Dispatch

The country isn't just flouting international law by collectively punishing the wives of Islamic State fighters—it's inviting a return to war.

As Pretoria prepares to confront the legacy of colonial and apartheid-era land theft, hardly anyone seems to care about the claims of the country’s earliest inhabitants—the Khoisan.

Ghost offices on the small island provide legal but questionable means of siphoning tax dollars away from poor countries and into the pockets of the global elite.

The Chinese leader’s cult reaches into the most remote regions of the country.

Shoddy treatment at home is driving patients to Japan and Europe.

Introducing hard-learned local wisdom into warning efforts could save thousands of lives.

The country’s new government wants to root out corruption—but the ancien régime isn't giving up without a fight.

As NATO’s footprint grows in Norway, Moscow may be using an espionage case to inflame the country’s internal divisions.

In the nation’s northeast, Christians and activists struggle over the future of addicts.

In a Kabul clinic, staff struggle to help teenagers drafted by the Taliban.

The young woman belonged to a political group whose members may have been entrapped by a police informant.

The fiery Muslim teacher is wanted back home in India, but Malaysia won’t give him up.

Kazakh case draws attention to plight of hundreds of thousands detained in Xinjiang

Netanyahu has antagonized Israel’s most loyal Arab allies and opened a new front in the country’s culture wars.

The United Nations and foreign powers claim they are dedicated to building up the Somali National Army. Instead, they have become complicit in its dysfunction.

A journalist’s murder shocked the country in February, but it hasn’t led to a more independent media.

The government claims the country is having an election. Fighters in the East are preparing for battle.

Ever since Donald Trump's election, America's southern neighbor has become a growing destination for migrants—and the country is already buckling under the strain.

Cambodian dissidents come under cyberattack in run-up to sham election.

The Philippine president likes to pick fights. But can he win against the Catholic Church?