The United States is considering new military strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran over its deadly suppression of ...

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Negotiations around President Trump’s demand for U.S. ownership of Greenland have left officials from Denmark, Greenland and ...

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Protests that began in late December over rising prices and a collapsing currency have now spread to most of Iran’s 31 provinces, with demonstrators taking aim at the country’s rulers. The ...

Research Fellow at the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester Protests that began in late December over rising prices and a collapsing currency have now spread to most of Iran’s 31 ...

Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) ...

Why do so many politicians struggle to tell the truth or be transparent? The uncomfortable answer is simple: The political system rewards survival, not honesty. Telling the truth often means admitting ...

Americans are being failed by their government. As it stands, Congress will go home for the holidays without rescuing millions of people whose health insurance premiums will double or more next year.

American democracy seems to be falling into an ever greater crisis. A lottocratic system, in which citizens are randomly selected to serve as legislators, could empower ordinary people and stem ...

Americans rejoice: AI might be hiking our energy bills up to record breaking highs, but it could be just what we need to break free of our dreaded government duopoly. At least, that’s according to ...

Belarusian prisons are thought to hold over 1,100 political prisoners, including 150 women, under harsh conditions. Former inmates describe freezing cells, rotten quality, and forced labor, likening ...