In November 2019, James Le Mesurier, the British co-founder of the Syrian rescue group, fell to his death in Istanbul. What led an internationally celebrated humanitarian to take his own life?

A year ago, he was one of the Premier League’s highest-paid players. Now, after angering China and refusing a pay cut, he has simply vanished.

Partying in Kavos during the pandemic.

The history of civilian internment camps.

How a middle-class jock from a Texas border town became La Barbie, one of the most ruthless and feared cartel leaders in Mexico.

Nine days in Wuhan.

Shut out of the employment market in their 20s, hikkomori shut-ins continue to search for direction in middle age.

The bizarre story of what happened when Chinese crypto millionaire Justin Sun acquired BitTorrent.

In Gujarat, India, a special breed of camel is not constrained by land—but cannot escape the many forces of change.

With Deutsche Bank’s help, an oligarch’s buying spree trails ruin across the US heartland.

The F.B.I. tried to recruit an Iranian scientist as an informant. When he balked, the payback was brutal.

The Western student of international politics knows to nod approvingly when Lee’s name is mentioned. Frustrated by the sludge of partisan politics in his own country, he sees in Lee’s legacy a kind of exotic escape. If asked, he remarks sagely: Singapore is proof of what enlightened authoritarianism can achieve.

In the pandemic, “caremongering” has become a new term for an old—and joyous—practice

Gearing up for the fight against a new climate enemy.

Immigrant struggles in America forged a bond that became even tighter after my mother’s A.L.S. diagnosis. Then, as COVID-19 threatened, Chinese nationalists began calling us traitors to our country.

Filipino teachers, hired to fill historic shortages in the South and elsewhere, fight their exploitation by opportunistic recruiters.

Obinwanne Okeke was supposed to be a rags-to-riches Nigerian success story, was even featured on the cover of Forbes. Then the feds followed the money.

Every year eleven million people attend Magh Mela, a Hindu festival on the banks of the Ganges. The temporary infrastructure to support them includes hospitals and power stations, plus a massive surveillance apparatus.

Decades ago, a marketing stunt promised Philippine soda drinkers a chance at a million pesos. But an error at a bottling plant led to 600,000 winners—and to lawsuits, rioting, and even deaths.

Brutality and resistance on the front lines of Hong Kong’s battle for democracy.

The refugee and author survived, stateless, for seven years. What’s next?

A trip into the Arctic.

An eccentric Dutchman began living in a giant underground facility built by the German military—and ran a server farm beloved by cybercriminals.

For the first time, data scientists have modeled how climate refugees might move across international borders. This is what they found.

A trans activist from El Salvador who has helped countless trans migrant women fight for asylum in the U.S. finds asylum for herself.