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We've heard hopeful claims lately that the Republican Party could be a normal, healthy, functional political party if it hadn't accidentally...

In a democracy, the “people” are the supreme arbiters, and their wisdom speaks through the electoral process. Such is the assumption on which the modern...

The last thing I expected to pack for my holiday in Oman was a suit, but having booked a ticket for the Royal Opera House Muscat and ticked the box which...

An often-heard refrain, increasingly voiced in US politics, is that corporate America is excessively influenced by short-term stock-market considerations....

Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s death was long anticipated, but it still came as a profound shock to Thailand. When it was announced, vast crowds gathered...

In the wake of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in the United States, the so-called “War on Terror” was launched. But the US-led military...

The public release, via WikiLeaks, of purloined e-mails and documents related to Hillary Clinton and her campaign has produced starkly different reactions....

Of an estimated 2.6 billion mobile-phone owners in low- and middle-income countries last year, 1.4 billion were men and 1.2 were women, according to a study...

Even as India and Pakistan spar over the semantics of last month’s attacks on Pakistani soil, the first visible collateral damage is evident in the form...

If, as polls are indicating, Hillary Clinton is the next US president -- the election forecaster Nate Silver says there's an 86 per cent chance -- her...