The Man Who Shaped China’s Strongman Rule Has a New Job: Winning Taiwan
Xi Jinping’s top adviser, Wang Huning, is credited with shaping the authoritarianism that steered China’s rise. But can he influence Taiwan?
October 2024
Russia Raises Interest Rate to 21 Percent, Its Highest in Decades
Military spending and recruitment are causing the country’s economy to overheat, leaving regulators in a struggle to rein in rising prices.
Live Updates: Deadly Israeli Strikes Hit Southern Gaza, Health Officials Say
Gaza’s health ministry reported that dozens of people had been killed in airstrikes in a residential area of Khan Younis, where Israel has said it is targeting Hamas.
Uruguay’s 2024 Election: Candidates, Issues and Predictions
Crime, child poverty and an aging population are top issues as voters in one of Latin America’s most stable democracies head to the polls on Sunday.
Canada’s Sikh Communities Have Been Rocked by Violence. Authorities Blame India.
Tightly knit communities in Ontario and British Columbia have been rocked by violent events in the past 18 months. Now the authorities say the Indian government was behind them.
The Other War for These Gazans Is Against Cancer
The small number of cancer patients from Gaza who are receiving care in Jordan’s capital, Amman, bear burdens beyond those of illness — deep feelings of guilt, along with fear…
In a Region of Majestic Beauty, Sunnis and Shiites Wage Bloody War
In Kurram, near the Afghan border, Pakistan has been helpless to stop the latest outbreaks of a sectarian conflict that goes back decades.
Turkey Seeks Opening With Kurdish Militants Despite Attack on Aerospace Company
Recent gestures by Turkish leaders suggest the possibility of new peace talks with the group fighting for Kurdish autonomy.
At BRICS, Putin Appears to Say That North Korean Troops Are in Russia
‘If there are images they are a reflection of something,’ he said in a tongue-in-cheek answer to whether Pyongyang had sent troops to help with Russia’s war in Ukraine.
What We Learned Talking to the Taliban’s Most Fearsome Leader
Sirajuddin Haqqani, who has a $10 million American bounty on his head, is now positioning himself as a figure of relative moderation.