Why North Korea Walked Back Its Threat on Guam
Signs of a conflict with the U.S. may have been overblown.
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Ahmad Masood / Reuters It's Time To Make Afghanistan Someone Else's Problem
A full withdrawal will force Iran, Russia, and others, to step up.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters 'Before I Make a Statement, I Need the Facts'
President Trump responded quickly to a terrorist attack in Barcelona, but waited to condemn the one in Charlottesville.
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Albert Gea / Reuters Another Fatal Ramming Attack, This Time in Barcelona
The incident is the latest in a European city in which a van was used.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Steve Bannon Goes After Asia Officials
The White House chief strategist said he was aiming to replace experts at the State and Defense departments.
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Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters Can Trump Make a Deal With North Korea?
From merely talking to transforming the North Korean economy—a close look at the options
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Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters What to Do With Venezuela?
President Trump said he was considering a “military option,” but the best U.S. intervention may be none at all.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Road to Radicalism in Charlottesville
Violent extremism—whether in jihadist or white supremacist form—is often driven by the same processes.
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George Frey / Getty Inside the Dugway Proving Ground
George Frey, Getty images photographer, recently had the opportunity to visit the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground, a sprawling top-secret military facility in the Utah desert.
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Tauseef Mustafa / AFP / Getty Photos: One Week in India
India celebrated its 70th Independence Day on August 15, during a busy week across the nation.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Trump Has Taken His First Step Toward a Trade Conflict With China
The administration is both coaxing and pressuring the country into cooperating on North Korea. Call it the kitchen-sink strategy.
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Amr Dalsh / Reuters The Massacre That Ended the Arab Spring
The story of the killing at Rabaa in Egypt is the story of a country that seemed intent on destroying itself.
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Scott Olson / Getty Vigils, Marches, and Memorials After Charlottesville
In squares and streets across the United States, vigils and marches were held this weekend in response to the hatred and violence on display during a rally in Charlottesville on Saturday.
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Reuters via KCNA What Happens When No One Believes American Threats?
The United States can avoid war with North Korea, but the “fire and fury” episode will still do long-term damage.
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Athar Hussain / Reuters Hindu Today, Muslim Tomorrow
What reports of forced conversion in Pakistan say about the country on the 70th anniversary of its creation
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Toru Hanai / Reuters Back Channel to North Korea
Can secret contacts between Pyongyang and Washington help chart a path out of the crisis?
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Roberto Schmidt / AFP / Getty World Elephant Day
Since 2011, August 12 has been set aside as World Elephant Day, supported by numerous conservation agencies as a day to “spread awareness, share knowledge, and provide solutions for better care and management of both captive and wild elephants.”
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Jorge Silva / Reuters How Two Brothers Took Over a Filipino City for ISIS
The country has a history of separatist movements. But it had never seen an extremist takeover like this.
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Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters Why Isn't Seoul More Worried About North Korea?
The younger generation, in particular, seems detached from the prospect of war.
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Boris Grdanoski / AP Photos of the Week: 8/5–8/11
A trip through Geirangerfjord in Norway, an earthquake in China, a submerged monastery in Russia, contentious elections in Kenya, and much more.
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Evan Vucci / AP Why Does Trump Still Refuse to Criticize Putin?
The president not only won’t denounce Russia, but he goes out of his way to avoid it—like when he thanked the Kremlin on Thursday for expelling U.S. diplomats.
