--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Conversation Global ## The Conversation Global Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close ## The Conversation Global Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jan 10, 2017 ### [How the Yemen War Went from Regional Conflict to Humanitarian Crisis](https://time.com/4629949/yemen-humanitarian-crisis/) What began in 2011 as a popular uprising has now become a catastrophe, with 10,000 dead and a famine... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 22, 2016 ### [How We Know Humans Are to Blame for the Arctic's Extremely Warm Winter](https://time.com/4616520/arctic-warm-winter-humans-climate-change/) "If we do not reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, we estimate that by the late 2040s this event wil... [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Dec 20, 2016 ### [How a Failed Peaceful Revolution Led to Rodrigo Duterte](https://time.com/4608306/rodrigo-duterte-power-revolution/) The Philippines president's drug war shows what happens to democracies when the public is forgotten [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 13, 2016 ### [Why Refugees Don't Stay in Turkey or Greece](https://time.com/4599223/refugees-stay-turkey-greece/) Factors include poor living conditions and lack of employment opportunities [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 8, 2016 ### [China's Reaction to Donald Trump's Taiwan Phone Call Got Lost in Translation](https://time.com/4595252/donald-trump-taiwan-china-phone-call/) It's a problem of mistranslation [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 6, 2016 ### [Europe's Future Hangs in the Balance After Elections in Italy and Austria](https://time.com/4591872/europe-future-italy-austria-election/) The next 12 months will be a crucial time for European politics [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 2, 2016 ### [Why François Hollande Dropped Out of France's Presidential Race](https://time.com/4588855/francois-hollande-dropped-out-presidential-race/) It's a combination of social, economic and political factors ... and record unpopularity levels [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 1, 2016 ### [Colombia Signed a New Peace Agreement. Will It Stick?](https://time.com/4587444/colombia-farc-peace-agreement-sticking/) The new agreement incorporates several new key compromises [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 28, 2016 ### [The Coconut Could Be on the Verge of Collapse](https://time.com/4583445/coconut-collapse/) Stock up on coconut water while you can [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 31, 2016 ### [Iceland's Crowd-Sourced Constitution Offers Hope for Disillusioned Voters](https://time.com/4551623/iceland-constitution-disillusioned-voters/) The constitution includes clauses about environmental protection and human rights law [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 24, 2016 ### [Why Brides in China Are Hiring Professional Bridesmaids](https://time.com/4542681/china-bridesmaid-dangers/) Bridesmaid traditions can be dangerous [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 24, 2016 ### [Dismantling the Calais 'Jungle' Camp Won't Be Enough](https://time.com/4542632/calais-jungle-camp-long-term-solution/) We need long-term solutions to address the refugee crisis [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 20, 2016 ### [How the War on Drugs Fuels Brazil's Deadly Prison Riots](https://time.com/4538513/brazil-war-on-drugs-prison-riots/) Brazil's prisons have been called a "human rights disaster" [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Oct 5, 2016 ### [A Mexican Perspective on the U.S. Election](https://time.com/4518404/donald-trump-mexico-comments-election/) 'Trump’s assertions aren’t just offensive—they’re also empirically wrong' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/the-conversation-global/","name":"The Conversation Global"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/the-conversation-global/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/the-conversation-global/"},"name":"The Conversation Global","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/the-conversation-global/","sameAs":["https://x.com/_TCGlobal"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```