Evacuees leave Saudi Amanah ship after landing at Jeddah port, Saudi Arabia, May 4, 2023. 
Conflict & Justice
Negotiations continue in Saudi Arabia to end fighting in Sudan
US paratroopers parachute at the Yavoriv training range in the western Lviv region, Ukraine, on Monday, July 17, 2000.
Winning the peace
US State Department Counselor Derek Chollet smiles ahead of a meeting in Serbia, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. 
Ukraine
America’s top priority is to help Ukraine ‘defend itself’ as a sovereign nation, Blinken adviser says
Parliament buildings over looks the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland, Oct. 28, 2022. 
Critical State
State reformation: Part I
Supporters of Capt. Ibrahim Traore parade waving a Russian flag in the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Oct. 2, 2022. 
Critical State
When putsch comes to shove: Part I
a band in the street
Elections
Kenya’s popular band Sauti Sol calls on Kenyans to vote
Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attends a meeting of Presidents of ex-Soviet nations which are members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, at Konstantin Palace in Strelna, outside St. Petersburg, Russia
Protest
Uzbek govt needs ‘more consultation with the population’ amid unrest, expert says
In this Oct. 13, 2011, file photo, Funafuti, the main island of the nation state of Tuvalu, is seen from Royal New Zealand Air Force's C-130 aircraft as it approaches at Funafuti, Tuvalu. 
Technology
Tuvalu cashes in on its coveted internet domain name amid rise in online streaming
In this Oct. 17, 2014, photo, a worker walks at power plant area in Cirebon, Indonesia. 
Energy
Indonesia poised to ease export ban on thermal coal
Protesters chant slogans against the government's decision to withdraw from Istanbul Convention
LGBTQ
Hundreds protest Turkey’s withdrawal from treaty to prevent violence against women
Yemeni fighters look over a mound of soil lined with sandbags
Conflict
Saudi Arabia is ‘desperate to get out’ of Yemen’s yearslong civil war
A young migrant shows off his red "Haiti" cap in Tijuana.
Migration
Haitian asylum-seekers face discrimination in Tijuana migrant camp
A person paints a sign that says "I can't breathe" on a wall with a purple background.
Human rights
Public art honoring Egyptian American Moustafa Kassem sends universal human rights message
In this file photo taken on Wed. June 24, 2020, Russian RS-24 Yars ballistic missiles roll in Red Square during the Victory Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi defeat in Moscow, Russia.
Nuclear
US and Russia extend key nuclear arms reduction treaty
A child looks at a TV screen in a living room with orange painted walls.
Development & Education
Pandemic learning in Mexico requires thinking outside the screen
A man wearing a face mask carries a mattress at a makeshift camp
COVID-19
Options dwindle for Venezuelan migrants across Latin America during the pandemic
A man in a suit stands in front of European flags
COVID-19
Emergency authoritarianism? Hungary’s Orbán uses coronavirus to seize more power
A large group of people surround former President Barack Obama
Conflict & Justice
Identicide: How demographic shifts can rip a country apart
Cubans hold a sign of unity in red lettering on May Day.
Global Politics
Cuban president fires back at Trump on Venezuela and sanctions
Two diplomats stand in front of a sign that reads ban nuclear weapons
Global Politics
Can the Ban Treaty eliminate the threat of nuclear war? The clock is ticking down
Red stencil of eyes on a turquoise blue background.
Global Politics
Chávez’s revolutionaries caught between legacy and change in Venezuela