Hong Kong’s oldest and largest pro-democracy political party is moving to disband as Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on the city leaves even moderate opposition groups with no room to operate. “The message was that the party has to be disbanded or there will be consequences,” said one of them, Yeung Sum,…
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue the war in Gaza in the face of growing opposition to…
The timing, the brevity, the sudden, unilateral nature of it all. If Ukraine’s allies needed proof of Moscow’s wild…
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a brief Easter ceasefire in his war with Ukraine, saying “all hostilities” will pause…
Pope Francis gave the traditional Easter blessing on Sunday, appearing from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in front…
Fatima Hassouna, a war documentarian who had covered the conflict in Gaza on the ground for 18 months, was…
The United States and Iran are due to hold their second round of nuclear talks on Saturday, as what…
The Trump administration’s patience with peacemaking for Ukraine, always painfully thin, now appears to be running out altogether. “If…