‘I think it caught everyone by surprise’: Former Mexican ambassador to the US reacts to Trump’s latest tariff threats

New Washington law on religious accommodations could serve as model for other states

‘If not I, then who?’: Armed with the internet, Russia’s young people want to remake their world

From ‘mein Mädchen’ to ‘leader of the free world,’ Angela Merkel is winding down her political career

Cashing in on the weed industry

Ayatollah Khamenei says nuclear weapons are ‘forbidden under Islamic law’

A Japanese American newspaper chronicles the ‘searing’ history of immigrant incarceration

How an ICE contract divided a Rhode Island city along racial and generational lines

Trump’s override of Congress on weapons deals ‘is exactly what Iran would want’

Raptors superfan unites people of all faiths over ‘crazy, stupid’ love for basketball

On a journey to Antarctica, a New Orleans chef awakens to the threat of melting ice

Things That Go Boom: In nuclear negotiations, diplomacy can be a slog

Despite death threats, this trans woman is fighting for LGBTQ rights in Armenia

Long before bashing China on trade, Trump teed off on Japan

Sen. Chris Murphy says Trump’s Iran plan is ‘blind escalation with no endgame’

For centuries, migrants have been said to pose public health risks. They don’t.

With far-right topping Dutch polls, EU elections could see Eurosceptics take the lead

The world mourns Binyavanga Wainaina: Kenyan literary legend, visionary and LGBTQ activist

How a US policy is tearing apart this same-sex couple and their children

11,000-year-old Turkish town about to be submerged forever

Your ‘recycled’ laptop may be incinerated in an illegal Asian scrapyard

This South African cartoonist draws on 20 years of Zuma ‘WTF’ scandals

‘Hi, I want a job in Antarctica’: Meet the first female researchers to blaze the path

As Trump ponders pardoning convicted war criminals, US veterans react

This submarine’s historic tour under Thwaites Glacier will help scientists predict sea level rise

Asian Americans could be the group most affected by the census citizenship question

Can a ‘merit-based’ immigration system like Canada’s or Australia’s work in the US?

This American singer teaches Italian kids to sing like Beyoncé

When does life begin? It might depend on your faith.

Eight buildings designed by I. M. Pei that are not the Louvre Pyramid

America’s windiest spot looks to harness the ocean winds with some British help

In Yemen, war is ‘trumping peace’

Environmental emergency declared in Mexico’s smog-choked capital

Without proper intel vetting, could the US be headed toward ‘rushed war’ in the Middle East?

California governor halts deportations of 2 Cambodian refugees, thwarting Trump administration

Hospitals are turning into ‘cemeteries for migrants’ on Colombia-Venezuela border

What’s next in Afghanistan? The Taliban answer.

Did a US bomb kill an innocent Somali man? His family says yes.

Veteran Palestinian negotiator Hanan Ashrawi is denied a visa to the US

This opera singer says the ‘hype’ should be on her voice, not her transgender identity

Torn apart by the Syrian war, these siblings struggle to stay connected across 6 different countries

Bill Richardson says Aung San Suu Kyi ‘doesn’t deserve credit’ for releasing two jailed journalists

Is Thwaites Glacier doomed? Scientists race against time to find out.

Trump says trade wars are ‘easy to win.’ (They’re not.)

A veteran of superhero comics took on immigration, language and the comic book industry

‘Things That Go Boom:’ Nothing good happens after ‘nuclear midnight’

‘I get screamed at in the streets’: Colombia’s patience with Venezuelan migrants wears thin

Jared Kushner’s peace plan that nobody loves

Free passage is a way of life for Mexicans and Guatemalans on the border

Russia’s role in WWII isn’t ‘part of our collective memory’

‘Remain in Mexico’ policy charges ahead as legal challenges stumble

Raicilla used to be illegal. Now it’s catching on with craft-cocktail drinkers.

Nuclear deal rollback won’t get Iran a weapon, but it’s not an empty threat

The meatless Whopper’s ‘Impossible’ goal: To save the planet

Advocates strive to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women in the US and Canada

This tiny Northern Ireland town fears a Brexit hard border could stir more ‘Troubles’

HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ revisits nuclear catastrophe with a nod to climate change

South Africa’s youngest ANC candidate says young people need to go into politics

Ethiopian women abroad give abuse survivors a new platform — and a new voice

In ‘Our Man,’ diplomat Richard Holbrooke is both an egotist and idealist