Advocates say hanging up Englandās St. Georgeās Cross flag is patriotic. But critics say the flag has been co-opted by the far right for nationalistic purposes.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/22/england-flag-immigration-protest-racism/
More than half a million people in and around Gaza City are facing catastrophic conditions ācharacterized by starvation, destitution and death,ā the IPC said.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/22/gaza-city-famine-ipc/
For Greece, a gateway into the 27-member European Union, the lengthy incarceration of irregular migrants could soon be the new norm.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/22/greece-migrants-criminalization-detention-trump/
A wave of attacks by armed groups across Colombia this year has left Colombians fearing a return to the countryās more violent past.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/21/colombia-truck-bomb-helicopter-attack/
Jalal al-Labbad and his brothers were imprisoned over charges stemming from participation in Arab Spring protests. He and one of his brothers have since been executed.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/21/saudi-arabia-execution-minor-shia-protester/
Cesar Atencio and Lina Arias wanted a better life. Instead, they faced gangs, kidnappers and a closed border. Their journey toward the U.S. shows a region reshaped and a dream reimagined.https://www.wsj.com/world/they-set-out-to-find-the-american-dream-theyre-stuck-in-a-mexican-nightmare-a9aeb59d
Recent optimism for peace has faded, and President Trump is looking for new answers.https://www.wsj.com/world/russia-ukraine-peace-deal-trump-push-0da03328
Food-security experts said a famine has taken hold in the Gaza City area, the first-ever such determination in the Middle East and one that puts more pressure on Israel.https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/famine-announced-in-parts-of-gaza-8b1763d0
Wages in the eurozone rose at a slightly faster pace during the three months through June as unemployment remained at record lows.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/eurozone-wage-growth-gains-pace-likely-adding-to-ecb-caution-b351c581
Oil prices rose on fading optimism for a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine.https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/oil-steady-russia-ukraine-potential-peace-talks-in-focus-5c174b86
Concerned citizens and bartenders are campaigning to end the lines snaking out of pubs. āI know this is England, but please stop queuing.āhttps://www.wsj.com/world/britains-pub-culture-faces-a-mortal-threat-the-single-file-queue-0b6688af
A Black Hawk was attacked by cocaine-trafficking group, officials said, the latest in an escalating series of drone attacks against security forces.https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/police-helicopter-downed-by-drone-in-colombia-killing-12-48117a0d
A week after Alaska, it looks like nothing has changed in the Kremlin.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/vladimir-putin-donald-trump-volodymyr-zelensky-ukraine-russia-e08c4bcb
The Seven Churches pilgrimage in Rome made for a powerful Holy Year exercise.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-hopeful-tour-of-the-eternal-city-8a088eb9
The president is handing a weapon to trading partners who feel theyāve been bullied into trade deals.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-approach-to-antitrust-is-as-bad-as-bidens-20eb7eff
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Trump agreed to reconvene shortly to discuss further.https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/canada-pm-carney-touts-productive-call-with-president-trump-over-trade-e14d08e6
Polls show voters are growing restless with Friedrich Merz, raising pressure on the chancellor to deliver on the domestic stage.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/can-germanys-merz-revive-the-economy-voters-are-running-out-of-patience-651902fc
GDP fell 0.3% on quarter in the three months to the end of June, with industry faring worse than anticipated as U.S. tariffs hurt exports.https://www.wsj.com/economy/germanys-economy-shrank-by-more-than-expected-on-tariff-hit-38f10b9e
Japanās consumer inflation cooled in July, but remained well above the central bankās target of 2%, reinforcing expectations of a coming interest-rate increase.https://www.wsj.com/economy/japans-inflation-stays-well-above-bojs-2-target-5e51f5df
The Fed unveiled a strategy five years ago for worries that the economy outgrew. Now, it will formally reset.https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/fed-jerome-powell-strategy-change-6fab8188