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Oct 30, 2025
This World Series holds extra meaning for Toronto, after nearly a year of U.S.-Canadian diplomatic loggerheads. But it's also just a game.
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Oct 30, 2025
The Trump administration's pursuit of "a new economic Monroe Doctrine," in which the United States extends a hand to the president's ideological soulmates, as was the case in Argentina, is stirring historical suspicions of U.S. motives.
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Oct 30, 2025
President Trump's war on boats in the Caribbean allegedly carrying drugs recalls earlier U.S. regional campaigns, including the Spanish-American War.
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Oct 30, 2025
President Trump's war on boats in the Caribbean allegedly carrying drugs recalls earlier U.S. regional campaigns, including the Spanish-American War.
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Oct 30, 2025
China hopes that its refusal to bow to U.S. trade pressure will persuade Mr. Trump to seek a more conciliatory relationship with his country's main rival.
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Oct 29, 2025
Violations of Gaza's ceasefire highlight challenges facing Hamas until a new Palestinian administration is formed and a security force is deployed.
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Oct 29, 2025
The popular Netflix film "KPop Demon Hunters" is the latest K-pop rage. South Korea has been relying on this cultural export to shore up soft power.
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Oct 28, 2025
Iran quietly voiced support for the Trump ceasefire plan in Gaza, based on its ally Hamas' acceptance of the deal. Analysts say Tehran is trying to change the narrative about its regional posture, painting Israel as the real threat.
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Oct 28, 2025
Every country debates how students should fund higher education. Russia's new plan is to try a Soviet solution: require graduates to do national service.
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Oct 28, 2025
A garbage-dump-turned-park in Lagos is providing room for children to roam free and play.
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Oct 27, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping is purging top military and political leaders in a campaign aimed at curbing corruption and removing potential rivals.
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Oct 27, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping is purging top military and political leaders in a campaign aimed at curbing corruption and removing potential rivals.
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Oct 27, 2025
Syria's new school year, the first since the fall of the Assad regime, has a revised look at history and increased emphasis on religion. As one teacher notes, a curriculum is more than lessons; it shows how a nation understands itself.
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Oct 27, 2025
Syria's new school year, the first since the fall of the Assad regime, has a revised look at history and increased emphasis on religion. As one teacher notes, a curriculum is more than lessons; it shows how a nation understands itself.
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Oct 27, 2025
As China and Russia try to weaken NATO nations through cyberattacks, the alliance is responding with plans for better coordination - including for counterattack.
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Oct 26, 2025
Prosecutors have taken two suspects into custody a week after a heist at the world's most visited museum shocked Paris.
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Oct 25, 2025
President Nicolás Maduro claims Washington is starting a "new eternal war" as aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford moves closer to Venezuela.
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Oct 24, 2025
Argentina votes Sunday in midterm legislative elections that serve as a report card for President Javier Milei's economic policies. He tamed inflation, but now the economy is stalled, many are worse off, and corruption is an issue.
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Oct 23, 2025
As Ivory Coast's Oct. 25 presidential election approaches, many young people here say they are cynical about the possibility of political change.
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Oct 23, 2025
The daylight robbery of jewelry from the Louvre has shocked residents and tourists in Paris. But it has stirred up their imaginations as well.
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Oct 23, 2025
U.S. sanctions on Russia's largest oil companies place new pressure on President Vladimir Putin. But, evidenced by President Donald Trump's frequently shifting positions, it's still unclear where he will land on how to end the war in Ukraine.
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Oct 22, 2025
Many Venezuelans support U.S. military strikes against drug trafficking, hoping they could topple President Nicolás Maduro.
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Oct 22, 2025
The world's second-largest economy is deciding its economic strategy for the next five years, a decision with high global stakes.
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Oct 22, 2025
Pakistan says the Taliban should stop a militant group that is attacking from Afghanistan. The tension erupted into conflict, now eased by a ceasefire.
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Oct 22, 2025
Pakistan says the Taliban should stop a militant group that is attacking from Afghanistan. The tension erupted into conflict, now eased by a ceasefire.
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Oct 21, 2025
Individual Israelis and professional organizations are feeling increasingly isolated globally as the world focuses on Palestinian suffering in Gaza. But do boycotts of academic and artistic institutions further the cause of peace?
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Oct 21, 2025
When Donald Trump hiked the cost of H-1B visas, Indian professionals looked to be the hardest hit. But India may also be the beneficiary of the new pool of job seekers.
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Oct 20, 2025
Ukraine is facing a third winter at war, and Russia is targeting energy infrastructure like never before - an apparent bid to weaken morale. But war has taught the Ukrainians how to keep the lights on under almost any circumstance.
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Oct 20, 2025
As immigrants from Muslim nations go north, Denmark and Sweden wrestle with how, or whether, to be a haven for those who are war-weary and vulnerable.
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Oct 19, 2025
Israel has launched a new wave of strikes into Gaza and said that aid to the territory will be halted following an alleged Hamas ceasefire violation. Hamas denied responsibility.
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Oct 19, 2025
With tourists already inside, police say thieves entered a museum window, smashed display cases, and fled with nine pieces from Napoleon's jewel collection, all in seven minutes.
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Oct 17, 2025
For the first time since Bolivia elected an Indigenous leader to office in 2005, the party he founded did not make it to the ballot. But in many ways, it shows how far Indigenous rights have come in 20 years.
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Oct 17, 2025
The new French government has survived two parliamentary votes of no confidence, but the battle for approval of next year's budget has only just begun.
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Oct 16, 2025
After two years underground, Hamas is demonstrating its control over Gaza by cracking down on rival militias and gangs.
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Oct 16, 2025
President Donald Trump appears to have drawn a lesson from the Hamas-Israel ceasefire: Peace requires leaning heavily on the combatants. Now, he's applying that to Ukraine.
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Oct 16, 2025
The next stage of the Trump peace plan for Gaza requires Hamas to pass security responsibility to an international force. Will Turkey take the role?
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Oct 16, 2025
The next stage of the Trump peace plan for Gaza requires Hamas to pass security responsibility to an international force. Will Turkey take the role?
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Oct 16, 2025
Because of the work of Jayshree Vencatesan, the Pallikaranai marsh is quietly reclaiming its place in Chennai's ecological life.
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Oct 15, 2025
The United States and Canada's pact to build out tungsten mining in Yukon might prove influential in mending the two country's rocky relationship.
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Oct 14, 2025
Knowing the threat Russia poses, all of Estonian society contributes to national defense - including the women who join its volunteer reservist forces.
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Oct 14, 2025
Having barred her major rivals from the polls, Tanzania's current president will run virtually unopposed in the Oct. 29 general election.
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Oct 13, 2025
The long-awaited day that saw the return of surviving Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners gave an early indication of the tough challenges awaiting Donald Trump's Gaza plan. On a whirlwind trip to Israel, the U.S. president said the time for peace is now.
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Oct 13, 2025
Israelis celebrated the return of the last surviving hostages from Gaza - a defining exchange in the fragile ceasefire that has paused two years of war between Israel and Hamas. Palestinian prisoners were released by Israel as part of the ceasefire deal as well.
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Oct 13, 2025
Israelis celebrated the return of the last surviving hostages from Gaza — a defining exchange in the fragile ceasefire that has paused two years of war between Israel and Hamas. Palestinian prisoners were released by Israel as part of the ceasefire deal as well.
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Oct 12, 2025
An opposition lawmaker said Madagascar's president had fled the country after warning of an attempt to "seize power illegally."
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Oct 12, 2025
After soldiers joined youth-led protests, Madagascar's president warned of an attempt to "seize power illegally."
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Oct 10, 2025
European welfare states are finding it increasingly hard to maintain high social spending in the face of pressure to boost their defense readiness.
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Oct 10, 2025
Peru's Congress voted early Oct. 10 to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office. This was their ninth attempt at removing her since 2022.
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Oct 09, 2025
As Israel and Hamas finalize the first phase of the Gaza peace plan, many in the region are focused on what can go wrong. Even so, joy is enveloping many Israelis and Palestinians eager for emotional and physical relief.
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Oct 09, 2025
Women have just become head of the Church of England and Japan's next prime minister. Partisan battles over feminism will not change the direction of travel.
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Oct 09, 2025
Agreement by the two warring parties in Gaza after months of tense negotiations and near-deals brought widespread relief, raising hopes that a war that was sparked by Hamas' deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack will finally be brought to a close.
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Oct 08, 2025
Despite Ukraine being outgunned and out-resourced by a far larger enemy, the increasing dependence on drones by both sides has largely leveled the battlefield. As Russian forces press forward, Ukraine's drone operators are exacting a high price.
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Oct 08, 2025
In a first, China has set an absolute target for cutting emissions. Its pledge also covers greenhouse gas emissions and economic sectors.
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Oct 07, 2025
In Gaza, which experienced tremendous loss from the war, and in the West Bank, facing settler violence and military restrictions, distrust of Israel and the U.S. runs deep. Many Palestinians say the Trump plan will not bring peace.
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Oct 07, 2025
Thomas House fulfills a pressing need for human connection as South Korean society ages and increasingly faces an isolation crisis.
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Oct 06, 2025
Two years after the massacre that ignited the war in Gaza, Monitor correspondent Dina Kraft reflects on how Oct. 7 has exhausted Israelis and changed the country, which is experiencing anger, doubts, and concern over internal dissent.
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Oct 06, 2025
Africans are rapidly taking up solar power, a grassroots transformation led by individuals and businesses, rather than governments or power companies.
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Oct 05, 2025
Isolated abroad and under constant pressure at home, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had no other option but to comply when his chief patron, U.S. President Donald Trump, hailed Hamas' response to his 20-point peace plan for Gaza.
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Oct 05, 2025
Japan's new Liberal Democratic Party leader, Sanae Takaichi, is one of its most conservative members. Aligned with Shinzo Abe's nationalism, her stance on wartime history could strain ties with China and South Korea in a nation lagging on gender equality.
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Oct 04, 2025
Bombing in Gaza City has "significantly subsided," a hospital official says. Israel's army says it's preparing for the first phase of a U.S. peace plan backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Talks are underway for the release of hostages.
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Oct 03, 2025
Replying to President Donald Trump's ultimatum to accept his plan for ending the war, Hamas said it was willing to release the hostages and hand power to other Palestinians, but that other aspects require consultations. Hamas did not say it would disarm, an Israeli demand.
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Oct 03, 2025
Young people from Peru to Indonesia are using social media to organize Gen Z protests that have toppled two governments. How far will the wave spread?
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Oct 03, 2025
For centuries, women in northern Nigeria have worn a smoky fragrance called gabgab. But now the Boko Haram insurgency has put its future at risk.
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Oct 02, 2025
Ireland has traditionally been free of racist violence, but that is changing as violent far-right youths target immigrants - Indians in particular.
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Oct 01, 2025
Throughout the war in Ukraine, Russia has employed scorched-earth tactics. Now Ukrainian civilians near the long front lines are being forced to flee an intensified bombing and drone-strike campaign evoking "bees let loose from a beehive."
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Oct 01, 2025
President Gustavo Petro is rushing to make Colombia green. But his energy agenda highlights the messy trade-offs called for when fossil fuels remain key to the economy.
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Oct 01, 2025
Louis-Henri Mars' peace-building group aims to unite Haitians from opposite ends of society through workshops and conflict mediation.
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Sep 30, 2025
Like other recent plans for the "day after" war ends in Gaza, the Trump ceasefire plan was formulated without direct input from Gazans. As they react with both optimism and skepticism, a major concern is that they don't give up on self-determination.
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Sep 30, 2025
As U.S. tariffs upend trade, India's investment in ports could boost its international trade and help it keep thawing relations with rival China.
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Sep 30, 2025
Activists in Liberia want to end female genital mutilation there. But first, they need to get the buy-in of those who practice it.
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Sep 30, 2025
The African Growth and Opportunity Act, which has given thousands of African products duty-free access to U.S. markets since 2000, is set to expire on Tuesday.
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Sep 29, 2025
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had accepted a U.S. plan for Gaza. But prospects for ending the war lean on Arab and Muslim states to deliver Hamas' agreement to disarm. And a U.S. and Israeli threat of force hangs heavily.
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Sep 29, 2025
The raid by U.S. immigration agents on a Hyundai factory in Georgia has done more than short-term financial damage. It has amplified South Korean frustration with its American ally.
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Sep 28, 2025
Two boys in Clichy-sous-Bois, France, died 20 years ago while fleeing from police, leading to weeks of riots. Their memory still inspires immigrant youth today.
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Sep 26, 2025
Bhutan's pursuit of happiness instead of economic growth has drawn praise, but it is not creating enough jobs. Can mindfulness mix with capitalism?
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Sep 26, 2025
Progress roundup: Copenhagen's sponge-city strategy protects from floods, and more places in the U.S. adopt social housing to lock in affordability.
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Sep 24, 2025
The controversy around Jimmy Kimmel resembles the case of "Kukly," a popular political satire in post-Soviet Russia that ran afoul of Vladimir Putin.
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Sep 24, 2025
The arrival of more food sparked hope in Gaza that famine might be avoided. But supplies are insufficient and distribution hard to organize.
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Sep 23, 2025
Venezuelans seeking a haven from their country's chaos are turning to Spain for safety. And Spain is opening its doors, even amid Europe's rightward political winds.
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Sep 22, 2025
Zhao Jun opened his pulled noodle joint in Algiers to serve fellow Chinese migrant workers. Now more than half his clients are Algerian.
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Sep 22, 2025
After a yearlong delay, students in Gaza have completed their high school graduation exams. But their futures remain circumscribed by war.
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Sep 21, 2025
The move on Sunday prompted an angry response from Israel and reflects growing outrage at Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza.
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Sep 20, 2025
On his first trip to Tokyo, staff writer Ira Porter experienced a sea of skyscrapers and had new adventures with sushi. But the trip's real legacy? Instilling his children with a love of exploration.
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Sep 19, 2025
Russia's latest effort to build an alternative to Western institutions is Intervision, which looks to be a more international - if less liberal - version of the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Sep 18, 2025
When governments are brought down, like Nepal's recently was after youth-led protests, a sense of renewal abounds. But the systems that led to the frustration in the first place are harder to dismantle and rebuild.
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Sep 18, 2025
When governments are brought down, like Nepal's recently was after youth-led protests, a sense of renewal abounds. But the systems that led to the frustration in the first place are harder to dismantle and rebuild.
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Sep 18, 2025
Israel has built settlements in the occupied West Bank for 50 years. It's about to construct a Jerusalem suburb making a Palestinian state unfeasible.
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Sep 18, 2025
The French-Saudi initiative at the United Nations supporting an independent Palestine, while symbolically important, is not risk-free and is unlikely to lead soon to that long-sought goal. Yet it's worth it, supporters say, to keep the discussion alive.
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Sep 17, 2025
As the Trump administration throws diplomatic elbows, Canada and Mexico see a chance to build a new rapprochement with each other.
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Sep 17, 2025
In Israel, the shared burden of military service in "the people's army" is a consensus value, and an exemption granted the ultra-Orthodox has long rankled. Amid the mounting costs of war in Gaza, moves to codify the exemption have fanned resentments.
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Sep 16, 2025
Syrian community leaders are choosing a parliament tasked with overhauling the country's laws and setting a new constitution. If the process prioritizes technocratic expertise over parties and politics, Syrians hope it's still a step toward a democracy.
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Sep 15, 2025
In Britain, a nationalist flag-waving campaign targeting immigrants and the hotels that house them has become an expression for grievances over housing shortages, the economy, and a sense the government is losing control of its borders.
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Sep 15, 2025
Conventionally generated electricity in Pakistan has become very expensive, but consumers don't have to buy it. They are adopting solar panels.
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Sep 15, 2025
Rita Banerji helped found Green Hub, a pioneering fellowship that offers free filmmaking training to Indigenous and rural young people.
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Sep 15, 2025
Israel and Syria are negotiating a security deal to bring peace to their border. The new Syrian government sees it as a path to international acceptance.
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Sep 14, 2025
Malawi is to hold a presidential election this week as the nation struggles under an ongoing economic crisis and food and fuel shortages.
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Sep 13, 2025
Israel has intensified airstrikes in Gaza City as part of an offensive to take over the city, which Israel claims is Hamas' last stronghold.
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Sep 12, 2025
While Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities are facing Russian drone and missile attacks, it's been a festive summer in Moscow, where war feels far away.
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Sep 12, 2025
The English flag has become controversial in the United Kingdom, and its public display is under debate as the country wrestles with immigration.
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Sep 12, 2025
Although President Trump has dubbed a new Department of War, he prefers conflicts that promise quick victories, not messy entanglements, as wars can be.
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