Borders

Health
Chinese suppliers are advertising nitazenes — more potent than fentanyl — online
5:55
A child's room shelf with pink patent leather shoes, a pink plaid tissue box, and a framed illustration. The illustration depicts teddy bears holding balloons with letters forming a name. In the foreground, there is a pale blue container and a white ceramic item, possibly a toy or decoration. The setting is playful and colorful, suggesting a nursery or child's room.
Lifestyle
International adoptions face hurdles, leaving little hope for many orphaned children
6:47
A woman and child sit against a wall painted with the flag of Somaliland, which features horizontal stripes of green, white, and red, with a green star in the center.
Global Politics
Israel becomes the first nation to recognize Somaliland. Here’s why it’s important.
6:27
Transportation
World’s longest underground rail tunnel in the Alps nears completion
3:56
Global Politics
Greenlanders largely want independence, but think it’ll be a long road to get there
8:20
Ukraine
In negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, Crimea’s status is a red line that neither side will cross
5:38
Ukraine
Ukrainians protest new law weakening anti-graft agencies in the country
6:11
Lifestyle
How tequila crossed the Mexican border and won over Americans
6:31
Refugees
Bhutanese refugees stuck in Nepal remain in limbo
6:03
Economics
Tijuana’s factories are caught between uncertainty and opportunity amid Trump tariffs
5:54
Borders
In Mexican border cities, the migrants are gone
4:00
Lifestyle
Costa Rican coffee farms struggle with labor shortages because of immigration restrictions
5:03
Conflict & Justice
India-China border dispute impacts semi-nomadic families who depend on the land
7:08
Elections
US presidential election sees ramped-up rhetoric on border and immigration
5:12
Israel-Hamas war
Border communities remain nervous as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies
5:06
Migration
Migrants take to social media to document their risky journey to the US
3:52
Israel-Hamas war
‘Sacred refuge:’ This cultural center provides a safe space for Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem
5:34
Rows of people kneeling in prayer
Israel-Hamas war
Tens of thousands attend Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
man in front of bookcase
Israel-Hamas war
Sharing the national burden in Israel
shepherd with photo
Shadow of ISIS
Oil refineries in northeastern Syria are sickening people and polluting the environment
Group of people detained in a truck
Conflict & Justice
Dominican Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez on Haiti crisis: ‘There is no interlocutor on the other side’
Haitians who were detained hold up their immigration status documents to prove they have work permits, in Haina, Dominican Republic, March 16, 2024.
Conflict & Justice
‘We have different cultures, but we share the same island’: Dominican Republic priest says his country should do more to help Haiti
A main street on the edge of Mea She'arim, a Haredi (religious) neighborhood in Jerusalem.
Israel-Hamas war
Neturei Karta: an Orthodox Jewish sect that doesn’t believe in the concept of a Jewish state of Israel
Secretary Blinken and the US ambassador to Jamaica shake hands
Foreign policy
‘Frank, difficult conversations’: State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel speaks on Haiti, Gaza
woman in market
Shadow of ISIS
Residents in northeastern Syria react to recent attacks on US bases
Palestinians wait for humanitarian aid on a beachfront in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Feb. 25, 2024.
Israel-Hamas war
‘Everyone is worried about starvation’: Aid worker discusses dire situation in Gaza
Bohdan Danyliv is the drone project coordinator with the Prytula Foundation, a Kyiv-based non-profit that helps provide equipment for the Ukrainian military.
Ukraine
‘War of drones’: Ukrainians step up drone production in fight against Russia
A group of people crowded onto a small open boat in the deep blue sea
Migration
Europe makes another move to outsource border control with Mauritania deal
Three people wrapped in colorful comforters
Borders
48 hours along San Diego’s remote Jacumba border region
Relatives of US citizens that are missing since Saturday's surprise attack by Hamas militants near the Gaza border, in Tel Aviv, Israel attend a news conference on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Israel-Hamas war
‘We need to tell the story’: Parents of an Israeli hostage in Gaza grapple with uncertainty
The defense chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries excluding Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea and Niger, gather for their extraordinary meeting in Accra, Ghana, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, to discuss the situation in Nig
3 coup-hit West African nations exit ECOWAS citing sanctions, no support against terrorism 
shepherd with sheep amid rubble
A year on, a Kurdish village near Turkey’s earthquake epicenter says it’s been overlooked
children and woman with a mic onstage
Ukraine
Latvian conference takes on issue of Russia kidnapping Ukrainian children
buildings demolished
Israel-Hamas war
Israel says ‘no’ to a 2-state solution
play
John Malkovich directs epic play ‘Leopoldstadt’ in Latvia
protesters
Israel-Hamas war
Israel’s War Cabinet is fracturing as pressure mounts to bring hostages home
women in training
Conflict & Justice
This Afghan female fighter fought with US troops. Now, she’s readjusting to life in the US.
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a welcoming ceremony in Presidential Courtyard, Vilnius, Lithuania, Jan. 10, 2024.
Ukraine
Zelenskiy visits Baltic states to rally support for Ukraine
Venezuelan migrants walk across the Rio Bravo towards the United States border to surrender to the border patrol, from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Oct. 13, 2022.
Migration
Nicaragua is helping tens of thousands of migrants reach the US
The US Embassy in Delhi, India, where visas are processed for Indian nationals to work and study in the United States. 
The price of higher ed
Visa delays dash ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunities for students, workers in India
tribal leader
Israel-Hamas war
As Israel-Hamas war continues, there are signs of growing sympathy for Hamas in neighboring Jordan 
Men sit at a cafe at the Baqa'a refugee camp, north of the capital Amman, Dec. 12, 2023.
Israel-Hamas war
Stateless Palestinians in Jordan struggle to make a future
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are seen in tents in town of Khan Younis, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.
Israel-Hamas war
LISTEN: Voices from across the globe as the Israel-Hamas war continues to unfold
ruins
Israel-Hamas war
‘We saw an immediate drop’: Jordan’s tourism industry is suffering amid the Israel-Hamas war
An Israeli flag on the surrounding wall of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Migdalim near the Palestinian town of Nablus, Oct. 25, 2021.
Israel-Hamas war
US places rare visa travel restrictions on Israeli settlers implicated in West Bank violence
Jordanians in Amman, the capital, protest against the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Israel-Hamas war
‘We have cried tears of blood’: Jordanians protest Israel-Hamas war amid security, humanitarian concerns
Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is pictured in his office in New York, Nov. 29, 2023.
Assassination plot in the US allegedly traces back to Indian govt
For more than 30 years, Palestinian and Bedouin shepherds say they lived peacefully in part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Israel-Hamas war
West Bank rocked by increased violence, displacement amid Israel-Hamas war
Activists from the Standing Together Movement play drums at a demonstration.
Israel-Hamas war
Standing Together leaders discuss attempts to open Jewish-Arab dialogue amid Gaza war
Native American supporter Deborah Theodore, left, of Belmont, Mass., and her daughter, Sofia Theodore-Pierce stand by the statue of Massasoit on Cole's Hill in Plymouth, Mass., during the 35th National Day of Mourning, Nov. 25, 2004.
Justice
Thanksgiving stories gloss over the history of US settlement on Native lands
The border between Belarus and Latvia is about 100 miles long and is partially separated by a fence monitored by border officers.
Migration
A migrant crisis at the Latvia-Belarus border
A couple embrace during a protest in Trafalgar Square, London, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. They are demanding the release of all hostages allegedly taken by the militant group Hamas.
Sacred Nation
‘A link with my ancestors’: Britons reconnect with Jewish roots for EU passports
St. Paul and St. Andrew is located on West 86th street, in Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
Migration
New York City is trying to turn houses of worship into shelters
Photo of s street crossing with barriers
Ukraine
Ukrainians at the Russia-Latvia border
The streets of Ashkelon in southern Israel are quiet, but not totally empty after Hamas militants attacked the area over a month ago.
Israel-Hamas war
As thousands flee violence in southern Israel, some decide to stay put
black and white river footage
Negotiating the power of the Columbia River
smoke overhead
Israel-Hamas war
How Hamas moves money illicitly through the financial system
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shake hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in Amman, Jordan, Oct. 13, 2023.
Israel-Hamas war
The Palestinian political system needs to be rebuilt on ‘national consensus,’ says political activist
Ukrainian families spend 10 days with the Children's Hospital program in Riga, Latvia.
Ukraine
‘I’m feeling free’: Families from Ukraine find respite from war in Latvia
people amid explosion
Israel-Hamas war
A timeline of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict