Scientists and politicians are trying to reassure us it is still worth trying to hold down warming
Turning yourself from a democratically elected president into a dictator is a tricky operation, and most people who try it fail.
A lot has happened in the Middle East since last July and none of it has been good news for the Iranian regime.
What are the odds Ahmed al-Sharaa can bring peace, prosperity and even democracy to Syria
Take a moment, first, to celebrate the fall of a regime of surpassing evil even by the Middle East's demanding standards.
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It is far from certain they will succeed, but HTS has caught the Assad regime with its pants down
Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant have not been found guilty of anything. However . . .
The consensus assumption is still that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump will force Ukraine to yield to Russia as soon as he takes office on Jan. 20. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky himself said on Friday once Trump becomes president the war with Russia will âend sooner,â but he didnât say it
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The two sides have had their day in court, one day each, actually. The seventeen judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) have now retired to consider what interim decisions they should make on South Africa's accusation that Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip amount to the crime of
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The Armenians are a people of great antiquity – the first Armenian kingdom was in the 8th century BC – but they grew up in a tough neighbourhood, and they have been in retreat for a very long time. Read More
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Here’s how to sound wise when writing about mass killings and gun control. Last week saw two such massacres in Serbia (eight deaths and nine deaths respectively) and only one in the U,S. (eight killed in Allen, Texas). The massacre in Brownsville, Texas, was by car, so it doesn’t count.