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Mike Pompeo’s big announcement about Israeli settlements, briefly explained

What he said and why it matters.

By Zack Beauchamp

The weekend in startling impeachment news, explained

What happened over the weekend will impact this week’s impeachment hearings.

By Alex Ward

A Hong Kong university becomes a battleground in the latest round of protests

By Jen Kirby

Brazil’s Amazon rainforest destruction is at its highest rate in more than a decade

By Umair Irfan

Accelerationism: the obscure idea inspiring white supremacist killers around the world

By Zack Beauchamp

The world’s most profitable company is about to go public

By Lauren Katz

4 main takeaways from Marie Yovanovitch’s impeachment hearing

By Andrew Prokop and Alex Ward

Did Trump just commit witness tampering? I asked 7 legal experts.

By Sean Illing

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All of Robert Mueller’s indictments and plea deals in the Russia investigation

By Andrew Prokop

Marie Yovanovitch’s opening statement is an indictment of the State Department under Trump

By Alex Ward

Trump’s release of his April call with Ukraine’s president is a distraction

By Alex Ward

Algeria’s forgotten protesters

By Hannah Brown

Who’s who in the impeachment hearings on Ukraine

By Jen Kirby, Alex Ward, and 1 other

Trump’s Iran envoy reassigned a staffer after right-wing media accused her of disloyalty

By Alex Ward

Trump showed he doesn’t understand Turkey — while standing next to Turkey’s president

By Jen Kirby

The law that’s helping fuel Delhi’s deadly air pollution

By Umair Irfan

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How NBA player Enes Kanter became a major enemy of Turkey’s president

The Celtics center is fighting a sometimes lonely battle against Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

By Jen Kirby

The real reasons Democrats want open impeachment hearings

By Alex Ward

A demonstrator was shot and a man set on fire in Hong Kong’s protests

By Jen Kirby

Why the Elián Gonzalez saga resonates 20 years later

By Jess Swanson and Angel Garcia

Bolivian President Evo Morales resigns following mass protests

By Riley Beggin

White House official says Trump made a quid pro quo “demand” of Ukraine’s president

By Alex Ward

Trump: We should keep Syria’s oil. The Pentagon: Nope.

By Alex Ward

Trump reportedly wanted Bill Barr to give a press conference about his Ukraine call

By Jen Kirby

Turkey wants to send Syrian refugees to the new “safe zone.” Some refugees are terrified.

By Hannah Brown

Why protests around the world often involve public transportation

By Terry Nguyen

The 3 main takeaways from US diplomat William Taylor’s impeachment testimony

By Alex Ward

Read William Taylor’s full testimony in the impeachment inquiry

By Alex Ward

Why the alt-right loves ancient Rome

By Sean Illing

Why restoring nature is so important to limiting climate change

By Umair Irfan

The murders of 9 Mormon family members spotlights Mexico’s spiraling violence

By Jen Kirby

Iraq’s protests, explained

By Jen Kirby

Impeachment, explained

By Matthew Yglesias and Andrew Prokop

The United States has filed the official paperwork to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement

By Umair Irfan

The rot at the heart of American democracy

By Sean Illing

Why James Mattis couldn’t contain Trump

By Alex Ward

Trump will reportedly name Chad Wolf as the new acting Homeland Security secretary

By Nicole Narea

An artificial intelligence company backed by Microsoft is helping Israel surveil Palestinians

By Hannah Brown
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Why Turkey is invading Syria

By Danush Parvaneh, Sam Ellis, and 2 others

The White House’s top Ukraine official confirms there was a quid pro quo

By Alex Ward

More than 50,000 people are set to get a basic income in a Brazilian city

By Dylan Matthews

Lebanon’s prime minister submits his resignation amid mass protests

By Hannah Brown