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China has been steadily intensifying military pressure on Taiwan over the past year, sending jets, drones, bombers and other planes farther and in greater numbers to extend an intimidating presence all around...

When Siamak Namazi traveled to Tehran in the summer of 2015, Iran had just signed a landmark nuclear deal and the government was encouraging expatriates to return home and bring their expertise...

Just four days ago, asylum seekers were moved onto an austere barge moored off the British coast as the government rolled out a new policy aimed at illustrating its tough approach on...

I’ve often thought that if one was looking for niche curses to place on enemies, “May you be profiled by Patrick Radden Keefe” would be a particularly potent option. The New Yorker...

Getting a drink in The Crooked House pub could feel intoxicating, even if you’d ordered a lemonade.Originally built as a farmhouse in England’s West Midlands in 1765, the red brick structure had...

President Biden appealed to Congress on Thursday for an additional $24 billion to help Ukraine defeat Russia’s invasion, setting up a major test of whether the expansive war effort retains the bipartisan...

West African leaders on Thursday said they have ordered the immediate deployment of a “standby force” ready to intervene in Niger, sticking with their threat of military action against coup leaders who...

Arkady Volozh, co-founder of search engine Yandex in Moscow in 2019.Credit...Alexander Zemlianichenko/Associated PressA founder of Russia’s largest tech company condemned his country’s war in Ukraine on Thursday, a rare step among Russian...

Union leader. Muckraking journalist. Legislator. Presidential candidate. And now, assassin’s victim.Fernando Villavicencio, who was gunned down at a rally on Wednesday, had a long history in Ecuadorean public affairs, largely as an...

A presidential candidate in Ecuador was killed on Wednesday evening when gunfire burst through a political rally in the capital, Quito, just days before an election that has centered around the country’s...