The impasse over a funding extension to avoid a U.S. government shutdown points up deep political differences. But despite ...

Audrey Thibert is a fall 2025 editorial intern at the Monitor embedded with the international desk.

Russia’s latest effort to build an alternative to Western institutions is Intervision, which looks to be a more international ...

For one young girl growing up in India, learning English as a child meant adopting a new worldview. Today, she’s ...

The sidelining of comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show could signal a wider chilling effect on free speech, under pressure ...

The indefinite suspension of a late-night TV host over comments on the Charlie Kirk assassination. A major construction project in the West Bank that could be a precursor to Israeli annexation of the ...

Israel has built settlements in the occupied West Bank for 50 years. It’s about to construct a Jerusalem suburb making a ...

The French-Saudi initiative at the United Nations supporting an independent Palestine, while symbolically important, is not ...

King Charles III and Queen Camilla rolled out the red carpet for President Donald Trump, who is in Britain for his second ...

When governments are brought down, like Nepal's recently was after youth-led protests, a sense of renewal abounds. But the ...

As the Trump administration throws diplomatic elbows, Canada and Mexico see a chance to build a new rapprochement with each ...

History shows the loss of a charismatic leader can propel a political movement into something even more powerful – or mark ...