Russia’s extraordinary show of force in and around Ukraine underscores the military imbalance between the two countries. 

El Salvador’s homicide rate plummeted in recent years, but a spate of killings has drawn attention to President Nayib Bukele’s controversial approach to tackling gang violence.

Queen Elizabeth II is the monarch of fourteen countries in addition to the United Kingdom. Barbados’s transition to a republic has revived debate over the future of the Crown.

The attacks on the sprawling Saudi oil facility bear all the hallmarks of an Iranian operation, marking a dangerous new phase in Gulf tensions.

Germany, once dangerously dependent on Russian energy, has defied Russian expectations in its reaction to war in Ukraine.