Berlin’s Wall disappeared more than three decades ago. Its political geography did not. Across the city, voting patterns have repeatedly traced invisible boundaries, revealing how history, age, education, housing, migration and everyday
Michael Heseltine spent six decades at the centre of British political life, occupying some of the highest offices of state and becoming one of the Conservative Party’s most recognisable figures. Yet, at
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When Charlotte Buttercase’s phone rang at 2am, the final-year medical student at the University of Manchester answered because she believed there could be an emergency. The call came from an unidentified number,
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Renate Welsh spent much of her life giving words to those who struggled to be heard. Through decades of children’s and adult literature, she explored loneliness, injustice, exclusion and the search for
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A major legal battle between Spain’s hotel industry and Booking.com is taking shape, with more than 1,400 hotel companies preparing to join a class-action lawsuit accusing the online travel platform of imposing
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Colombia’s presidential election has become more than a contest between two candidates. It has become a test of whether a country that has endured decades of violence, political upheaval, and deep social
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The sound arrives before the impact. The buzzing of a propeller engine, the movement of a drone descending through the air, followed by the explosion. For residents of cities across Russia, the
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In its report, El País examines the devastating economic consequences of the war involving Iran and the United States, showing how ordinary Iranian citizens are experiencing the conflict not only through political
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The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has created a new security dilemma: the same technologies capable of strengthening national defenses can also provide powerful tools for cybercriminals, terrorist organizations and hostile governments.
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For decades, governments attempting to address Iran’s growing regional influence and nuclear ambitions have relied on diplomacy, sanctions and negotiations. A detailed analysis by the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs
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In a March 2026 paper published in the journal Science Advances, which focused on variability in governance along the autocratic-democratic axis, my coauthors and I found that one of the strongest associations for the 40
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For days, the World Cup had been surrounded by issues far removed from the football itself. Political disputes, diplomatic tensions, border complications, visa problems and complaints over ticket prices had dominated the
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Japan is preparing to deepen economic ties with India through a high-level visit to Assam by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, accompanied by executives from more than 50 Japanese companies and organizations seeking
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Make no mistake, Modi Government is squarely blaming the US for the attack on ships in the Strait of Hormuz killing seven Indian sailors. Protests have been lodged with the US charge d’affaires twice
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In 2016, after the Uri attack in Indian held Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused Pakistan of the terror attack and threatened Pakistan in a large rally in Kerala that India would
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Just weeks after South Asia stepped back from one of its most serious military crises in recent years, fresh tensions in the Poonch sector highlighted how rapidly the region’s security environment is changing. The
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