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It seemed almost impossible to many of the journalists who had travelled to Russia's airbase near the Western Syrian coastal town of Latakia last mobth:...

In the two years since coming to power, India’s Narendra Modi government has flattered to deceive on several fronts. Modi, who led the Hindu-nationalist...

Indonesia is drowning in plastic trash. Bottles pollute its beaches, bags congest its waterways and instant-noodle cups overflow its garbage bins. It's...

A whiff of competition is in the air. It is swirling through every nook and cranny and drawing battle lines in its wake. The buzzword on the tip of...

At a total estimated cost of around $1.5 trillion, the F-35 fighter plane is the most expensive weapons system in history. Acquisition costs alone for F-35s...

Each time the European Union's sanctions against Russia come up for renewal, there's speculation that some countries might break ranks and vote...

Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee to contest the United States’ presidential election in November, is clearly not a standard...

In 2015, around 5.9 million children under the age of five, almost all in developing countries, died from easily preventable or treatable causes. And up to...

In Austria last month, nearly half of the electorate voted for the presidential candidate of a party set up by former Nazis. The politics of fear...

June is shaping up to be a fateful month for the European Union. On June 21, the German Constitutional Court will rule on a challenge to a bond-buying...