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Mohammad Ponir Hossain / Reuters The World Isn’t Prepared to Deal With Possible Genocide In Myanmar
“I was lucky, I was only raped by three men,” one survivor of the violence told investigators.
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Jason Lee / Reuters China Is Treating Islam Like a Mental Illness
The country is putting Muslims in internment camps—and causing real psychological damage in the process.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump’s NAFTA Strategy: Bluff, Rebrand, Declare Victory
The president’s announcement that he was “terminating” a free-trade agreement means less than he said.
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Reuters The Sex-Abuse Scandal Has Come for Pope Francis
A letter calling for his resignation shows how serious his crisis of credibility has become.
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Osman Orsal / Reuters Turkey Made a Bet Against Assad—And Lost
Back in 2011, Erdoğan supported the rebels against the Syrian regime in hopes of gaining influence across the Middle East. Things haven’t gone according to plan.
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Omar Sanadiki / Reuters Russia’s Favorite Mercenaries
Wagner, the elusive private military company, has made its way to Africa—with plenty of willing young Russian volunteers.
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Rick Wilking / Reuters A Look Back at Hurricane Harvey: One Year Since Landfall
A year ago this weekend, Hurricane Harvey, one of the costliest tropical cyclones in history, roared into Texas and Louisiana.
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Stringer Iraq / Reuters ISIS Is Ready for a Resurgence
The new recording released by the group’s leader suggested he’s looking to the past to chart a course for the group’s ultimate triumph.
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Stringer / AFP / Getty A Pop Star, a Protest, and a Likely Case of Torture in Uganda
The singer turned legislator Bobi Wine disappeared into government custody more than a week ago. When he reemerged, he could barely stand up.
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Hosam Katan / Reuters It’s Time to Stop Talking About Terrorists as If They’re Diabolical Geniuses
Even if Ibrahim al-Asiri is really dead, what does it mean for al-Qaeda and the threat it poses to America?
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Donald Trump Sorrowfully Cancels Another North Korea Meeting
For the first time since his summit with Kim Jong Un, the president acknowledged that nuclear talks aren’t going well.
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Robert F. Bukaty / AP Photos of the Week: Silent Sam, Turbine Down, Mutton Bustin’
A dance on the beach in England, international competition at the 2018 Asian Games, the hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, night patrol in El Salvador, Hurricane Lane seen from orbit, agricultural drones in Japan, and much more
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Alexei Druzhinin / Kremlin / Sputnik / Russia Putin Makes a Move for Peace Through Force
Russia is involved in many of the world’s greatest crises—but there are signs public support for overseas ventures is waning.
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Murad Sezer / Reuters How Did Things Get So Bad for Turkey’s Journalists?
The free press is always a casualty along the road to authoritarianism.
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Asia Sports Ventures / Action Images via Reuters The Athletic Acrobatics of Sepak Takraw
A sport in which athletes launch themselves into the air to volley or block a ball over a five-foot-high net using their feet, legs, head, back, or chest—anything other than their arms or hands
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Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters Trump Believes Fox News—And South Africa Pays the Price
In a late-night tweet, the president shows disdain for a long tradition in American foreign policy.
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Anton Vaganov / Reuters Punishing Putin Just Makes Him Stronger
Tougher sanctions will only make him double down on antagonizing the West.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Catholics Are Desperate for Tangible Reforms on Clergy Sex Abuse
Pope Francis says he supports a “zero-tolerance” policy, but some insist those words are not enough.
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Sivaram V / Reuters Devastating Monsoon Floods in Kerala, India
India’s southern state of Kerala is suffering its worst flooding in a century, with more than one million people displaced, and more than 400 reported deaths in the past two weeks.
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Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters Germany’s Foreign Minister Just Proposed a Way to Skirt U.S. Sanctions
It's not clear Angela Merkel agrees—but she’s also worried about America.
