Spotlight
Latin America Turns on Argentina
In Qatar 2022, Argentina could count on the support of the rest of the region. This time the tide has turned, with many rooting against their neighbor.
The Octagon Fortress
At the inauguration of the government’s new, centralized military headquarters, President Sisi linked the multimillion-dollar project to preventing a repeat of the 2011 uprising, validating long-standing criticisms that the New Administrative Capital was largely designed to insulate the state from popular unrest.
Inside the Dispute Over How To Define a Journalist
The CPJ's decision to review eight journalists removed from its Gaza casualty database has sparked a broader dispute over how the organization defines journalism, culminating in a board vote to reaffirm its existing standards.
Syria’s New Parliament of Networks
The backgrounds of those taking their seats in Syria’s new People's Assembly reveal overlapping networks that emerged from the years of revolution and civil war, and a parliament that is anything but a monolith.
There Is No Iran Nuclear Deal and There May Never Be
How exactly does the agreement that President Trump has reached with Iran measure up against the JCPOA or Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration in 2015 — which Trump shredded in 2018?
Pakistan’s Drone Strikes Are Hitting Afghan Civilians
Pakistan says its drone strikes are targeting militants operating from Afghan soil. On the ground, nearly all strikes have hit homes, villages and markets, killing children and other civilians — and fueling anger and a retaliatory cycle that diplomacy has so far failed to break.
How Soccer Commentators Became the Sport’s Greatest Storytellers
From the BBC's numbered pitch grids to Issam Chaouali's poetic eruptions, commentators have shaped not just how soccer is watched but how it is remembered.