How I’m trying to change Afghanistan by speaking up and occupying space
I often wonder whether I am pushing too much and whether the Taliban’s patience will finally run out.
Raise your Indian flags high: There’s much injustice to cover up
There’s little to celebrate this independence day.
A year after Kabul fell to the Taliban, Afghan girls stay unsinkable
Engaging with the bravery of Afghan women offers the best chance of lifting my homeland out of its downward spiral.
In India, 75 years after independence, democracy dies in prime time
Many prominent Indian TV journalists have displayed an ugly doublespeak when it comes to whose liberties they are prepared to protect.
What Amnesty got wrong in Ukraine and why I had to resign
Far from protecting civilians, Amnesty's latest Ukraine report further endangered them by giving Russia a justification to continue its indiscriminate attacks.
A disaster is looming at a huge Ukrainian nuclear power plant
Grave alarm about a possible nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine is escalating and warranted.
It’s time the free world commits to the defense of Taiwan
For Taiwan, the eventuality of Chinese aggression is no longer a 'what-if' scenario.
Kabul fell one year ago. Here are the lessons we should learn.
Incoherent strategy, lack of patience, unrealistic expectations and insufficient monitoring are among the U.S. blunders in Afghanistan.
After 10 years of agony, it’s time for Syria to free Austin Tice
President Biden should directly ask Syria’s leader for proof that journalist Austin Tice is alive.
What China’s overreaction to Pelosi’s Taiwan visit really tells us
It's clear China is abandoning its plans for a "peaceful" reunification with Taiwan.
Brittney Griner highlights Russia’s inhumane drug policies
Russia’s drug laws are cruel and an integral arm of the authoritarian state.
A Texas candidate’s claims equating the U.S. and Venezuela are alarming
By sowing doubt over the 2020 election, Carmen María Montiel might be unwittingly abetting in the destruction of the institutions she insists she holds dear.
Germany is finally acting like Europe’s major power
Germany’s transformation is a positive result of conflict in Ukraine.
It’s Poilievre’s Conservative Party. That’s bad news for Canada.
Poilievre's toxic populist conservatism ought to worry the country.
Influencers are whitewashing Syria’s regime, with help from sponsors
Over the past few years, the regime has been earnestly recruiting YouTubers and influencers to help burnish the country’s image.
The U.S. has failed to contain monkeypox. That should not have happened.
The covid pandemic and the monkeypox outbreak are quite different, but the early responses have exposed similar shortcomings.
The will of Ukrainian volunteers shows how we will prevail over Russia
Yes, Ukrainians are tired, but we can’t afford to rest. Russia is threatening our very existence, testing us everyday.
Even from prison I can see opposition to Putin’s war growing
Opposition to the war among Russians received unexpected official confirmation thanks to a leaked poll.
The U.S.-China crisis over Taiwan was wholly predictable
The Biden administration’s approach to China has been tactically flawed and can be adjusted. Beijing’s errors are more serious — and potentially catastrophic.
Chinese ambassador: Why China objects to Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan
These are extremely irresponsible, provocative and dangerous moves.