Friday Briefing: Israeli Forces to Stay in Syria for Now
Plus, British pubs are scrambling for Guinness. Israel said it will stay in claimed Syrian territory As countries in the Middle East and beyond worked out how to respond to…
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South Korean Lawmakers Start Voting Whether to Impeach President
The opposition hopes to secure enough support from the ruling party to suspend President Yoon Suk Yeol after his short-lived martial law decree. South Korean lawmakers began voting Saturday on…
Singer Turns ‘Feliz Navidad’ Into Protest Anthem Against Yoon Suk Yeol
Baek Jae Gil, whose viral anthem calls for the ouster of President Yoon Suk Yeol, has a long history with the country’s pro-democracy movement. While calling for President Yoon Suk…
Cambodia Journalist Who Exposed Scams Is Released on Bail
Mech Dara spent three weeks in detention after he was charged for posts he made online. He still faces a charge of “incitement to provoke social chaos.” A prominent Cambodian…
World Opens to the Taliban Despite Their Shredding of Women’s Rights
Taliban officials have scored a series of diplomatic victories this year that have started a subtle shift toward normalizing their government. For most of the three years since the Taliban…
What We Learned Talking to the Taliban’s Most Fearsome Leader
Sirajuddin Haqqani, who has a $10 million American bounty on his head, is now positioning himself as a figure of relative moderation. For three years, there was one powerful, elusive…
Why It’s Getting Harder to Fly to China
European carriers are enduring higher costs because they have to avoid Russian airspace, while a sluggish economy and geopolitical tensions are hurting business travel to China. For American and European…
She Embodied Japan’s #MeToo. With a Searing Film, She’s Ready to Move On.
“Black Box Diaries,” a documentary about Shiori Ito’s fight against Japan’s patriarchal justice system, opens on Friday in the United States. If there’s one question Shiori Ito hates, it’s “What’s…
Thursday Briefing: How the U.S. Election is Viewed Abroad
Plus, the dark side of A.I. companionship apps. What the U.S. election means for the world People around the world are closely following the U.S. campaign as it heads into…
China May Chafe as North Korea Sends Soldiers to Fight Ukraine
North Korea’s decision to dispatch troops to help Russia subdue Ukraine may put another Kremlin ally, China, in a tough spot diplomatically. Earlier this month, China and North Korea hailed…