Briar Stewart

Russia didn’t just use a hypersonic missile to target a site in western Ukraine near the border with Poland, in the European Union, but high ranking officials then went on to boast about the power of the nuclear-capable weapon, in what some saw as a clear... See more

As the newly named crude tanker Marinera made its way across the North Atlantic toward Russia, it was tracked by the U.S. Coast Guard, which had been pursuing it for more than two weeks as part of its blockade on Venezuelan oil . During that time, the shi... See more

For nearly four years, the city of Kramatorsk in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk has been a stronghold — a key logistics hub for the military, and for the population, a literal and symbolic fortress standing firm against a Russian push that continues to edge cl... See more

After spending more than 40 days in the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Hani Mohammad Abu Zarqa's phone rang with the news his young family had been waiting for. His six-month-old daughter Habiba was going to be transferred out of Gaza to receive urgent m... See more

At the Öncüpınar border crossing in southern Turkey, tables, chairs and sofas are piled high on the back of trucks lined up behind a gate. On the back of one sits a precariously strapped washing machine. When the crossing arm lifts up, the trucks loaded w... See more