9 Colombian rebel dissidents killed in bombing raid, president says

Hong Kong arrests won’t ‘cut off the heads of these protests,’ lawyer says

Yazidi woes drag on after ISIS defeat as religious persecution worsens globally

Former FARC leaders announce new armed offensive in Colombia

EPA’s rollback of methane regulation is bad for the climate — and energy companies

They wanted to save endangered cheetahs in Iran. Their work landed them in jail.

In Puerto Rico, Hurricane Dorian’s tropical winds blow up fear and frustration among residents

The Mississippi: Pushed to the brink

Puerto Rico power grid official feels ‘prepared’ for Dorian as Trump slams ‘corrupt’ island

How Japan keeps its cool when temps are high

These Chilean women joined thousands suing for discriminatory health insurance. Can reforms fix it?

They were CIA-backed Chinese rebels. Now you’re invited to their once-secret hideaway.

Brazilian firefighters scramble for resources as Bolsonaro deflects help

What US-Iran tensions mean for US allies in the nuclear deal

Sicilian school helps migrant teenagers overcome their fear of the sea

French protesters turn climate conversation — and Macron — upside down

Israeli escalation against Iran is a ‘multilevel’ game

As asylum-seekers trek north, Canada examines border loophole

For undocumented workers, demanding better work conditions could mean deportation

Activists say it’s time to do away with Le Sauvage, a Belgian festival’s traditional blackface character

Brazil faces international backlash over Amazon fires, deforestation

Iranian students in US scramble as sanctions ratchet up tuition costs

Ghana’s ‘Year of Return’ is emotional for descendants on both sides of the slave trade

Trump-Putin ‘happy talk’ isn’t in US national interest, says McFaul

Trump administration plans rule change that allows indefinite detention for migrants

Singapore will no longer rank children based on exams

30 years later, the human chain that ‘unshackled’ the Baltic nations still matters

As fighting intensifies in Idlib, about 3 million civilians are at risk

After 5 years of conflict, Ukraine’s barrier to peace is still ‘Russia’s political will’

El Salvador abortion laws offer warning for the US, lawyer says

‘Willful amnesia’: How Africans forgot — and remembered — their role in the slave trade

‘It’s inhumane’: Hazara react after 63 killed in targeted ISIS attack

Growth of Oakland’s Guatemalan community sparks interest in Mam

Are the Saudis using big sporting events to ‘sportswash’ their image?

Obama-era extremist programs don’t tackle white nationalism, expert says

A professor with Ghanaian roots unearths a slave castle’s history — and her own

‘We have suffered enough,’ say families of the missing and detained in Syria

Hope for tuberculosis patients: FDA approves treatment for deadliest strain of drug-resistant TB

Cuccinelli’s ‘bootstraps’ line reflects historical amnesia of ‘public charge’

Public charge rule has history of ‘racial exclusion,’ says immigration historian

Hong Kong protesters challenge surveillance with apps and umbrellas

Megachurches, home churches, podcasts: American evangelicals are ‘not a monolith’

Kashmir conflict ‘stakes are high for the whole world’ says former ambassador

Scientists say Ebola is no longer incurable

Maduro regime kills, tortures, with ‘minimal consequences,’ says opposition lawmaker

Metro banned ads for this art exhibition on the immigration crisis, then changed its mind

Will the next wave of humanoid robots make our lives better — or steal our jobs?

Trump’s public charge rule is ‘really ripe for abuse,’ says migration expert

Endangered right whales have moved because of climate change — into dangerous waters

Students at El Paso school district want to ‘set example’ for future generation

20 years of Putin in power: A timeline

Mexico: The ‘waiting room’ for thousands of migrants trying to get into the US

3 governors in Puerto Rico? A plot twist beyond ‘House of Cards,’ says minority leader.

Shopkeepers sue Sicilian Mafia in first-ever migrant-led case

A small, Catholic, Midwestern farming town embraces an Indian ‘hugging saint’

Spain’s coal miners continue to wait for their country’s ‘Green New Deal’

Musician Maria Beraldo rebels against Brazil’s far-right leader through song

US and Mexico need to ‘work against a discourse of hate and racism,’ ambassador says

‘It kills you, the waiting’: Syrians live under threat of deportation in Turkey

‘Peace is the highest desire,’ says Afghan ambassador to US