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What is life like in Palestine? These short films offer a glimpse.

By Nylah Burton
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is pictured raising a fist in a party salute, with images of his family and the word’s “Xi’s rise” in graphics behind him.
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The rise of Xi Jinping, explained

By Coleman Lowndes

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The Israel-Hamas prisoner deal was extended. What comes next?

By Ellen Ioanes

What we know about the shooting of 3 Palestinian American college students

By Li Zhou

Vox podcasts tackle the Israel-Hamas war 

By Vox Staff

You can’t even pay people to have more kids

By Anna North

How Myanmar’s resistance could topple its military government — for good

By Ellen Ioanes

Want to donate to charity? Here are 10 guidelines for giving effectively.

By Dylan Matthews and Sigal Samuel

The controversial phrase “from the river to sea,” explained

By Ellen Ioanes

How Qatar became a key broker in the Israel-Hamas deal

By Jen Kirby

Why Israel imprisons so many Palestinians

By Abdallah Fayyad

The Israel-Hamas hostage deal, explained

By Jonathan Guyer

The Israel-Hamas deal is not a real ceasefire

By Zack Beauchamp

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The many, many times Israelis and Palestinians tried to make peace — and failed

By Nicole Narea

A harrowing film exposes the brutality of Russia’s war in Ukraine

By Jen Kirby

How young Argentines helped put a far-right libertarian into power

By Lautaro Grinspan

Rishi Sunak’s cabinet shuffle won’t fix the UK’s Tories’ problems

By Ellen Ioanes

Most of Israel’s weapons imports come from the US. Now Biden is rushing even more arms.

By Jonathan Guyer

The controversy over TikTok and Osama bin Laden’s “Letter to America,” explained

By A.W. Ohlheiser and Li Zhou

The dire medical crisis in Gaza, explained

By Li Zhou

The achievement of this year’s Biden-Xi summit is, simply, the meeting itself

By Jonathan Guyer

How to think through allegations of genocide in Gaza

By Nicole Narea and Sigal Samuel

Israel’s humanitarian pauses in Gaza, explained

By Ellen Ioanes

The Israel-Hamas war is exposing Europe’s divisions

By Jen Kirby

The House censure of Rashida Tlaib, explained

By Li Zhou

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What is Gaza?

By Zack Beauchamp

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What are the “two-state solution” and the “one-state solution”?

By Zack Beauchamp

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What are settlements, and why are they such a big deal?

By Zack Beauchamp

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What is the West Bank?

By Zack Beauchamp

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What are Israel and Palestine? Why are they fighting?

By Zack Beauchamp

More than 500 Biden campaign alumni want a Gaza ceasefire

By Jonathan Guyer

In the West Bank, Israeli settlers are on an anti-Palestinian rampage

By Zack Beauchamp

The world’s largest child displacement crisis is in Sudan

By Bryan Walsh

European Jews face a surge of antisemitism amid Israel-Hamas war

By Marin Cogan

There’s a sliver of good US-China news — and it involves nukes

By Jen Kirby

Iran could determine how far the Israel-Hamas war spreads

By Ellen Ioanes

Israel hits civilian infrastructure as ceasefire calls grow

By Ellen Ioanes

The Israel-Hamas war reveals how colleges lost their way on free speech

By Fabiola Cineas

Will an Israel-Hamas ceasefire happen? The reasons and roadblocks, explained.

By Jonathan Guyer

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Hezbollah’s role in the Israel-Hamas war, explained

By Nicole Narea

The House Israel aid bill is a reminder that Trump-aligned Republicans are now in charge

By Li Zhou
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The Gaza Strip blockade, explained

By Rajaa Elidrissi

The death toll from Gaza, explained

By Keren Landman