French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Russia's President Vladimir Putin at his summer retreat of the Bregancon fortress on the Mediterranean coast, near the village of Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France, on Aug. 19, 2019.

Military

Macron says NATO is experiencing 'brain death.' What's the future of the alliance?

Trump departs after delivering a statement in the wake of Iran's missile attacks on US-led forces in Iraq

Conflict

‘Neither the United States nor Iran wants to go to war,’ says former ambassador

Antonio Trujillo holds a cigarette while resting on a bench, in Pamplona, northern Spain

Environment

Big tobacco is forced to pay for cigarette butt pollution in Spain, but smokers may soon be on the hook

A security personnel speaks to people from inside the main gate of Jamia Millia Islamia university in New Delhi, India

Free speech

Blocking BBC documentary on Gujarat riots goes against India's democratic values, journalist says

LGBTQ

LGBTQ Russians are fleeing to Central Asia

The book includes haunting photos from inside the ghetto, along with its record of the medical effects of starvation. 

Warsaw Ghetto’s defiant Jewish doctors secretly documented the medical effects of Nazi starvation policies 

One of the main dishes at The Pork House includes a crunchy roasted pork with beans and fresh vegetables and is paired with the Brazilian national drink: caipirinha. 

Food

Pork paradigm shift: This high-end São Paulo restaurant features pig ears and tails

A general view of Mes Aynak valley is seen some 25 miles southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, March 2, 2022. Buildings on top are offices of Chinese mining company MCC that won the contract to exploit the world's second-largest copper mine.

Afghanistan

A Chinese company strikes a deal with the Taliban to extract oil from Afghanistan

Security officials and rescue workers gather at the site of suicide bombing, in Peshawar, Pakistan

Violence

Suicide bomber kills 34, wounds 150 at mosque in NW Pakistan

In this June 19, 2017, file photo, a person types on a laptop keyboard in North Andover, Massachusetts. 

Cybersecurity

'Ransomware Diaries:' Going undercover with the leader of LockBit

Ukraine

Wagner mercenary group recruits Africans held in Russian prisons

Politics

India’s Rahul Gandhi supporters finish 5-month rally and march against increasingly nationalist state

Global Politics

The Future of US Influence Around the Globe Hinges on President Obama's Choice

View of Grbavica, a neighborhood of Sarajevo, Bosnia.

Conflict & Justice

How wars end part V: Bosnia

US Secretary of State John Kerry addresses a news conference after the Geneva-2 peace talks in Montreux January 22, 2014.

Are there lessons from Bosnia for the Syria peace talks?

A man walks past cutting boards that have been painted with images of Russia's President Vladimir Putin at a street store in the center of St. Petersburg on August 31, 2014.

If Putin picks a fight with NATO, what's the West willing to do about it? 

Ivo Daalder

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