Angela Merkel Reorients Germany
If her country isn't the leader of the free world, what is it?
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AP The Long History of North Korea's Declarations of War
What's different now: a U.S. president ready and willing to make his own destructive promises
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Ricardo Arduengo / AFP / Getty Disconnected by Disaster—Photos From a Battered Puerto Rico
Five days after Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, its devastating impact is becoming clearer.
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Ari Jalal / Reuters An Ominous Future for Kurdistan's Minorities
In the background of today’s independence referendum, the fate of persecuted groups like the Shabak hangs in the balance.
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Cathal McNaughton / Reuters The Misunderstood Roots of Burma's Rohingya Crisis
“This fear is very deeply felt and not understood in the West—and it comes from a real place rooted in history.”
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Pedro Pardo / AFP / Getty Rescue Dogs At Work After Mexico's Earthquakes
After being struck by three major earthquakes in the past month, rescue workers and volunteers across Mexico have been working around the clock, with the help of local and international teams of sniffer dogs and their handlers.
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Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters The Enduring Appeal of Angela Merkel
The German chancellor secured a fourth term with 32.5 percent of the vote.
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Azad Lashkari / REUTERS 'It’s Never a Good Time for the Iraqi Kurds to Become Independent'
The Turkish government believes that their self-determination represents an existential threat.
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Chris Wattie / REUTERS How NAFTA Explains the Two Mexicos
The re-negotiation of the landmark trade deal will shape the country’s future.
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Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters How Two Cities Encapsulate the Battle for Germany's Identity
The tension between Leipzig and Dresden represents a national struggle, which will come to a head in elections on Sunday.
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Toby Melville / Reuters London's Uber Beef Has Deep Cultural Roots
The ride-sharing app has clashed with traditional taxis before—but this is different.
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Jeff J Mitchell / Reuteres Theresa May's Case for a Two-Year Transition Period After Brexit
The proposal could extend negotiations until 2021.
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Toby Melville / Reuters Photos of the Week: 9/16–9/22
Record-setting hurricanes, massive protests, a devastating earthquake, and an epic refugee crisis.
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Thomas Peter / Reuters Is It Unethical To Pose as an Alt-Righter?
A 25-year-old graduate student went undercover, yielding captivating footage of extremists—and a moral dilemma.
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KNCA via Reuters The Meaning of Kim Jong Un's Rebuttal to Trump
The Trump administration has been sleepwalking through a dream. It’s time to wake up.
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Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters Ukrainian Freedom Fighting and Cambodian Democracy: The Week in Global-Affairs Writing
The highlights from seven days of reading about the world
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Hector Retamal / AFP / Getty Photos of Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria
On Wednesday, Hurricane Maria crashed across the entire U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, making landfall with winds approaching 150 mph (240 kph).
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KCNA / Reuters Why Would North Korea Want to Drop a Hydrogen Bomb in the Ocean?
Escalating tensions between the country and the United States lead toward the threat of a "Juche bird" test in the Pacific.
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Axel Schmidt / Reuters Germany's Far-Right Populists Have an Infighting Problem
What happens when the AfD gets to the Bundestag?
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Darren Ornitz / Reuters Turkey's Contempt for Peaceful Protest—Even in the U.S.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s security detail once again appeared to assault demonstrators.
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Cathal McNaughton / Reuters Southeast Asia's Rohingya Refugee Crisis Reaches a Terrible Peak
The United Nations Refugee Agency now reports that more than 420,000 people have fled the violence in Burma since August 24.
