Foreign Affairs

Mariel, the word alone evokes all sorts of emotions. Forty years later, in a world gripped by a pandemic of unprecedented dimensions in modern times, the Mariel boatlift of 1980...

For Orthodox Christians, this is normally a time of reflection and mourning followed by joyful release, of centuries-old ceremonies steeped in symbolism and tradition. But this year, Easter — by...

India's financial capital Mumbai is fine-tuning a plan to administer an unproven but much touted anti-malarial drug in neighborhoods including Asia's most crowded slum, the first-of-its-kind mass experiment to ward...

The coronavirus pandemic could kill 300,000 people in Africa this year, even with assertive government measures to limit social interactions, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Overcrowded...

A full-throttled military intervention by Turkey could have turned the tide in Libya's civil war, in a striking development that's gone largely unnoticed by a world marshaling resources to fight...

The United States, Germany and France have questioned Beijing's response to the coronavirus as Chinese authorities announced a large jump in the official number of fatalities in Wuhan, the original...

Spain was expecting a bright, hopeful spring of blossoms, soccer games and music festivals. The eastern city of Valencia planned to burn huge satirical sculptures for its annual Fallas celebration....

As a child in Hungary, Arie Even survived the Holocaust by taking shelter along with his mother and brother after his father was shipped to a notorious concentration camp. Even's...

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, whose dismissive stance toward the COVID-19 pandemic has angered many health experts, fired his popular health minister following a series of disagreements over the proper response...

The ranks of America's unemployed swelled toward Great Depression-era levels Thursday, and President Donald Trump reacted to the pressure on the economy by outlining a phased approach to reopening parts...

With no approved drugs for the new coronavirus, some people are turning to alternative medicines, often with governments promoting them. This is most evident in India and China, densely populated...

Benedict Somi Vilakazi had been surrounded by history. His grandfather was South Africa's first black lecturer at Witswatersrand University and produced an English/Zulu dictionary, enormous achievements in a country then...

An emotion-charged photo of a young man illuminated by cellphone lights as he recites poetry amid a crowd of protesters calling for civilian rule in Sudan won the prestigious World...

It was March 7, in the afternoon. Dr. Giovanni Passeri had just returned home from Maggiore Hospital, where he is an internist, when he was urgently called back to work....

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday postponed next month's Victory Day celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, citing the worsening coronavirus...

It started as a Twitter exchange between American and Cuban diplomats that escalated to capital letters, the Twitter equivalent of yelling. “As the world unites in the struggle against #COVID19,...

Puerto Rico hit a grim milestone Thursday, confirming that it now has more than 1,000 cases of the novel coronavirus. In a statement, the Health Department said it had detected...

The typically frenetic streets of Iran's capital, Tehran, have fallen silent and empty over recent days due to the new coronavirus outbreak that's gripped the Islamic Republic. The now-deserted cafes...

International health officials are warning that the Nicaraguan government's perplexing weekslong refusal to take measures to control the spread of the new coronavirus is heightening the risk of an epidemic...

Taiwan's foreign ministry on Thursday strongly protested accusations from the head of the World Health Organization that it condoned racist personal attacks on him that he alleged were coming from...

Jaroslava Brychtova, a Czech glass artist whose sculptures and other works created together with her late husband Stanislav Libensky won international recognition, has died. She was 95. Brychtova died on...

The Krome detention center has placed 238 immigration detainees in quarantine after they were exposed to the coronavirus, the head of the south Miami-Dade facility told a federal judge Wednesday....

Alfonso Cedeño died at a crowded hospital in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil, where the only bed doctors could offer was an ambulance stretcher. Two weeks later, his family doesn't...

Saudi officials say the coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen will begin a cease-fire starting Thursday. The officials told journalists Wednesday night that the decision was in response to...

Poor families are particularly hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, even in rich countries like Germany. Lockdowns are forcing children to stay inside often-cramped homes, amplifying tensions that already exist. Food...

Cuban authorities warned Wednesday that they have identified several cases of local transmission of the coronavirus and announced that 25 health workers, including 14 doctors and eight nurses, also contracted...

Last week, jarring images raced around the globe that seemed to show desperate people in Ecuador burning bodies on the street. According to the social media posts, the coronavirus had...

Some people couldn't wait to leave town. Others just wanted to get outside and feel free again. All of them wore face masks against the virus that had forced them...

Each year, Patricia Sheetrit and her family gather with in-laws for the first night of Passover, bringing together some 20 people for the holiday's main event, the festive meal known...

The Vatican said Wednesday that Pope Francis has created a new commission of experts to examine whether women can be deacons, an ordained role in the Catholic Church currently reserved...

As Israel imposed a nationwide virus lockdown, shuttering theaters, clubs and bars, the country's drag queens found themselves confined to their homes, their elaborate wigs and glittery dresses languishing in...

The Tokyo Olympic flame has been taken off public display in Japan. And it's not clear when it will reappear again or where — or under what conditions. The flame...

Italy's discussions to gradually lift restrictions to contain the coronavirus are advancing, as Europe's exit from stringent lockdown measures takes shape. Amid tense discussions weighing political and economic pressures with...

Spain's daily coronavirus death toll and the number of confirmed cases increased by the most in four days on Wednesday in Europe's most-extensive outbreak of the disease. There were 6,180...

Tijuana's border has become a ghost town. Gone from the city's typically bustling border region are the students off to class, the grumbles from taxi drivers competing for customers, and...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "improving" in intensive care, the British government said on Wednesday, as it reported a new daily record of 938 deaths linked to novel coronavirus infections....

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday defended the World Health Organization after President Donald Trump accused the world body of failing in its response to the coronavirus pandemic. "It...

Maddalena Ferrari lets herself cry when she takes off the surgical mask she wears even at home to protect her elderly parents from the coronavirus that surrounds her at work...

After more than two months indoors, Wuhan resident Tong Zhengkun was one of millions of people enjoying a renewed sense of freedom Wednesday when the Chinese city's 76-day coronavirus lockdown...

Wuhan was released from coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday, and it's as if the Chinese city where the pandemic started late last year has awakened from a long slumber. For more...