Israel’s war in Gaza has long been embedded in a broader regional conflict, with Iran; the Houthis in Yemen; and most importantly, the Lebanese Hezbollah also attacking Israel in the name ...
The fans who’d gathered at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, to watch the 2015 NBA draft were beside themselves. With the fourth pick in the draft’s first round, ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at renewed cease-fire talks for the Israel-Hamas war, how Ukraine might be gaining from its incursion into Russia, and a deadly Brazilian ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants a war with Iran, as he clearly laid out in his address to the U.S. Congress last month. He returned to Israel emboldened to ...
The Middle East faces a moment of peril. Since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel responded with a brutal campaign in Gaza, the region has been on ...
Faced with nationwide antigovernment protests, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday, boarding a military helicopter and fleeing the country. When Hasina, who held office since 2009, initially landed ...
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: China’s Olympic medal count faces criticism as athletes revisit doping allegations, examining presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz’s long-standing ties to ...
Wars usually divide people, but Ukraine received overwhelming international sympathy after the full-scale Russian invasion. This was based on several factors. The unprovoked aggression made a moral stance obvious. Historically, ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a historic U.S.-Russia prisoner swap, Israeli assassinations as Iran threatens retaliation, and a plea deal for three accused 9/11 plotters. Sign ...
As U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris was nearing the end of her meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Munich Security Conference in February, she requested all staff leave ...