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Rebel fighters have handed Myanmar’s army defeat after defeat, for the first time raising the possibility that the military junta could be at risk of collapse.

Despite growing pressure from President Biden, the Israeli prime minister appears in no rush to end the war in Gaza. Some think he has political reasons for extending the stasis.

China has adopted some of the same misinformation tactics that Russia used ahead of the 2016 election, researchers and government officials say.

Farm protests are changing not only Europe’s food system but also its politics, as the far right senses an opportunity.

Supporting Israel is seen as a historic duty in Germany, but the worsening crisis has pushed German officials to ask whether that backing has gone too far.

A “yes, new taxes” campaign violates every principle of American politics. But it’s the right choice for this moment.

Marilyn Lands flipped a State House seat in the deep-red state by 25 percentage points, underscoring the continued political potency of reproductive rights.

Russia is holding a presidential vote in the occupied regions of Ukraine to try to legitimize its rule there, expose dissenters and present a veneer of democracy.

The legislation received wide bipartisan support, with both Republicans and Democrats showing an eagerness to appear tough on China.

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt offered the confidence in our country that we need right now.

Legislators passed an amendment giving women the “guaranteed freedom” to end their pregnancies, which experts called a global first.

Western sanctions haven’t worked. Weapons from allies are running low. Pressure may build on Kyiv to seek a settlement, even from a weakened position.

To those advancing Christian nationalism, the will of God counts more than the will of the American people.

China’s tech firms were caught off guard by breakthroughs in generative artificial intelligence. Beijing’s regulations and a sagging economy aren’t helping.

An activist who thrived on agitation, he feared irrelevancy in exile. Winning new respect as he continued to lambast the Kremlin from behind bars cost him his life.

The election of the center-right politician fills a role that is responsible for foreign policy in an era of rising wariness of neighboring Russia.

A campaign to make the country an explicitly Hindu nation has had a chilling effect on left-leaning and secular institutions like Jawaharlal Nehru University.

The party of Imran Khan, the jailed former prime minister, took the most seats, humiliating the country’s military rulers and creating a political crisis.