With Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the US all at the table, Russia’s benighted Syria plan may at last have a chance of success.
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We often get the facts wrong, but how we feel about austerity has serious consequences for the political class.
The Republican base wants its country back from the “insiders” – by which it means anyone with conventional expertise.
Only radical change can prevent civil war in a country fractured by the actions of its own government.
We are in danger of losing sight of what freedom is.
Enforcing the birth control policy left millions of children with no identity.
Among unfamiliar languages, cultures, cuisines, jobs and neighbourhoods, what does it take for migrants to establish a sense of home?
John Magufuli has been announced as president elect of Tanzania.
With anti-corruption feeling at an all-time high, a populist comedian has swept to power in Guatemala, while Brazil’s president is facing furious calls for impeachment.
Young asylum seekers need stability… or the consequences can be longlasting
Increased submarine activity is fuelling concerns at Russia’s capability to wage information warfare on the West.
A Chinese company deducts 5-10% of employees wages’ and gives the money to their parents – it’s filial piety in action.
Pointless pickets, factional infighting, grandstanding support for the oppressed – haven’t we been here before?
The European Union was billed as the most important post-WWII peace project. It has failed.
Since the last earthquake in the region in 2005, we have got much better at recovering from disaster.
The former British PM did not go far enough with his apology.
The upper house has humiliated the government, and now there’ll be hell to pay – or will there?
The Israeli PM’s ‘big lie’ about Hitler and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem was of a piece with Netanyahu’s history of making false and misleading claims.
Poland has weathered the economic storm that engulfed Europe, but its centrist government has nonetheless been booted out. Why?
It’s not just a lack of access to healthcare that causes child mortality.
A surprise near-tie has put everyone in Argentine politics on high alert. Is the Kirchner legacy in danger?
A new film questions the way universities handle complaints of sexual assault.
Across Europe, there has been a rise in the number of women earning the most in their family.
The Israeli prime minister’s comments that an Arab leader convinced Hitler to carry out the Holocaust are a distortion of history.
Her candidacy was looking shaky over the summer, but in a few short days, Hillary Clinton has proved she’s still leading the pack.