The first presidential debate in the US elections has been widely condemned as ugly and ill-tempered.

By 2050 about 64% of the developing world and 86% of the developed world will be urbanized.

The US coronavirus death toll has passed 200,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University (JHU). More than 6.8 million people are known to have been infected in the US, more than in any other country.

Our international network of cartoonists draws about that most endemic of international injustices.

Since 2007, September 15 is the International Day of Democracy, with the purpose of promoting and upholding the principles of democracy.

Floods in Sudan Floods have killed at least 99 people this year and caused total and partial collapse of more than 100,000 homes. The government has declared a state of emergency.

According to the UN, more deaths are caused each year by air pollution than by AIDS and malaria. As long as COs level keep breaking records, cartoonists will weigh in to visualize the future.

The Charlie Hebdo terror trial begins in Paris, 5 years after the attack. Charlie Hebdo also decided to reprint the cartoons about the Prophet Muhammad and Islam that prompted the deadly attack in 2015.

Renowned Jordanian cartoonist Emad Hajjaj was arrested by the Jordanian authorities for a cartoon related to the signing of the peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.

A collection of cartoons about the gun culture in the United States.

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was on a flight from Siberia to Moscow when he suddenly fell ill. After an emergency landing, Navalny is now in a coma in a Siberian hospital hooked on a ventilator. All this, his supporters say, is likely the result of an attempt to poison him.

In recent weeks Trump has criticized mail-in ballots, with a huge surge in the number of Americans casting their votes by post expected this year amid the coronavirus crisis. Trump has refused to grant a funding increase for the US Postal Service, which could lead to problems with voting by mail in the November elections.

In many ways Turkey occupies two different worlds. The country bridges the divide between East and West, not only because of its location in both Europe and Asia, but also when it comes to politics, religion and culture. The legacy of Atatürk has made Turkey into what is probably the most secular state in the world, but as a liberal democracy, the Turkish political system is still deeply flawed.

Vladimir Putin has approved the world’s first coronavirus vaccine, but does it work? The only discernible difference between Russia’s vaccine and others is that this one has skipped most of the testing phases.

Lukashenko, the autocratic president of Belarus, claims he has won 80% of the vote in the elections. The opposition does not accept this claim; protesters and riot police clashed in the capital Minsk and other cities.