No matter who sits in the White House in 2025, Washington and Tehran will have to sit down and talk at some point

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director, and Najat Maalla M'Jid, UN Special Representative on Violence against Children, write

The closer the competition is, the longer the wait for the results. Unlike in 2020, Republicans are fully prepared to legally contest the results if Trump doesn't win and violence cannot be ruled out.

The US election coincides with an escalating confrontation between Israel and Iran. Both come with global implications, so we combined the two issues for our November Cover Story.

Lessons of 2004 will have to be relearned if hawks in the US and Israel are not realistic about the limits to their own power in the region

How the US—and other powers—keep trying to reshape the region

A second Trump administration might have less sympathy for Israel

The first clues on election night that could point to the next president

Amid Israel's campaign in southern Lebanon, voters in the city of Dearborn express anger and indifference

The implementation of the ban is expected to have a catastrophic impact on Palestinians, with many Western governments and aid agencies express their deep concern