World

Why giving some power to the Taliban may be key to saving the presidential election and avoiding civil war

Dubai, the second-largest of seven tiny emirates, is oil-rich—for now. But it’s betting big that retail is the country’s future.

A break in fighting in Gaza hasn’t brought peace, it has moved the war to a new arena—the courts

One family’s desperate struggle for survival

Israel’s own history offers clues as to how extremism can be rooted out

Equating its apartheid past with Israel, South Africa has emerged as one of Palestine’s most outspoken supporters

With hundreds of young Brits fighting in Syria, anxiety over what happens when they return grows

Why even the condemnation that’s followed the downing of Flight MH17 won’t slow Putin’s ambitions.

In the shadow of the deaths of conference delegates, new strategies for combatting AIDS are debated

An Israel that preserves itself through sporadic conflict, rather than peace, is gaining traction