Colombia’s decades-long conflict with the FARC could be nearing a major breakthrough. But can the Colombian state stand in the way of other opportunistic militias?
A delegate at the Conservative conference prepares for battle.
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In his hostility towards refugees, Hungary’s prime minister has forgotten that nearly 2,000 years ago, Syrians lived on the land that now makes up his country.
To his home audience, Vladimir Putin’s strategy in Syria appears to be sound.
The Tsar Nicholas II and his son Alexei in capitivity in Tobolsk in 1917.
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Barack Obama has challenged the US media on gun laws, but despite the First Amendment, journalists are too scared to speak against abuse of the Second Amendment.
Farage and Banks: quit with them, not the other lot?
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Migrants and refugees are placed under constant scrutiny once they arrive in the EU. But what happens to those who don’t survive the journey is a different story.
Despite a fierce exchange of rhetoric over Russia’s airstrikes in Syria, it makes sense for Moscow and Washington to coordinate their military intervention.
David Cameron was met by calls for slavery reparations during his visit to Jamaica in September.
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