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For many young Iranians, as long as an octogenarian cleric and his allies rule over their country, the country can’t be free.

The U.S. national security adviser argues that America’s allies in NATO are pulling their weight and paying their fair share of the costs of a common defense.

Through a stunning act of collective responsibility, the far right has been stopped.

It’s essential that NATO members agree on how they see the war in Ukraine.

It is a little early to celebrate this election as a triumph for the center.

Russia and China have seized on last week’s painful presidential debate to push their narrative that America is in terminal decline.

Keir Starmer is set to carry a deeply authoritarian impulse into government.

The stakes have never been higher.

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.