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Brian Snyder / Reuters The Woodward Book Comes for James Mattis
A veteran Washington journalist describes the defense secretary as avoiding confrontation and showing respect. But the rest of the book may have blown up that strategy.
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Kyodo / Reuters Images of the Destruction Left by Typhoon Jebi in Japan
Yesterday, the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years tore through the western part of the country with heavy rain and violent winds.
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Ammar Abdullah / Reuters The Worst May Be Yet to Come in Syria
As Bashar al-Assad and Russia prepare to assault Idlib, there are up to 3 million people with nowhere to go.
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Hannibal Hanschke / Reuters Fighting the Far-Right and Neo-Nazi Resurgence in Germany
Violent anti-immigration protests in the city of Chemnitz were dwarfed in size by a counter-protest. But they still speak to a dark and growing trend in German politics.
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Sivaram V / Reuters Disinformation Is Spreading on WhatsApp in India—And It’s Getting Dangerous
The spread of hoaxes and doctored photos during massive floods in Kerala showed, yet again, how easily disinformation can spread on messaging platforms like WhatsApp—and how deadly it can be.
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Reuters How Jalaluddin Haqqani Went From U.S. Ally to Foe
“For many Afghans, the word ‘Haqqani’ invokes fear and horror.”
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Ricardo Moraes / Reuters What Was Lost in Brazil’s Devastating Museum Fire
Two hundred years of work—and millions of priceless specimens—have been destroyed in a preventable tragedy.
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Leo Correa / AP In Photos: The Smoldering Remains of Brazil's National Museum
Photos from the scene of a fire that burned through the 200-year-old National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, destroying countless artifacts.
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Kevin Frayer / Getty China's Jaw-Dropping Family Separation Policy
Children and parents are being ripped apart on a massive scale. It may rob an entire generation of their Muslim identities.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump Wins a Round on NAFTA, and America Loses the Trade War
If Trump wants to take down China in the trade wars, the NAFTA talks won’t help.
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Mussa Qawasma / Reuters The U.S. Is Sidelining Itself in the Middle East
The Trump administration’s reported plan to redefine who it considers a Palestinian refugee may further decrease its influence in the peace process.
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Ahn Young-joon / AP Photos of the Week: Bog Snorkeling, Air Guitar, Canadian Calf
Competition in the 2018 Asian Games, the new tallest statue in the world under construction in India, memorials for both Aretha Franklin and Senator John McCain, and much more
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Reuters ISIS Never Went Away in Iraq
“You can say that almost all of Iraq has been liberated from ISIS during the day, but you can’t say that at night.”
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Stefano Rellandini / Reuters The Power Play Driving the Latest Vatican Crisis
An explosive letter calling on the pope to resign may say more about its author than anything else.
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Lukas Bischoff Photograph / Shutterstock Photos: Along the Namibian Coast
Namibia has nearly a thousand miles of coastline, shaped by the winds and largely unpopulated, where the Namib Desert meets the Atlantic Ocean.
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Rodi Said / Reuters The Kurds Once Again Face American Abandonment
With the Trump administration poised to pull U.S. troops out of his country, the battle-tested group may have no choice but to negotiate its fate with Damascus.
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AFP / Getty Inside the Dispute Derailing Nuclear Talks With North Korea
An adviser to South Korea’s president describes the plan to end the Korean War—and why the proposal has now become a sticking point in negotiations.
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Pool / Reuters No Matter Who Wins the Syrian Civil War, Israel Loses
Netanyahu’s persistent diplomacy with Putin failed to contain more troubling developments across the border that threaten his country’s long-term stability.
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Francisco Robles / AFP / Getty Sinkholes: When the Earth Opens Up
The solid ground beneath our feet can, on rare occasions, simply open up without warning, dropping whatever it was supporting into an unpredictably deep hole.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters Nikki Haley Warns That Iran Could Become ‘the Next North Korea’
The UN ambassador explained the logic of abandoning one nuclear deal while pursuing another.
