are being pressed to change course. Can they do so without fatally hurting their reputations?

Peru’s Congress has removed President Pedro Castillo from office after Mr. Castillo decreed the dissolution of Congress ahead of a third attempt to remove him. There is a marked difference in approval for Mr. Castillo throughout the South A...

German police say they have foiled a right-wing coup plot involving QAnon followers and neo-Nazis. Some had military training.

Progress roundup: State-by-state votes secure same-sex marriage rights for all of Mexico. And a small Japanese city cooperatively works toward zero waste.

China is relaxing quarantine measures and easing COVID-19 testing requirements for the first time in three years, according to new rules from the national health authority.

In Pakistan’s flood-ravaged Sindh province, an absence of government and international disaster aid has left much of rebuilding to civil society. Local initiatives are aiming to make communities more resilient.

Will Chinese be freed from their digital health codes once the country ends its strict “zero-COVID” policies?

A mass murder on an Indigenous reserve in Canada adds fuel to a drive to create more autonomous Indigenous police forces to protect their communities.

Indonesian lawmakers passed a revision to its code of laws banning all forms of sex outside marriage for both citizens and foreigners. The package of laws, which was met with criticism from human rights activists, also bans political and re...

Women boxers, after decades of restrictions, will now be able to compete in Cuba, officials announced. The news sparked excitement among the athletes who have spent years striving to be recognized in a country known worldwide for the sport.

The Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent has gone from being focused on particular targets to broadly criminalizing any criticism of the government or its war – and it is casting a pall over Russian society.

War has shredded Ukraine’s network of state-run boarding schools, leaving thousands of youngsters without support in the face of mortal danger.

A cost of living crisis and loosening gender roles among younger generations have pushed more women to don helmets as motorbike taxi drivers in Kenya.

Preserving dialects keeps communities – and their histories – alive. Dennis Stroughmatt honors his forebears who spoke, and sang, in French.

Ukraine intercepted a new wave of Russian missile attacks, which left some cities without power and water. Explosions were reported in several parts of the country south of Kyiv, including Cherkasy, Kryvyi Rih, and the Black Sea port of Ode...

Sudan’s coup leaders and its main pro-democracy group have signed a deal that would establish a civilian-led transitional government, despite missing key players. Facilitators from the US, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Britain helped negotiate...

Iran’s chief prosecutor has reportedly said that the country’s morality police has been shut down. And some efforts may be underway to address protestors’ demands. But details remain unclear.

Chinese cities are easing lockdown and testing restrictions after nationwide protests. It’s a reminder that public pressure can spark change, even within a top-down government.

The United States and NATO have scrambled to help Ukraine defend itself, but some question whether that is leaving member countries vulnerable on defense.

Spanish authorities are on high alert after a number of packages containing explosives were sent to high government offices and foreign embassies. Though no one has been severely injured, the Spanish High Court is investigating the act as t...

In the Philippines, one village’s struggle to rebuild in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Nalgae highlights the limits of climate resilience strategies. Does running from high-risk areas always make a community safer?