Like the realisation on the failure of development, we have also internalised the failure on democracy, argues Aakar Patel.

The US Afghanistan policy was also fraught with internal contradictions. The SIGAR report highlighted that the government set impractical timelines, equating rapid spending with reconstruction ...

India will begin purchasing oil from Venezuela to replace some of the petrol it purchases from Russia a month after President ...

Ma Ruilin worked as a Communist Party cadre helping fellow Muslims navigate their country as religious minorities, until the ...

‘Open dialogue’ with China provides hope in Jimmy Lai case, senior minister says - The Prime Minister raised the British citizen’s case directly with Chinese President Xi Jinping when they met in ...

Democracy does not automatically extend into new domains. It must be deliberately constructed. Space is no longer only a ...

On the last day of the extended legislative session on Friday last week, the Legislative Yuan, with a slight majority held by the opposition Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party ...

Readers respond to a guest essay about the state’s effort to bar “officially disapproved ideas” from its university classrooms.

Readers express strong opposition to Byron Donalds' potential gubernatorial run, citing his support for Donald Trump and ICE. Several letters criticize the actions of ICE agents in Minneapolis, ...

Shabana Mahmood’s announcement that facial recognition is to be rolled out across the nation is no vague statement of aspiration.

In his annual address to French ambassadors in January, French President Emmanuel Macron sharply criticized the US for "gradually turning away" from some of its allies and "breaking free from ...

The following is the full transcript of the interview with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, a portion of which aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Feb. 1, 2026.