ROME — It would be a mistake to downplay the progress Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has made on the Palestinian question. The proposed motion to recognize the State of Palestine, albeit tied ...

BEIJING — The message is the same to China‘s civil servants, party members, employees of state-owned enterprises: show more restraint. With Chinese national debt continuing to rise, the government ...

GAZA CITY — The 1967 Arab-Israeli war ended in defeat for “revolutionary” and “progressive” Arab regimes — according to the terms of that time. Despite the great, bitter and surprising defeat that ...

The world’s most famous secret agent is turning 50 – the James Bond film franchise is marking five decades since the October 5, 1962 release of Dr. No, the first movie of the series produced by London ...

BARCELONA — In 1976, Barcelona’s General Metropolitan Plan (PGM) was approved as a framework for the city’s urban planning. But the city’s issues back then were different than what it faces today: ...

In Zurich, Addicts can use drugs they have brought with them in the pressure room under controlled conditions. Boris Roessler/DPA/ZUMA ZURICH — What makes this room remarkable is not what’s present ...

BUENOS AIRES — The “crystal generation,” or young people born since 2000, is often described as fragile and intolerant of setbacks. Also termed Generation Z or Gen Z, the group is also perceived, more ...

PARIS — There is a new bill before the French National Assembly that calls for “reinforcing the respect of the principles of the Republic,” and fight against Islamist “separatism.” We already know ...

ZURICH – In the small Pakistani community of Bhati Dilwan, a former village councilor says children are being sickened by filthy water. Who’s to blame? He says it’s bottled water-maker Nestlé, which ...

When Hallows Eve was first introduced as a Celtic festival some 2,000 years ago, bonfires and costumes were seen as a legitimate way to ward off ghosts and evil spirits. Today of course, with science ...

A Colombian student of Franz Kafka insists works by the 20th century Czech author, like The Trial, are so close to Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment as to be versions of it — creating potential ...

The last sighting of Vladimir Putin was five days ago, when the Russian President appeared at the inauguration of a giant Ferris wheel in Moscow. Stay up-to-date with the latest on the Russia-Ukraine ...