What is taking place inside Myanmar is a humanitarian disaster, but it matters for another, more abstract reason, too.

Mapping all the countries from which President Donald Trump’s executive order would restrict travel to the United States.

Much of the world has paid scant attention to Myanmar since the coup. Western countries, which did the most to encourage ...

A judge in El Salvador ordered the provisional detention of prominent lawyer Ruth Lopez, human rights group Cristosal said on ...

A 2,500km (1,500-mile) oil-and-gas pipeline begins on Myanmar’s south-western coast and runs through a cross-section of the ...

The African Union (AU) on Thursday expressed concern over a new US travel ban on several countries, while Somalis were indignant at being among the seven African nations singled out by the Trump ...

Two months after a deadly earthquake ravaged much of central and northeastern Myanmar, recovery is just inching along, with ...

I've been to our morning meeting and the main prospects for BBC Verify today are: Fact-checking the White House's reasons for ...

Retailers, wholesalers and distributors say shifting U.S. trade policies have led to pervasive uncertainty as they gear up ...

In his eulogy for Julius Caesar, Shakespeare’s Mark Antony famously—and, of course, disingenuously—claims that he came “to ...

Also in today’s newsletter, landmark tax bill will add $2.4tn to US debt by 2034, according to fiscal watchdog ...

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Texas has enforced some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the United States, and therefore in the Western world.