Dispatch
The view from the ground.
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Libyan tribal leaders pray in the city of Zintan on March 28, 2018. Will Zintan Determine Libya’s Future?
With control over oil revenues and smuggling profits up for grabs, militias from the western city may once again exercise outsized influence over who leads the country.
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The bottom half of a person standing with plastic grocery bags is shown. Pregnant Sri Lankans Fear ‘One Meal Per Day’
The food crisis is hitting the country’s most vulnerable the hardest.
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference. Election Victories Empower Kishida’s Agenda for Japan
Abe’s killing may have boosted an already strong LDP vote.
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A man walks along a street in Cuba. In Cuba, Protesting While Poor Is Now a Crime
A year after mass demonstrations, the island continues to crack down on its most vulnerable communities.
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reconstruction builders work to revive Mosul's Old City Five Years After Liberation, There Is New Hope Among Mosul’s Ruins
On the anniversary of its liberation from the Islamic State, Iraq’s second city heals its scars.
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Women with skull face paint stand with cardboard images of tombstones in front of their chests. Inside Brazil’s Abortion Pill Black Market
In a country where one woman dies every two days from a botched abortion, the internet is sometimes the only option.
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Men in Kabul's Deh Sabz district work on the back of a coal truck. Taliban Wage War Over Coal in Northern Afghanistan
The battle for cash pits the Kabul extremists against Hazara locals.
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A Congolese army tank heads towards the front line near Kibumba in the area surrounding the North Kivu city of Goma on May 25 during clashes between the Congolese army and M23 rebels. The Rebirth of Congo’s Rebellion
The M23 rebel group is back, threatening to take much of the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo—and sparking wider regional tensions.
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U.S. President Joe Biden sits with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. As Security Threats Mount, Japan and South Korea Begin (Carefully) Mending Fences
Prodded by Washington, Seoul and Tokyo are taking steps to overcome deep historical tensions.
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A close-up of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's head Pyongyang’s Not Picking Up the Phone
Seoul and Washington have pledged they’re ready to talk with a nuclear-testing North Korea—but they’re not getting any response.
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A man views congestion in Kathmandu, Nepal Nepal’s Big EV Bet
Is it a genuine push toward a cleaner—and safer—nation?
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Members of the Taliban stand in front of a Blackhawk helicopter. Afghans Battle Another Blow After Big Earthquake
The Taliban can’t govern in normal times, let alone disaster response.
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Soldiers patrol the streets in Mexico How AMLO Has Fueled Mexico’s Drug War
He campaigned on “Hugs, Not Bullets.” Now, he’s militarized the country.
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Israel's former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media at the Knesset in Jerusalem. Bibi Sees a Path Back to Leadership After Israeli Government Dissolves
But a fifth election in less than four years is more likely to produce deadlock—again.
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Families look out from screened windows. Syrian Refugees Find Little Hope in Lebanon’s Election
Lebanon’s large refugee population has long given up on their futures in the country.
