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Long considered the epitome of German engineering, Volkswagen has struggled to keep up with shifts in consumer and societal demands.

Accusing Hamas of violating the terms of a fragile ceasefire, Israel has prevented thousands of Palestinians from returning to northern Gaza...

Palestinian residents of Gaza, the vast majority of them homeless, celebrated when the Israel-Hamas ceasefire was announced. But as they ret...

Incarcerated people in California have helped put out the fires in Los Angeles. One man, deported to Mexico for his crime, says he wishes he...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made Ukraine’s book publishing industry a target of the war. But the industry and Ukrainian readers are...

Liberal internationalism is losing its luster with many voters internationally. Could Donald Trump’s inauguration mark an end to the post Wo...

As Israelis celebrate the return of hostages held in Gaza, they are also anguished over the long time it took to bring them home. A nagging...

Salome Zourabichvili, Georgia’s “only legitimate president,” warned at a Monitor Breakfast that American interests would be at risk should h...

Progress roundup: Indigenous art goes home to Brazil, rights are granted to children born to Malaysian mothers overseas, and farms  help bir...

Ukrainians hope that Mr. Trump’s planned peace initiative will not let Moscow prevail, warning the U.S. leader not to trust his Russian coun...

Once known for its efforts to curtail population growth, China is now facing a demographic crisis that threatens its economy and already-fra...

The nonprofit Swords to Plowshares Northeast isn’t just raising awareness of gun violence; it is forging a more peaceful vision for the futu...

As Donald Trump takes office in the U.S., China pitches itself as the new global leader – and for all the countries’ ideological differences...

A ceasefire in the War in Gaza – brokered by the United States, Qatar, and Egypt – took effect on Sunday as Hamas released the first three h...

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested Sunday, just days after being apprehended at his home in Seoul. He faces possib...

Over more than 15 months of war and loss, Israeli and Palestinian emotions have been rubbed raw, or suppressed. Now they are being released...

Many assume Donald Trump’s policies mirror those of Vladimir Putin. But there is a yawning gulf between the two men’s outlooks for the war i...

Word of an Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release deal was greeted with relief and some celebrations. But Israelis and Palestinians have...

Donald Trump prides himself on his skills as a dealmaker, but his ambitions to reach agreements with China, Russia, and Iran may be beyond h...

Donald Trump’s suggestion that he’d use force to acquire Greenland may just be bargaining. But for Denmark and Europe, it’s a possibility to...

Fifty years after ousting Portugal’s colonial government in Mozambique, Frelimo is still in power. But young people’s desire for change was...

Deportations entail fear and heartbreak. But amid an expected wave of deportees from the U.S., Mexican civil society is mobilizing to lay ou...

The 10-nation bloc, known as ASEAN, has been useful for the United States in countering China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific. Many member n...

President Joe Biden’s final foreign policy speech and Donald Trump’s previews of his priorities underscore a tectonic shift in how America p...

Shelters are struggling to care for vulnerable animals. A constellation of animal welfare groups is supplementing their work.