Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not issue an immediate statement, but other Israelis disparaged the peace deal and said Israel’s fight against H...
Amid years of war, these Israelis are still pushing for peace
As Israel’s longest period of sustained armed conflict drags on, the country’s diminished peace movement finds itself struggling to be heard on the si...
Global HIV prevention declined drastically after Trump aid cuts, U.N. finds
Cuts from the U.S. and others have hit hard, with the number of people receiving PrEP dropping by 38% from 2024 to 2025, according to data from 62 cou...
Pope Leo had to catch a ride from the king of Spain after plane’s engine failed
The pope wrapped up a trip to Spain by borrowing a private jet from King Filipe VI after the Vatican's chartered plane, with the press corps on board,...
Defending migrants, Pope Leo calls for ‘legal’ paths, a nod to fraught politics
As he finished a seven-day visit, Pope Leo articulated a fuller position on migration, including the "right" of nations to protect their borders, that...
Behind veneer of normalcy in Dubai, war fatigue and a sense of uncertainty
In the United Arab Emirates, there is a growing sense that the U.S.-Israeli war has taught Tehran how to menace its adversaries even without developin...
Iran targets U.S. bases for a second night, raising fears of return to all-out war
Iran said it launched the attacks in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan in response to U.S. strikes that it claimed effectively rendered the April ceasefire "...
Trump says Iran will ‘pay the price’ after it targets U.S. assets in three countries
Hours after Iran announced a wave of strikes, President Donald Trump said Tehran had "taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great fo...
In Belfast, riots and mayhem follow alleged stabbing by Sudanese asylum seeker
The torching of neighborhoods across Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, marked the latest anti-immigration violence to convulse the United King...
Israelis push Netanyahu to keep fighting in Lebanon, signalling long occupation
As Trump fumes over fighting that has impeded his peace talks with Iran, some Israelis recall the 18-year occupation of Lebanon that began in 1982 and...
Airstrikes intensify as Israel-Iran clashes leave ceasefire on brink
Waves of missile attacks by Israel and Iran marked the worst fighting in months and threatened a resumption of all-out war. The escalation came after ...
Iran launches missiles at Israel for first time since ceasefire
The apparent attack Sunday night, Tehran’s first such strike in two months, threatened to further complicate efforts to broker a peace deal aimed at e...
Cape Verde dreams of World Cup soccer glory, fears U.S. immigration dragnet
Migration is woven into the story of the small African nation of Cape Verde and its national soccer team, raising concern about who can attend the tou...
An airstrike trapped a journalist. She died as rescuers waited for permission to save her.
A Washington Post reconstruction of Amal Khalil’s final hours found that rescuers were denied access to her during a crucial period when she was still...
Armenia, caught in Trump-Putin power contest, eyes E.U. and draws Russia’s fury
Ahead of a national election on Sunday, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has been talking about joining the E.U. and boasting of an endorsement...
