Global lens

feature A chain of horribly violent incidents, the culmination of two years of rising tensions, could well prove to be the trigger for a third intifida

By The Week Staff Published 9 February 23

feature Incident triggered cancellation of US Secretary of State’s visit to China

By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published 6 February 23

feature At least 12 senior officials have resigned or been sacked by President Zelenskyy in an anti-corruption drive

By The Week Staff Published 3 February 23

feature LGBT rights likely to overshadow religious leaders’ visit to African nation

By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published 30 January 23

feature Why have thousands of people, including Greta Thunberg, been marching to save the site?

By The Week Staff Published 19 January 23

feature The country no longer has any democratically elected officials as it faces a humanitarian crisis

By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published 16 January 23

feature Lula faces “an uphill battle” in his pledge to reverse and eventually end deforestation in the Amazon

By The Week Staff Published 13 January 23

feature Taliban leaders view ‘complete gender segregation’ as a recipe for a ‘truly Islamic system’

By The Week Staff Published 5 January 23

feature The saga reveals an ‘uncomfortable if familiar truth’ that money does buy influence, say commentators

By The Week Staff Published 21 December 22

feature Rival gangs of shocking brutality have competed to fill power vacuum left following the assassination of President Moïse

By The Week Staff Published 15 December 22

feature Five years after he pledged to clean up French politics, Macron’s government remains plagued by scandal

By The Week Staff Published 8 December 22

feature ‘Sombre’ state memorial service marks ‘tentative moment of unity’ after recent protests

By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published 6 December 22