Single and Japanese? The government will find you a date.

What it takes to pull off the world’s largest election in India

Liz Truss becomes Britain’s new prime minister

‘The best is yet to come’: Thousands of Bulgarians return home during pandemic

Peru polarized by two social conservatives in presidential runoff

In France, artists occupy theaters with a strong message: ‘Reopen culture’ 

EU moves toward stricter export controls for COVID-19 vaccines

Senate begins Biden cabinet hearings; Mexico urges US immigration policy reform; American woman allegedly steals Pelosi laptop for Russian intelligence

How Trump’s ‘dangerous state of mind’ in wake of Capitol riot could harm US national security

The pain of family separations is still being felt. What could Biden do? 

French teacher’s murder widens France-Turkey rift over secularism

Retired US generals warn against calling the US election too early

Israelis protest against new COVID-19 measures that restrict protests

Schiff warns Congress must be prepared for foreign interference in 2020 election

For many French towns and villages, recruiting a mayor is a ‘desperate’ situation

MIT researchers sound alarm over voting app’s security flaws

Could President Trump be impeached and convicted — but also reelected?

Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen is the latest departure of the Trump Administration

Putin’s plagiarism, fake Ukrainian degrees and other tales of world leaders accused of academic fraud

Guatemalan boy, 8, is second migrant child to die in US custody

What’s the economic impact of a government shutdown?

Why don’t environmentalists vote?

Syrian activist Raed Fares wanted ‘a free Syria for all Syrians.’ It may have cost him his life.

California emerges as a leader at climate summit

Before hurricane season began, feds moved $10 million from FEMA to ICE

There are 28 other monarchies in the world

As immigration arrests rise, advocates warn immigrants to know their rights when agents show up

Brazil’s top court rules that ex-president Lula can be jailed

Cuba’s Communist Party admits errors, slowdown in reforms

Palestinian officials rebuke Trump threat to block aid

White House rebuffs Tillerson suggestion that the US engage directly with N. Korea

Vladimir Putin’s grudge with Hillary Clinton

The complicated reasons why some people overstay their US visas

With Nicaragua’s signature, US and Syria are the last holdouts from the Paris climate agreement

Radio flourishing in post-Gadhafi Libya

Multiculturalism failed, say European leaders

Who should be in charge of America’s drone program?

Meet the county clerk who launched the same-sex marriage revolution

As Baltimore burns, community leaders condemn violence but urge reform

Argentine President Cristina Fernández may have dodged criminal charges, but the conspiracy theories continue

The Boston Marathon bombings changed the race — but not necessarily the security conversation

On politics and puppies, with Vladimir Putin

Nigerians voted for change, but that doesn’t mean their new leader will bring back their girls

Hillary Clinton may be the most hated woman in China

A new leader in Nigeria sparks new hope for efforts against Boko Haram

After Nigeria, could voters boot other African leaders?

Goodnight for Goodluck: Nigeria’s president concedes election defeat

Why an American and an Afghan are optimistic about Afghanistan’s future

Their election hopes crumpled, the young Israeli left asks: ‘Should we stay?’

How Oregon may have sparked a voter registration revolution

A ‘fragile moment’ is reached in Brazil as millions rage against corruption

Brazil passes a new law specifically outlawing female homicide — femicide

What’s behind the attack on the US Ambassador to South Korea?

Think our voting system is colorblind? Think again

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is flexing her diplomatic muscle across Europe

In Turkey, sometimes it takes a hashtag to be heard

Baghdad residents can stay out late and go big on Valentine’s Day

What a Westerner found at a North Korean Film Festival

Argentina’s president declares war on ‘the power behind the power’ — her country’s spies

Five corrupt moves that helped make Putin the most powerful man in Russia