Restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic have increased threats to press freedom in the region, raising questions over how to respond.   

If passed, a new bill would signal U.S. support for the protesters and put pressure on China’s leaders.

The assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh will intensify debate in Tehran over whether to reengage in the nuclear deal with the Biden administration.

The conflict in oil-rich Libya has become a proxy war, fueled by rival foreign powers such as Russia and Turkey.

The murder of Haiti’s embattled president stands to deepen the country’s political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.