In a Reddit video posted this year under “r/combatfootage,” a Reddit forum dedicated to proliferating battlefield war footage, a Russian soldier immediately commits suicide using his own rifle after his comrades are wounded by an exploding first-...
On September 3, 2025, trumpets sounded as Chinese President Xi Jinping’s limousine cruised through Beijing alongside thousands of soldiers for the 80th anniversary of World War II. This grandiose display of synchronized troops, hulking vehicles, an...
On September 4, the Nepali government banned dozens of social media platforms to curb dissent. Instead, the move unleashed mass nationwide protests. Within one week, Nepal had no government—just a burnt shell of its parliament building. Nepal...
In a Reddit video posted this year under “r/combatfootage,” a Reddit forum dedicated to proliferating battlefield war footage, a Russian soldier immediately commits suicide using his own rifle after his comrades are wounded by an exploding first-...
In a Reddit video posted this year under “r/combatfootage,” a Reddit forum dedicated to proliferating battlefield war footage, a Russian soldier immediately commits suicide using his own rifle after his comrades are wounded by an exploding first-...
On September 3, 2025, trumpets sounded as Chinese President Xi Jinping’s limousine cruised through Beijing alongside thousands of soldiers for the 80th anniversary of World War II. This grandiose display of synchronized troops, hulking vehicles, an...
On September 3, 2025, trumpets sounded as Chinese President Xi Jinping’s limousine cruised through Beijing alongside thousands of soldiers for the 80th anniversary of World War II. This grandiose display of synchronized troops, hulking vehicles, an...
On September 4, the Nepali government banned dozens of social media platforms to curb dissent. Instead, the move unleashed mass nationwide protests. Within one week, Nepal had no government—just a burnt shell of its parliament building. Nepal...
On September 4, the Nepali government banned dozens of social media platforms to curb dissent. Instead, the move unleashed mass nationwide protests. Within one week, Nepal had no government—just a burnt shell of its parliament building. Nepal...
Giorgia Meloni, an unlikely contender to become Italy’s first female prime minister, assumed office on October 22, 2022, with ringlet curls and a bold pink lip. Far-right counterparts, like the former Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, to...
Giorgia Meloni, an unlikely contender to become Italy’s first female prime minister, assumed office on October 22, 2022, with ringlet curls and a bold pink lip. Far-right counterparts, like the former Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, to...
When a girl gets her period in parts of rural Nepal, she is whisked away to a small shed outside of her village and exiled until she stops bleeding. She is quarantined—cut off from her family, denied nutritious foods, and prohibited from bathing or...
When a girl gets her period in parts of rural Nepal, she is whisked away to a small shed outside of her village and exiled until she stops bleeding. She is quarantined—cut off from her family, denied nutritious foods, and prohibited from bathing or...
Most democracies treat government shutdowns as a crisis. The United States watches with anxiety as congressional budget deadlines approach, fearful of a shutdown. The EU sighed in relief in 2020 when Belgium re-established a coalition after more than...
Most democracies treat government shutdowns as a crisis. The United States watches with anxiety as congressional budget deadlines approach, fearful of a shutdown. The EU sighed in relief in 2020 when Belgium re-established a coalition after more than...
Every May 9, millions of Russians flood the streets with photos of the family members they lost in World War II. Victory Day, celebrated annually since 1995, is a powerful and recurring image in modern Russia. From a very early age, kids are taught a...
Every May 9, millions of Russians flood the streets with photos of the family members they lost in World War II. Victory Day, celebrated annually since 1995, is a powerful and recurring image in modern Russia. From a very early age, kids are taught a...
Never has the fatigued asphalt of India’s highways seen such liberating exhibitions of color. Contingents of saree-clad women hit the roads in their sports shoes, their ebullient expressions belying personal histories of long-calcified dreams and a...
Never has the fatigued asphalt of India’s highways seen such liberating exhibitions of color. Contingents of saree-clad women hit the roads in their sports shoes, their ebullient expressions belying personal histories of long-calcified dreams and a...
In the decades following the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the Iran hostage crisis, Iran embraced a new radical identity, doubling down on its revolutionary messaging and expanding its influence through Shi’a political movements and armed groups. Ira...
In the decades following the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the Iran hostage crisis, Iran embraced a new radical identity, doubling down on its revolutionary messaging and expanding its influence through Shi’a political movements and armed groups. Ira...
The bullfighter circles once, twice, and then moves in close—the bull breaths heavily, head drooping and legs trembling. In the epilogue of this traditional spectacle, the bullfighter pulls out a short sword and slides towards the bull’s spine. A...
The bullfighter circles once, twice, and then moves in close—the bull breaths heavily, head drooping and legs trembling. In the epilogue of this traditional spectacle, the bullfighter pulls out a short sword and slides towards the bull’s spine. A...
Today, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is facing a growing challenge due to the emergence of broadband satellite megaconstellations. Founded in 1865, the ITU, originally known as the International Telegraph Union, was an intergovernm...
Today, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is facing a growing challenge due to the emergence of broadband satellite megaconstellations. Founded in 1865, the ITU, originally known as the International Telegraph Union, was an intergovernm...
It was January 2008 when Luz Marina Bernal’s life changed forever. Her son, Fair Leonardo Bernal, a 24-year-old with cognitive disabilities, left their home in Soacha, Colombia, in search of work. He never returned. She would only find more informa...
It was January 2008 when Luz Marina Bernal’s life changed forever. Her son, Fair Leonardo Bernal, a 24-year-old with cognitive disabilities, left their home in Soacha, Colombia, in search of work. He never returned. She would only find more informa...