In the latest season of Understood, Mumbai-based journalist Salimah Shivji examines how Modi went from being barred from the US,... more

If you're a sports fan, you may have noticed Saudi Arabia making billions of dollars of investments in everything from... more

About two weeks ago, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni approved one of the world's toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, despite the U.S. government... more

The BRICS nations, a group of growing economies including: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, are reasserting themselves on... more

Two back-to-back shootings near Belgrade, Serbia, have shocked the country. One of those was carried out by a 13-year-old student... more

Whether it's ChatGPT, image generators like Dall-E or celebrity deepfakes, artificial intelligence technology has grown exponentially in the last few... more

Over the weekend, Germany pledged an additional $4 billion Cdn of military aid to Ukraine, after a visit from Ukrainian... more

How did Juan Guaido, Venezuela's self-declared interim leader, end up alone in the Miami airport, carrying only a backpack, seeking... more

The coronation of King Charles III is just a couple days away and he's the first new British monarch to... more

Two rival military generals in Sudan have been locked in a violent power struggle for the past two weeks. Hundreds... more

Argentina's annual inflation rate reached a staggering 104.3 per cent in March. It's one of the highest rates in the... more

This week, Northern Ireland marked the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. It concluded what was known as the Troubles:... more

A devastating fire at a migrant facility in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico that killed at least 40 is the latest in... more

On Tuesday another major day of action took place on the streets of France after President Emmanuel Macron’s risked his... more

Clashes erupted in Pakistan last week after police attempted to arrest former prime minister Imran Khan at his home in... more

A deadly kidnapping in Matamoros, Mexico had international media breathlessly reporting every shocking twist: first, four American tourists were kidnapped, then... more

India's largest slum, Dharavi, is set for an estimated 2.4 billion dollar redevelopment headed by none other than embattled billionaire... more

In Nigeria, the japa movement is growing. Japa is a Yoruba word that means to run away, or to flee,... more

Shamima Begum, a British national who left England to join ISIS forces in Syria when she was 15, lost the... more

Heat of the Moment is a podcast from Foreign Policy in partnership with the Climate Investment Funds. Hosted by CNN... more

This week, the Chinese government accused the U.S of sending 10 high-altitude balloons into its airspace in the past year.... more

For the first time in six decades, China's population shrank last year. It's resulted in growing fears around the future... more

University students across India have been protesting the government's suppression of a recently released BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra... more

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine drags on, experts say Vladimir Putin is preparing to do what was once unthinkable: launch... more

Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021, there has been a crackdown on the rights and freedoms... more

On Sunday, supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the country's Congress. This happened just a week after the inauguration... more

The Indonesian parliament recently approved a law that, in part, bans sex outside of marriage, making the act punishable... more

India’s RRR, a three-hour epic that’s made 175 million dollars around the world and found a massive audience through Netflix,... more

In many ways South Korean boy band BTS is exceptional. The group sells out stadiums around the world, and adds... more

World Cup 2022 is about to wrap up this weekend, and one of the emerging storylines has been the growing... more

The Japanese government has launched an inquiry into the power and influence of the Family Federation for World Peace and... more

Protests erupted in cities all over China last weekend over the country's strict COVID-19 measures. People called for an end... more

For decades, Colombia has been plagued by violent conflict involving armed groups and drug cartels. Despite many attempts to curb... more

More than a million soccer fans are expected to descend on Qatar this weekend, as the 2022 World Cup begins. But... more

At COP27, the UN's conference on climate change this week, countries in the Global South are calling for a loss... more

This week, we take you inside one environmental activist group's preparations for a protest to better understand the debate around... more

Almost eight million people in the United Kingdom are struggling to pay their bills right now, according to recent financial... more

This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to receive an unprecedented third term, which would make him the longest... more

Brazil's Amazon rainforest is in peril. During incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro’s time in office, researchers have seen an increase in... more

For the first time since Mussolini's rule during the Second World War, a far-right party has been elected to power... more

Over the past few weeks, protests in Iran against the compulsory hijab law and the morality police have spread across... more

The high seas are beyond the reach of international law – and beyond the beat of most reporters. But Pulitzer-Prize-winner... more

A recent string of bank hold-ups in Lebanon have gone viral on social media. Desperate depositors storm into banks, sometimes... more

The rains in Pakistan started early this year and at one point, a third of the country's territory was inundated... more

Access to abortion has taken on urgency as the laws protecting it come under attack in the U.S. Working with... more

It’s been a tumultuous couple of weeks for Taiwan. After U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's controversial visit to the self-governed island... more

Mexico City has become a hot remote working destination since the start of the pandemic. But the influx of wealthy... more

When human rights activist Karima Baloch is found drowned off the shores of Toronto, an investigation into her mysterious death... more

Europe's latest record-breaking heat wave is sparking some real climate anxiety. Wildfires have spread rapidly across the continent, while soaring temperatures... more

Sri Lanka’s president just resigned after months of protest and a deepening economic crisis. Despite Rajapaksa’s departure and the celebratory... more