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With Israel occupying slivers of additional territory in Syria, farmers find themselves cut off from the rest of their country and strugglin...

People-power movements can break the grip of authoritarianism. But as is clear in Bangladesh, not everyone in society wins amid the sweeping...

Pro-democracy students helped oust Bangladesh’s autocratic leader. Now the country is grappling with how it sees its past – and defines its...

President Donald Trump’s Mideast agenda indicated that business would take priority. Yet the outlines of an emerging Trump foreign policy ar...

Unsure of how far President Donald Trump will go to defend them, some U.S. allies are reconsidering their decision not to build their own nu...

While the United States and Russia talk peace, front-line Ukrainian soldiers dismiss the process and feel it’s up to them to safeguard their...

When Donald Trump was reelected, Benjamin Netanyahu’s social media posts overflowed with cheer. But comments from Israeli coalition members...

Kurdish and Turkish statements indicate both sides recognize the limits of violence. Yet the PKK says an expected quid pro quo from Turkey i...

The abuse at the Bétharram school has shocked the French public. Survivors of the violence are reclaiming their agency to try to fix the pro...

Off the field, many of these older women have extraordinarily challenging lives. On the field, they are simply athletes. 

Progress roundup: A startup gets closer to carbon dioxide emissions-free steel, Germany strategizes for pedestrians, and African penguins ga...

In Germany, government has the power to ban extremist political parties. Should it use that power to outlaw the second-biggest party in the...

Young Senegalese voters were a driving force behind Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s victory in last year’s presidential election. Now, many are disi...

Hamas says it's ready to “start intensive negotiations” for a long-term truce that includes ending the war, exchanging prisoners, and solvin...

India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire to end the most serious conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades. Explosions sounded ho...

China is a manufacturing juggernaut, but the sector’s growth is slowing. As Beijing and Washington talk trade, what can America learn from C...

Crowds of foreign tourists make Florence, Italy, hard to visit. The city government would like to replace some of them with students. Is tha...

Centrist politicians must govern their way out of difficulties as they confront far-right rivals, acknowledging voter anger sparked by econo...

Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi rebels reached a ceasefire with the United States. But analysts say they are already in rebuilding mode.

Sacred forests have long been shielded from destruction by their communities. Recognition of that reality is growing in conservation circles...

On the front lines of war in eastern Congo, a Monitor reporter struggled to make sense of the suffering she witnessed. 

World leaders urge calm as India-Pakistan relations deteriorate to their worst state in six years. The scope of India’s attacks and vows of...

Israeli government plans for to take Gaza require a massive reservist call-up. But new polls show a plurality of Israelis oppose expanding t...

After more than two months of an Israeli blockade, the Gaza Strip is running out of food, and few are more vulnerable than its children.

New Chancellor faces economic stall as the U.S. questions security alliance and stirs a trade war.