Foreign Affairs

The Trump Organization is seeking U.K. and Irish bailout money to help cover wages for bartenders, bagpipers and other employees furloughed from its European golf properties because of the coronavirus...

Sitting in the shade of Tripoli's Mansouri Great Mosque, Issam Jadeed, an unemployed dessert maker, scowled at passersby asking if they could go inside. His answer, like so much else...

Smoke from the bush fires that ravaged Australia in late 2019 and early 2020 continues to circle the globe almost four months after it was formed, scientists have found. Richard...

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said on Wednesday that it launched a military satellite into orbit amid wider tensions with the United States, describing it as a successful launch after months...

On France's Frioul archipelago, there's an eerie sense that history is repeating itself. The Mediterranean islands 4 kilometers (2 miles) off the teeming southern port city of Marseille served as...

The normally bustling city of Tel Aviv, famed for its nightlife and rowdy beachfront, has fallen eerily quiet due to Israel's tight restrictions on movement that are meant to halt...

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said Wednesday it launched a military satellite into orbit amid wider tensions with the U.S., a successful launch after months of failures. There was no immediate...

India's extended lockdown to curb the coronavirus outbreak has shut down schools, workplaces, industries, transport, and forced people to stay home. It also led to an unexpected bonus in the...

Ecuador took early aggressive measures to stop the coronavirus but ended up becoming an epicenter of the pandemic in Latin America. How? We revisit the first confirmed case and what...

Hilary Mantel's Tudor blockbuster “The Mirror and the Light” and Bernardine Evaristo's tapestry of black women's stories, “Girl, Woman, Other,” are among six finalists for the international Women's Prize for...

More than half of the detainees inside an immigration detention center in Miami-Dade County have been exposed to COVID-19, U.S. government officials said in a federal court filing Tuesday. In...

Israel's embattled prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has notched two critical victories in this week's power-sharing agreement with his chief rival: He can stay in office throughout his upcoming corruption trial,...

With the global coronavirus pandemic ravaging the elderly, Israel's aging population of Holocaust survivors finds itself on the country's annual Holocaust Remembrance Day this year much like they were during...

A young man says his grandparents are missing after their two-story log cabin was set ablaze during the rampage by a gunman that left at least 18 dead and homes...

A young man says his grandparents are missing after their two-story log cabin was set ablaze during the rampage by a gunman that left at least 18 dead and homes...

As Toby Muse was conducting interviews in Colombia for his new book about the cocaine trade, he found himself in an uncomfortable position. He didn't want his subjects telling him...

Britain is marking Queen Elizabeth II's 94th birthday with silence Tuesday, as the nation in lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic forgoes the usual gun salutes and ringing of bells. With...

Britain's Parliament is going back to work, and the political authorities have a message for lawmakers: Stay away. U.K. legislators and most parliamentary staff were sent home in late March...

The threat of social and political unrest around the world is rising as the coronavirus crisis fuels discontent amid food shortages, job losses and lockdowns. That may particularly impact nations...

The death toll in Canada's deadliest mass shooting rose to 23 Tuesday after police discovered the bodies of four additional victims from last weekend's rampage in Nova Scotia. The four...

Mexican officials warned Tuesday that the country is about to experience a major surge in coronavirus infections and deaths, as health professionals worried about overwhelmed hospitals, a prospective shortfall of...

North Korea's enduring secrecy means that morsels of often thinly sourced information can quickly capture the attention of the world. In 1986, newspapers splashed across their front pages stories of...

Six years ago Wassim Mukdad fled Syria, demoralized and fearing for his life as the country spiraled ever deeper into all-out war. This week, the 34-year-old will come face-to-face with...

They say the show must go on, but the Rony Roller circus isn't going anywhere right now. The caravan sits idle in an empty field on the outskirts of Rome....

Every year during Ramadan, the Light of Muhammad Mosque sets up long tables on the street and dishes up free meals at sunset for the poor to break their daily...

The South Korean government on Tuesday was looking into reports saying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was in fragile condition after surgery. An official from the National Intelligence Service,...

The South Korean government on Tuesday was looking into U.S. media reports saying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was in fragile condition after surgery. Officials from South Korea's Unification...

Sixteen migrants from several countries have tested positive for coronavirus in Mexico's northern border state of Tamaulipas, the state government said Monday. Fourteen of the infected migrants from Honduras, Mexico,...

The chaos, cabinet changes and questionable contracts that have plagued Puerto Rico's response to the coronavirus have caught Washington's attention. On Monday, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Chuck...

As thousands of Central American and Haitian immigrants with temporary status in the United States continue to face the threat of deportation amid the coronavirus pandemic, immigration advocates are pressing...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief rival announced Monday that they have forged a deal to form an “emergency” government, ending months of political paralysis and averting what...

A gunman disguised as a police officer went on a 12-hour rampage in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, shooting people in their homes, setting fires and killing at least...

The director of Italy's Uffizi Galleries expects a boom in visitors after coronavirus restrictions end, judging by what happened after previous emergencies closed down one of the world's most popular...

As the number of immigration deportees with COVID-19 continues to climb in U.S. detention, countries around the world have urged the Trump administration to halt deportations during the global pandemic....

Every evening, when Pasqualina Conte returns home from a draining day as a nurse in a Milan emergency room for coronavirus patients, she longs to hold her 9-year-old son, Andrea....

A Japanese professor of infectious disease says he is “very pessimistic” the postponed Tokyo Olympics can open in 15 months. “To be honest with you, I don't think the Olympics...

Canadian authorities said Monday there could be more victims than the 18 people left dead after a crazed gunman went on a deadly 12-hour rampage over the weekend in Nova...

An online media report saying Kim Jong Un underwent a medical procedure is fueling new speculation about the North Korean leader's health after his unprecedented absence from events last week...

Even the rampant coronavirus pandemic cannot stop the wave of violence in Mexico: According to media reports, members of drug cartels recently distributed aid packages with food to the needy,...

A Mexican citizen deported from the United States is the suspected source of a coronavirus outbreak at a shelter in the city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexican authorities said Monday. At...