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Men are still getting away with blaming jealousy for killing women.
Controversy has raged down the years over whether the film was censored by the government. Now secret files reveal the truth after 50 years.
Russia sees last week’s FIFA arrests as politically motivated mischief-making by the US. A UEFA boycott would add to this paranoia.
As Mexico limbers up for a national poll, its neglected and corrupt institutions are unable to curb a terrible wave of violence.
The West has stood by and watched as democracy was stifled in Egypt. It will reap the whirlwind.
From rail strike threats to new anti-strike legislation, the Tory election success looks set to bring tensions to the boil in the coming weeks and months.
Revelations on the BBC’s Panorama confirm what many Northern Irish already knew: justice is not for everyone.
The defeat of the Scottish Assisted Dying Bill may be a blow for supporters, but it is not terminal.
The UN’s peacekeeping efforts are all very well, but they take too long to mount and are unevenly spread across member states. It’s time to build something less ad hoc.
Scottish and English land rules look set to further diverge, but talk of a revolution north of the border is somewhat wide of the mark.
No-one wants to run a ‘No’ campaign these days but it actually won’t make much of a difference.
The trial of an American journalist in Iran was a craven farce – and a reminder of the brutality with which Tehran still treats journalists.
When he interred four anti-racist and secularist icons in Paris’s Panthéon, François Hollande perhaps hoped some of their legacy would rub off on him.
The Conservatives have got it half-right by seeking to repeal the Human Rights Act. Too bad they want to replace it with something almost as unhelpful.
Football is a huge deal in Europe but less so in the states. So why did it take action from Loretta Lynch to topple FIFA?
The EU’s proposal to relocate 40,000 Syrian and Eritrean nationals from Greece and Italy to other EU Member States is not what it seems.
While FIFA officials face charges, women footballers face poor conditions and underinvestment ahead of the World Cup.
Blair’s time as peace envoy left a lot to be desired.
A recent ombudsman’s report suggests that most people are more concerned with end-of-life care than the right to end their lives.
Why are the UK’s left-over possessions in the Indian Ocean still the subject of furious legal dispute?
A new study rejoices at being able to predict crowd movements and size with phone data. But those methods won’t keep us safe.
The promised referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU is now firmly on the parliamentary agenda. Opening parliament on May 27, the Queen announced that the government would introduce early legislation…
The threat of a strike can cause trepidation among the public - but where would we be without them?
David Cameron and his government will have to be masters of tactics to get through this parliament. They’re already correcting their course.