Editors' Picks

Biden’s subpar performance is making many of Washington’s allies nervous.

As more countries prepare to go to the polls, Julian Assange is freed and Vladimir Putin cozies up to Kim Jong Un.

The United States is in a very bad place. Just not as bad as people think.

The two candidates clashed over Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, immigration, and America’s global image. 

A tax bill sparked deadly protests. But a broken financial system has plagued the country for years.

Masoud Pezeshkian could win the election, but that doesn’t mean he’d have the power to change the country’s direction.

President Ruto is valued by the White House but much less popular at home.

Without Washington’s embrace, the continent could revert to an anarchic and illiberal past.

Debt-for-nature swaps on a grand scale could slow climate change and promote economic growth in the Global South.

Voters in Iran are focused on restrictive Western sanctions as both countries head to the polls this year.

Officials fear Russia could cut the undersea cable network that undergirds much of the global economy.

Reliance on tariffs to shield against superior Chinese products is a trap.

A U.S. court holds the fruit company accountable for death-squad murders in Colombia.

They lost the election, but Rahul Gandhi and his allies may have voters’ attention.

Mark Rutte, a workaholic obsessed with routine, is about to take over the West’s military alliance.