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There is widespread agreement, even in museums, that questionable pieces in collections should be returned. But returned to whom?

The international community must insist on reversing the restriction of Afghan women’s and girls’ rights and on women’s meaningful participation in decision making.

We believe the prime minister is driving Israel downhill at an alarming speed, to the extent that we may eventually lose the country we love.

The modest campaign created an opening for today’s anti-L.G.B.T.Q. backlash.

The island’s power crisis illustrates the consequences of putting essential services in the hands of a private entity.

It is looking more and more like a project to universalize the un-universalizable.

Invoking Nazis and pogroms in discussing the Hamas attacks is wrong and offensive and helps the Israeli government avoid responsibility for its failures.

They are breaking the compact between ordinary people and those in whom power is vested.

“When you live in the past, the people around you hate you, don’t understand and don’t accept you,” Valentyna Odnoviu wrote.

A peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine will stop the killing and in the long run make Ukraine better able to defend itself and democracy.

The U.S. Treasury secretary explains why America and its allies should unlock the value of Russian capital immobilized at the start of the war to give Ukraine the financing it needs.

In calling snap elections, Emmanuel Macron has taken a dangerous gamble.

A cease-fire deal in Gaza might halt a war between Israel and Hezbollah.

Success isn’t an Instagrammable skyline.

Never has the country looked less like a leader and more like the head of a faction.

The European Union’s democratic deficit is slowly beginning to evaporate.

Narendra Modi is a diminished figure after a disappointing election showing that could imperil his visions for an intolerant Hindu state.

Claudia Sheinbaum has shown she can take a pragmatic approach to crime.

There was no place for rogue militias in the Sudan we dreamed of.

For all its singularity, Belgium tells a quintessentially European story.

Israel is facing a stark choice about its future. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant represents a critical role in the path it takes.

The country’s story of liberation has been both a symbol of hope and a burden. Now it’s time for reality.

Neither female front-runner in Mexico’s presidential race has proposed a strong agenda to serve the women who put them where they are today.

“Now is the moment for Britain to choose its future,” Rishi Sunak told an indifferent nation as water soaked into his suit.

The commissioner of UNRWA calls for an end to Israeli attacks, both physical and verbal, against its staff and buildings.

British voters are fed up with the Tories, and a change election seems inevitable. But Labour does not seem poised to capitalize on the moment.

The armed services are not sized or equipped to deal with new global threats.

The country is in the midst of another complex transformation.

Russia’s election in 1996 is a cautionary tale for America.

In Modi’s Hindu-nationalist India, Muslims have to deny who we are.

Americans have traded their faith in the American dream for pretty much everybody else’s sour, populist mood.

Is 2024 the year that Iran finally decides it can no longer take chances with its security and races to build a nuclear bomb?

Speaker Mike Johnson should let the House vote on extending and expanding RECA, and our lawmakers should vote yes.

He could convert the United States from a dominant economic and military power into something he purports to abhor — a global loser.

The generation on the cusp of taking power in Iran sees domestic oppression and foreign aggression as indispensable to the success of the revolution.

There is a disregard among Israeli soldiers for Palestinian lives, and we are seeing it in Gaza today.

The liberal arts are fading just when we need them most.

The shooting of Slovakia’s prime minister comes with a backdrop of growing political polarization.

Things for Ukraine are likely to get worse before they get better.

Never before has it been so entwined with China.

Gotham’s 400th birthday calls for a celebration worthy of the great metropolis it is.

China’s economy has reached a dead end. Getting out will mean more trade friction with the United States.

In how the president made his announcement, he enabled Netanyahu to look like an innocent victim

Britain’s Conservative Party is in crisis.

As long as Iran is ruled by a government that puts ideology before its national interest, the Middle East will never know meaningful stability.

It does not have to be this way.

Anxiety about China is making American policymakers react in paranoid, repressive ways.

The U.S. is losing its terror-fighting presence in Africa. That’s not a bad thing if Washington uses the development to help African governments deliver more to their citizens.

The plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda promises to be an exercise in cruelty.

With its TikTok bill, Congress sent a message to the world: You cannot disregard basic internet norms and expect to be treated like any other country.

Chinese pride and triumphalism have given way to malaise in the post-Covid era.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada and his Liberal Party are facing increasing unpopularity in an era of right-wing ascendancy.

Radical Christians are working to erase L.G.B.T.Q. visibility from schools and ultimately, South Korean society.

A visit to Ukraine and Russia would allow my son to see that his mother’s native language wasn’t a quirk of hers but something normal for millions of people.

The new alliance structure Washington is pursuing in Asia won’t guarantee peace and stability — and may raise the risk of stumbling into a conflict.

Moldova is a cautionary tale for Ukraine.

She has seen the deep state up close and knows what needs to be done.

Giorgia Meloni is the model for the continent’s far right.

In the last two weeks, the president worked to avoid an immediate disaster. But it’s his own policies that have set the region on its current dangerous trajectory.

Both parties experience echoes of decades past.

The return of Trump to the White House would be disastrous for the planet.

He wants China to win the race to provide climate solutions and assume the global leadership that would come with it.

The nuclear industry has a long history of failing to deliver on its promises.

India’s many problems can’t be solved by his radical Hindu nationalism.

Barring outside journalists from Gaza and the killings of those covering the war must stop.

The global community must draw bright lines for combatants in future conflicts by creating specific protections for power grids.

Should the U.S. forswear launching nukes first in combat?

Ukraine needs more men than it can field, even with draconian conscription policies. And it needs more material than the United States can provide.

A simple yet radical approach in Asia is equipping medical patients and their loved ones with the knowledge they need to heal themselves.

The Ukraine aid package in Congress isn’t about the money. It’s about American steadfastness.