Chile’s presidential run-off is looming, and the left’s hopeful, Jeanette Jara, is distancing herself from government ...

On a rescue ship in the Mediterranean, a survivor tells of their detainment in Libya, which the EU helped to fund ...

The government’s decision to end the automatic right to family reunion for people fleeing war, conflict and persecution creates “an additional level of cruelty” for refugees, a family therapist ...

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Question: What do a recently-released International Crisis Group report (‘Tajikistan: the changing insurgent threats’) and the latest Red River computer game (‘Operation Flashpoint’) have in common?

Las redes feministas sostienen el acceso al aborto en la provincia argentina de Misiones, ante el corte deliberado de ...

Pero el asedio a los derechos sexuales y reproductivos ocurre en un país que fue amasando durante décadas un movimiento que ...

El apoyo a la ultraderecha no se explica por un colapso material abrupto ni por una marginalización extrema de los sectores ...

The letter "Z" has come to symbolise Russia's brutal military invasion of Ukraine Since the very beginning of the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, the reaction of Russians themselves to the ...

Trump’s military campaign and threats of regime change in Venezuela add uncertainty to the country’s democratic future ...

The coverage of HSBC in Britain's Telegraph is a fraud on its readers. If major newspapers allow corporations to influence their content for fear of losing advertising revenue, democracy itself is in ...