Abdullah Abdullah, the head of the Afghan government delegation at the peace talks, speaks during opening remarks in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday. Photo: ibraheem al omari/Reuters The Afghanistan government and

A social-media campaign portrayed Navid Afkari, executed in Iran Saturday after being accused of stabbing a man to death, as a victim, targeted for participating in 2018 antigovernment protests like

Family members of detained Hong Kong activists at a press briefing on Saturday covered their faces in an attempt to hide their facial features. Photo: Kin Cheung/Associated Press HONG KONG—Families

People protested police in the Eldorado Park neighborhood near Johannesburg on Thursday. Photo: michele spatari/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Aug. 28, 2020 6:38 pm ET JOHANNESBURG—The fatal police shooting of a South African

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Updated Aug. 28, 2020 10:17 pm ET TOKYO—Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would resign because of a painful intestinal condition, ending his rule after he held the top job

Last week’s move by the U.A.E. to normalize ties with Israel can potentially benefit a range of business sectors. Tourists by the pool of a hotel in Dubai. Photo: KARIM

Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador denied corruption allegations after videos emerged showing his brother accepting cash on behalf of his political movement in 2015. Photo: Hector Vivas/Getty Images By

Alexander Murakhovsky, a senior doctor at the hospital in Omsk, Russia, where Alexei Navalny received medical treatment following a suspected poisoning. Photo: alexey malgavko/Reuters By Thomas Grove Close Thomas Grove

Demonstrators gathered Friday near the Government House in Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus. Photo: vasily fedosenko/Reuters By Ann M. Simmons Close Ann M. Simmons Biography ann.simmons@wsj.com Aug. 14, 2020 3:23