The government’s austerity programme hasn’t just put the poor under terrible pressure – it’s actually breached Britain’s international legal obligations.
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Talk on the street is that nothing short of revolution will do after the referendum.
Brazil is being rocked by a graft scandal of titanic proportions. Could it bring down Dilma Rousseff?
It can’t compete with the US, but the UK became part of mega-memorial culture after the London bombings.
David Cameron has tried to claim the clothes of social justice for the Conservatives. It’s time he took them off.
It may feel like the battle is being lost but some vital information has been gathered in the decade since the London bombings.
Thoughtless tweets and unfair conditions didn’t hold women back – but they still deserve better.
Angela Merkel is in a tight spot, and her usual tactics won’t work.
The referendum is a victory against the political class that has driven Greece to the brink, and the eurocrats who refused to help.
There’s a massive war going on at the tip of the Arabian peninsula – but you’d hardly know it.
The US and UK were attacked by suicide bombers within a few years of each other, but their responses were very different.
Splits over Trident can create stalemate between the UK’s forces, but the public needs to debate renewing the deterrent before time runs out.
As Ashraf Ghani nominated the first woman judge to Afghanistan’s Supreme Court, the same court took a decision that enraged Afghans.
Crowds have the potential to provide a “fourth emergency service” - but only if we let them.
The government has published its plan on English Votes for English Laws – and is working out a bigger majority for itself in the process.
The deadline for Greece’s latest payment has passed, so why is Syriza pushing ahead with a referendum?
It might seem like Greece and Europe are arguing about money, but it’s really all about vengeance.
The pro-Beijing proposal Hong Kong’s democracy activists dreaded has been voted down. What now?
The extreme right and extreme left have found themselves united against Europe.
Here’s how well do the Eurozone countries look after their citizens.
Massive youth unemployment and a legal system left over from dictatorship days are still holding Tunisia back.
Ukraine is giving Russia two options – and neither is likely to end well.
Five years of turmoil shows the union rests on shaky legal foundations.
After years of liberal laws, terminations are now almost completely out of bounds.
Why are Syria and Israel competing to be the ultimate protecters of the Druze?