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Brexit Champion Says He’ll Run for Parliament, Jolting U.K. Election

Nigel Farage, the pro-Brexit campaigner and serial disrupter of British politics, announced plans on Monday to run as a candidate in Britain’s general...

Mexico Joins List of Latin American Nations That Have Elected Female Presidents

The presidential election in the United States this year is, yet again, a contest between two men. But in Latin America, as Mexico’s...

Brexit Champion Nigel Farage Says He Will Run in U.K. Election, Shaking up Race

Nigel Farage, the pro-Brexit campaigner and serial disrupter of British politics, on Monday announced plans to run as a candidate in Britain’s general...

Floods Break Dams and Submerge Highways in Southern Germany

After a weekend of heavy rains, severe floods in regions of southern Germany led several towns to declare states of emergency and to...

In Delhi’s Parched Slums, Life Hangs on a Hose and a Prayer

Before the water tanker rolled into one of New Delhi’s largest slums, Arvind Kumar was pacing between the gate of a public school...

Another Milestone in Mexico: Its First Jewish President

Mexico elected its first Jewish president over the weekend, a remarkable step in a country with one of the world’s largest Catholic populations.Yet...

Israel’s Offensive in Southern Gaza Strains Ties With Egypt

Top NewsFor weeks, talk-show hosts and newspaper columnists across Egypt’s government-managed media spoke with one voice: Any Israeli “occupation” of the Philadelphi Corridor,...

A Myanmar Rebel Group Is Accused of Persecuting Rohingya

International courts are still investigating the Myanmar military’s slaughter of the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority in 2017 that the United States has called...

In Former Soviet States, a Tug of War Between East and West

In Georgia, protesters waving European Union flags have rallied against what they see as their pro-Russia leaders. Moldova’s government is pushing to join...

Arrest Threatens Nepal’s Standing as South Asia’s Model for Free Speech

In a region sliding toward authoritarianism one country after another, the small Himalayan nation of Nepal was a shining exception.Political debates remained largely...

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