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Indonesia is preparing to execute several foreign convicts for drug trafficking, and has rebuffed their countries’ pleas for clemency. That may be illegal.
In the wake of the racist behaviour of a group of Chelsea supporters on the Paris Métro last week, a range of excellent critical commentaries emerged, pondering what these actions signified and how English…
Argentines have taken to the streets in their hundreds of thousands since the death of Alberto Nisman – but for what?
One wants to spend £60,000 on a council house the other thinks it costs the same to build a conservatory.
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe is the only hope for neutral information about what’s going on in Eastern Ukraine.
It may not have been the best investigative journalism, but just because they are easy targets doesn’t mean it’s a pointless exercise.
The relationship between politicians and businesses has become murky in the past decade.
Liberal values are under siege around the world. Their most dogged defender must not be left out in the cold.
In his spare time, the former foreign secretary enjoys reading, taking walks and doing odd jobs.
The debate over the debates rages on, and the broadcasters’ decision to widen the field could have unexpected consequences.
The second Minsk agreement is being implemented in fits and starts, but outbreaks of violence show Ukraine is still on a knife-edge.
On February 23, Trinidad and Tobago will host the first preparatory meeting of the recently adopted Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) – the first real international mechanism to stem the spread of weapons across…
Society tends to see men that abduct and sexually abuse children as evil, but given we feel so strongly about what they do, we know surprisingly little about them. These crimes are rare and the extreme…
In our series looking at relations between the Russians and the nations along its borders, this instalment turns the spotlight on North Korea.
China is building artificial islands to exert military influence in the South China Sea. Could this bring military conflict back to a long-peaceful region?
At age ten, children in England, Northern Ireland and Wales can be found guilty of a criminal offence. They can face trial and be placed in detention. We don’t allow children of ten to hold a driver’s…
Fairly or not, the European Union’s foreign policy has been an international laughing stock for two decades. But Ukraine is changing that.
Russia has long taken day trips in Europe but it is ratcheting up its schedule.
A report from the Electoral Reform Commission proposes some public-pleasing changes. But we should be careful what we wish for.
Instead of worrying whether the latest ceasefire deal will keep Ukraine at peace, we should be getting on with making it a viable state again.
As news of Peter Oborne’s resignation from The Daily Telegraph went scattering around the internet and as further coverage came in interviews and articles that evening and the following morning, it became…
Peter Oborne’s attack on the management of the Daily Telegraph for downplaying the latest HSBC scandal raises interesting insights into a wider malaise within business journalism. On one side stands The…
On February 16, Egypt bombed Islamic State (IS) targets in the militant-controlled Libyan city of Derna, in response to the beheading of 21 Egyptian workers. The speed with which this unprecedented military…
It may come as a surprise to some that the biggest story out of the 2015 Cricket World Cup this year has not been about hosts Australia, or its foes England, South Africa or India. Instead, Ireland’s shock…