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America’s gun violence debate is at a fever pitch – but it’s part of a much deeper cultural reckoning.
Thousands of staff are employed by the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency. Their futures remain uncertain.
The EU faces three key challenges over Brexit: avoiding a no-deal scenario, managing the ticking negotiation clock and ensuring its own unity.
Despite its reputation, Russia has contributed much more to international law than it’s sometimes given credit for.
It’s been 100 years since a book written by Marie Stopes revolutionsed the way that people talked about sex.
A damning inquiry has revealed the extent of the abuse suffered by British children sent abroad between 1920 and 1970. But it skirts around Aboriginal cultural genocide.
The 1995 Tokyo sarin attack helped make Japanese criminal justice dramatically more punitive.
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a call to reconsider whether interrogation techniques used in the 1970s against men interned in Northern Ireland amounted to torture.
Transition isn’t leaving, nor is it staying. And some key questions remain unanswered.
The row over suspected Russian involvement in the assassination attempt on Sergei Skripal has sparked some very confrontational social media activity.
A new study shows how even having a few intelligent people in a group can benefit others.
The attempted murder of a former Russian spy gives Britain a chance to find its feet – with the EU, NATO and a clutch of important allies on side.
The UK will continue to abide by several important EU rules during a 21-month Brexit transition period.
An evidence-based measure of minimum income has been widely adopted – and could now change the rules around legal aid.
Putin and Trump both invoke a kind of religion that emphasises a past golden age, rather than shared practices of church attendance and piety.
Coalition forces are careful about how they report civilian deaths. And we think war is painless, as a result.
The powers exist but must be used with caution, explains a legal expert. They don’t form a vigilante’s charter.
A legal expert explains why Russia’s accusations that the UK breached international law are unfounded.
Singapore claims to have nearly eliminated drug use and crime thanks to capital punishment - but the data tells a very different story.
In March 2016, the EU struck a deal with Turkey to stop migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Greece. What has happened since?
The foreign secretary will host a summit in London this summer on helping Balkan states join the EU.
Re-elected for a fourth term, Putin is not on the best terms with the rest of the world. But does he actually care?
Without public pressure, politicians won’t make improving conditions in prisons a priority.
The British PM says Russia is probably responsible for the attack on Sergei Skripal. But getting definitive proof could mean compromising British intelligence work.