‘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...
10-Day Cease-Fire Between Israel and Lebanon Goes Into Effect
The pause in the fighting between Israeli forces and Iranian-allied Hezbollah militants may help smooth the way to a peace deal between the U.S. and I...
The cease-fire goes into effect after Israel and Hezbollah exchange fire.
Israeli and Lebanese officials had confirmed they would implement the truce. Hezbollah acknowledged the cease-fire, but did not directly address wheth...
Mandelson, a Friend of Epstein’s, Became U.S. Ambassador Despite Failing Security Vetting
Britain’s foreign office overruled vetting officials in granting Peter Mandelson, a friend of Jeffrey Epstein, the highest level of security clearance...
Microsoft is pulling back from efforts to remove carbon from the atmosphere. But the nascent industry’s proponents say they are thinking in decades, n...
Bahrain Charges Intelligence Officer in the Death of a Detainee
The officer was charged with assault leading to death, in the case of a man who was accused by Bahraini authorities of espionage during a domestic cra...
How Trump’s Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Works
Our business reporter Peter Eavis breaks down how American military ships have blocked Iranian-linked vessels from using the Strait of Hormuz as the U...
