Is Trump Bad News for Putin?
The American president has not proved quite the ally Moscow may have expected.
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Steffen Kugler / Bundesregierung via Reuters Donald Trump's Defenders on the Left
Why some progressives are minimizing Russia’s election meddling
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic The Commodification of Orthodox Judaism
What’s gained and what’s lost when religion becomes an individualist—or even consumerist—endeavor?
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Heinz-Peter Bader / Reuters If Trump Undermines the Iran Deal
A report suggests the president is looking for ways to get out of the accord. It says a lot about how he views the world.
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Mieczyslaw Michalak / Agencja Gazeta / Reuters Poland: The EU's Next Big Test
The government’s proposed changes to the supreme court has angered the bloc.
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Ammar Awad / Reuters Palestinians Suspend Official Contact With Israel
Tension over new security measures at the Al-Aqsa Mosque have caused violent mass protests.
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Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters What It Means to Have Russian Spies as Clients
The lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. once represented the FSB. But that story is less about espionage than about money.
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Carolyn Kaster / Reuters The End of American Support for Syrian Rebels Was Inevitable
Where the insurgency is concerned, Trump and Obama have plenty in common.
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Oli Scarff / AFP / Getty Photos of the Week: 7/15–7/21
Highland games in Scotland, a diving jaguar in France, wildfires in California and western Canada, a wax Donald Trump, and much more.
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Marko Djurica / Reuters Beijing's Backdoor and Iraq's Christians: The Week in Global-Affairs Writing
The highlights from seven days of reading about the world
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Alkis Konstantinidis / Reuters The Myth of ISIS's Strategic Brilliance
The group has adapted to battlefield setbacks. But that doesn't mean it factored territorial losses into its master plan.
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Adam Pretty / Getty Scenes From the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
Hundreds of athletes from 186 nations are gathered in Budapest, Hungary to compete in 75 events across six disciplines in the 17th FINA World Championships.
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Francois Lenoir / Reuters The 'Fundamental Divergence' in Brexit Talks
The first full round of negotiations is over—and they yielded just as much disagreement as agreement.
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China Stringer Network / Reuters The Limits of 'Made in America' Economics
Trump's widely-anticipated steel tariffs are likely to end up hurting the heartland.
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Mikhail Klimentyev / RIA Novosti / Pool / ... Why Exxon Was Fined $2 Million
The U.S. Treasury Department says the energy giant violated sanctions on Russia when Rex Tillerson was CEO.
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Chris McGrath / Getty The Mystery of Why Japanese People Are Having So Few Babies
Many point to unromantic 20-somethings and women’s entry into the workforce, but an overlooked factor is the trouble young men have in finding steady, well-paid jobs.
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Reuters The Dilemma of the Burqini
Is there any right way to react to the swimwear?
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Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters Why Germany Is Warning Its Citizens About Travel to Turkey
The arrest of a human-rights activist on terrorism charges and accusations that German companies are linked to an exiled cleric has made relations tense.
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Alaa Faqir / Reuters How Trump Made It a Little Easier For Assad to Stay in Power
Even as the U.S. has bombed the Syrian leader’s forces, the president has stopped aiding one campaign against him.
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Larry Downing / Reuters Is Closing Guantanamo Still Conceivable?
Former officials of both parties have endorsed the goal. But the 41 inmates left there have reason to wonder if they'll ever leave.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters A Typology of Undisclosed Trump-Russia Meetings
From the standard to the highly suspicious
