The Deadly Prelude to South Africa’s First Free Elections
Thirty years ago, Black South Africans voted for the first time as the country celebrated the monumental birth of a democracy. As I write this,...
Spying Arrests Send Chill Through Britain’s Thriving Hong Kong Community
Simon Cheng still visibly tenses when he describes his detention in China. In 2019, Mr. Cheng, a pro-democracy activist from Hong Kong and a former...
This Island Wants to Round Up Its Wild Goats. Catching Them Won’t Be Easy.
Come June, a crack team of wildlife experts plans to swarm the volcanic cliffs and natural caves of a small island in the Mediterranean to...
Access to Food in Gaza is More Dire Than Ever
The flow of aid into Gaza has shrunk so much in May that humanitarian officials say their operations are at risk of shutting down, and...
Why Do Aid Groups Stay in Lawless Haiti?
Haiti’s bleak humanitarian situation is once again in the spotlight after gangs on Thursday attacked an Oklahoma-based missionary group working in the capital, Port-au-Prince, killing...
12 Injured After Turbulence on Flight From Qatar to Ireland
Twelve people were injured on Sunday during turbulence on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha that landed safely as scheduled in Ireland, the Dublin Airport...
12 Injured After Turbulence on Flight From Qatar to Ireland
Twelve people were injured on Sunday during turbulence on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha that landed safely as scheduled in Ireland, the Dublin Airport...
Aid Deliveries From Egypt Into Gaza Are Due to Resume
Aid trucks from Egypt were expected to enter the devastated Gaza Strip on Sunday under a new U.S.-brokered agreement to reopen a vital conduit for...
Two Deadly Fires in Rapid Succession Expose India’s Gaps in Safety
Seven newborn babies lost their lives after their New Delhi neonatal clinic was engulfed in flames. What remained of the two-story building on Sunday morning...
Russia Plans New Offensive in Ukraine’s Northeast, Zelensky Says
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said on Sunday that Moscow’s forces were massing for a new ground offensive on the northeast of his country, a...
Aid Deliveries From Egypt Into Gaza Are Due to Resume
Gazans have been uprooted time and again during the more than seven months of Israel’s invasion and bombardment. Facing the prospect of having to pack...
Death Toll in Papua New Guinea Landslide Estimated to Be at Least 670
At least 670 people are assumed to have died after a landslide in Papua New Guinea, according to a local United Nations official. The landslide...
Peru Issued a Decree Calling Trans Identity a ‘Disorder.’ A Backlash Followed.
The bulletin appeared without much fanfare in an official government newspaper in Peru that publishes new laws and regulations. Peruvian health officials say they had...
A Public Park or Private Spa: A City Debates the Future of an Island Oasis
It was an unusually mild winter day in Toronto, but that did not make Lake Ontario’s icy waters any more inviting. Still, Sara Fruchtman, wearing...