--- title: world affairs | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/world-affairs/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/world-affairs/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # world affairs ## world affairs *  Apr 17, 2026 ## [How Hormuz Could Shape China’s Taiwan Strategy](https://time.com/article/2026/04/16/hormuz-iran-china-taiwan-strategy/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Eyck Freymann *  Apr 3, 2026 ## [Trump and the Venezuela Model of Compliant Autocracy](https://time.com/article/2026/04/02/trump-and-the-venezuela-model-of-autocracy/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Boris Muñoz *  Mar 25, 2026 ## [Controlling the Strait of Hormuz is Iran’s Real Nuclear Option](https://time.com/article/2026/03/25/strait-of-hormuz-iran-war-weapon-option/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Bobby Ghosh *  Mar 5, 2026 ## [Iran's Mullahs Backed the 1953 Coup. What Will They Back Next?](https://time.com/7382514/iran-transition-clergy-1953-coup-ayatollah/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Bobby Ghosh *  Mar 2, 2026 ## [After Khamenei: What Iran, and the World, Face Next](https://time.com/7381954/iran-ayatollah-khamenei-trump-israel/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Hamidreza Azizi *  Feb 27, 2026 ## [How Terrorism Dies](https://time.com/7381336/terrorism-west-germany-europe-united-states/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Jason Burke *  Feb 26, 2026 ## [Why Global Aid Must Be Reimagined](https://time.com/7381128/global-aid-trump-reform-un-wfp-global-south/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Andrew Thompson *  Feb 25, 2026 ## [Finding Hope in the Ruins of Sudan’s War](https://time.com/7380894/sudan-war-uae-rsf-darfur-khartoum/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Yousra Elbagir *  Feb 24, 2026 ## [What It’s Like to Live in Ukraine Since Russia’s Invasion](https://time.com/7380684/life-in-ukraine-since-russias-invasion/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Daria Kolomiec *  Feb 19, 2026 ## [Tariq Rahman Must Revive Bangladesh’s Economy](https://time.com/7379429/tariq-rahmans-bangladeshs-economy-china-america/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Farid Erkizia Bakht *  Feb 15, 2026 ## [Takaichi Wants to Make Japan Great Again. It Won't Be Easy.](https://time.com/7378431/sanae-takaichi-japan-economy-military-china-trump/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Jeff Kingston *  Jan 30, 2026 ## [How Fatherhood Gave Me a Language to Resist Cultural Erasure](https://time.com/7362424/armenia-djulfa-cemetery-khachkar/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Simon Maghakyan *  Jan 21, 2026 ## [NATO May Not Survive the Trump Era](https://time.com/7353897/nato-trump-greenland-russia/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Ivan Krastev *  Jan 15, 2026 ## [For Trump, a Path Forward on Iran That Goes Beyond Bombs](https://time.com/7346661/trump-iran-military-strikes-diplomacy-sanctions/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Ali Vaez *  Jan 15, 2026 ## [Trump, Tariffs, and the Rewiring of the American Empire](https://time.com/7346173/trump-tariffs-india-china-the-united-states/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Pratap Bhanu Mehta ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@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/tag/world-affairs/","name":"world affairs"}}]}] ```