India faces an ultimatum from the US with major political and economic ramifications: end purchases of Russian oil or ...

A powerful earthquake hit Russia's Far East, triggering tsunamis and evacuations across the Pacific, from Hawaii to Japan.

The former official residence of Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Hasina was turned into a museum as a reminder of her ...

Meta said it will be forced to ban political advertising on its platforms in the European Union from October because of ...

Globalization and technological change provide opportunities for the world economy but increased inequality and divided the world into winners and losers.

It’s no secret that private, for-profit prison corporations have accumulated substantial wealth from the U.S. criminal justice system. But another, relatively unknown, aspect of their reach is their ...

Three decades after communism fell in Eastern Europe, dictatorial regimes that stamp out liberal values re-consolidate in Poland, Hungary, and Russia.

On November 9, 2016, Dr. Bandy Lee’s phone became inundated with calls and emails. To the surprise of much of the world, Donald Trump had just been elected president of the United States, and Lee’s ...

The UN launched its first peacekeeping mission 70 years ago, but today’s peacekeepers are facing missions that are either endless or doomed to fail.

When you hear about pirates, the first thing that probably comes to mind is images of an era long past, with rebellious swashbucklers gallivanting across the seven seas in search of treasure. But ...

Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov said that men living in Russia's predominantly Muslim region can take as many as four wives, even though polygamy is banned in the country.

india • The Globe PostYears of hostility between the Assamese Hindu majority and the Bengali-speaking Muslims may result in a conflict after four million people have ...