New PEPFAR Data Show Worrying Declines in Testing and Treatment for H.I.V.
The numbers are the first to quantify the effect of the Trump administration’s shutdown and restarting of a program that has saved millions of lives w...
Amid Conflicting Messages From Trump and Iran, Hopes for Peace Deal Emerge
On a day when both Iran and the United States declared the Strait of Hormuz opened, hopes for an agreement rose. But statements from President Trump a...
Starmer’s Credibility Just Took Another Body Blow Over the Mandelson Scandal
Prime Minister Keir Starmer appears to have been kept in the dark repeatedly over Peter Mandelson, the Jeffrey Epstein associate — fueling an image of...
Mark Mobius, Pioneering Investor in Emerging Markets, Dies at 89
Gaining a reputation as the brilliant, risk-taking “Indiana Jones” of his field, he encouraged investors to take chances on Asia, Africa, Latin Americ...
Starmer Fires Senior U.K. Civil Servant Over Mandelson Revelations
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office confirmed that Peter Mandelson, a Jeffrey Epstein associate, failed security checks before he became Britain’s en...
U.K. Police Investigate Claims Drones Targeted Israeli Embassy in London
The Metropolitan Police said that the building had not been attacked but that they were assessing “discarded items” in Kensington Gardens, a nearby pa...
Lebanon Cease-Fire Leaves Netanyahu in an Uncomfortable Spot
Most Israelis wanted the fight against Hezbollah to continue. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s critics say he is showing that he cannot, or wil...
Myanmar Frees Ousted President, but Not Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
U Win Myint is a close ally of Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s civilian leader. Both were forced from power by the military in a 2021 coup and imp...
‘I Would Rather Be a Dwarf’: A Comic in Botswana Prizes His Difference
Johnson Masase has found local fame, and self acceptance, through performances that play on people’s ignorance about his genetic condition and his 3-f...
Trump Tries to Stop Drug Smuggling From South America. Drug Smugglers Invent New Tactics.
Authorities are using drones, troops and A.I. to crack down on cocaine smuggling. But gangs are finding new ways to move record amounts of drugs acros...
Iran War Forces America’s Friends in Asia to Court Its Rivals
The severe disruption of oil supplies from the Middle East as a result of the war has prompted South Korea and the Philippines to make deals with Russ...
