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The World Cup comes at an awkward time for Beijing’s censorship apparatus, as protesters challenge Chinese President Xi Jinping’s coronavirus policies.

The players on Iran’s national soccer team braved a firestorm, even before they were defeated by the United States on Tuesday.

As part of China's aggressive military buildup, it conducted more ballistic missile tests last year than the rest of the world combined.

In extraordinary scenes, Chinese citizens are demonstrating against lockdowns despite the significant risk of arrest.

The United States is expected to announce steps to help Ukraine withstand Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure, as NATO diplomats gather in Romania.

The decision to maintain a policy of border controls, lockdowns and travel restrictions came after two deaths linked to the measures reignited public anger.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States will put $53 million toward helping Ukraine procure transformers, circuit breakers and other hardware.

Their harrowing journey comes amid tensions over migration policy in Europe, which is seeing its highest level of irregular migration since 2017.

As Europe turned away from Russian energy, the French nuclear industry missed its chance to demonstrate the promise President Emmanuel Macron has talked about.

The number of people identifying as Christian has dropped to just 46 percent of the population while those professing no religion has risen to 37 percent.

The U.N.-backed report said it “sympathizes with” concerns that labeling the World Heritage Site as endangered could affect vital tourism.

China's "zero covid" restrictions have led to a wave of discontent among its citizens. Here's what to know about the policy.

Russia has shelled city hall so incessantly that Svitlana Mandrych had to move her office underground, where she answers pleas for help from desperate residents.

Beijing relaxed some “zero covid” measures while stepping up censorship and making arrests amid more small protests.

A deadly fire provoked the weekend demonstrations across the country, but protesters’ grievances about China's covid policy run deep.

A Post reporter who lives in the Seoul district covered the tragedy that night and for days after. A month later, she reflects on the difficulty of moving on.

In Brussels Monday, European diplomats will try to move forward with U.S.-backed plans to cap the price of Russian oil after talks last week stalled.

His unorthodox poems and essays made him one of postwar Germany’s leading authors. He also found a global audience with his children’s book “The Number Devil.”