Russia Rejoins Grain Deal, but Warns It Could Pull Out Again

Despite ‘Ban’ on Opium, Afghanistan’s Poppy Crop Is Growing

Russia Pushes Ukrainians to Relocate as Possible Battle for Kherson Looms

Iranian women defy the bullets to let their hair flow free

Russian Missiles Deliver New Woe to Kyiv, Knocking Out Tap Water

U.N., Turkey Race to Save Ukraine Grain Deal

The United Nations and Turkey on Sunday scrambled to rescue an agreement that allowed Ukraine to ship grain via the Black Sea, a day after Russia suspended the deal in a move that threatens global ...

Afghan Evacuees in Limbo While Seeking Permanent Legal Status in the U.S.

Bridges are a battlefield where wars are won and lost. Ukraine is just the latest example

In the business of battle, the military has never cared much for bridges. They are difficult to destroy, hard to defend, tough to build or replace, and lots of men tend to die on or near them. But ...

‘Energy genocide’: Ukraine pleads for urgent help as Russia blitz on infrastructure grows

Russia is committing “energy genocide” by bombing nearly half of Ukraine’s power infrastructure, the government has said as Ukrainian officials warned the damage could spark Europe’s worst ...

Iran Is Now at War With Ukraine

War in Ukraine Likely to Speed, Not Slow, Shift to Clean Energy, I.E.A. Says

Russia’s Recruiting Afghan Commandos

Members of Afghanistan’s elite National Army Commando Corps, who were abandoned by the United States and Western allies when the country fell to the Taliban last year, say they are being ...

Russian Superyachts Find Safe Haven in Turkey, Raising Concerns in Washington

History tells us that Putin’s terror tactics in Ukraine will fail

I fled Iran and swapped my headscarf for a Kalashnikov