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Europe's growing number of shaky minority and coalition governments mostly managed to muddle through 2016 but their lack of political strength suggests...

As Beijing and more than 20 other cities in northern China have been plunged into another winter air-pollution crisis, with choking, toxic air and many...

The last time Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) managed to get a medical aid convoy through to hospitals it supports in eastern Aleppo was back in...

Times of Oman designers depict a world around them through illustrations everyday, either to enhance the visual elements of a story or as a standalone...

It had become something of a ritual. Every three years, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development would release the results of its PISA...

Since the summer of 2015, Greece has (mostly) dropped out of the news, but not because its economic condition has stabilised. A prison is not newsworthy as...

US President-elect Donald Trump should have a relatively clear road ahead at home for the implementation of his economic programme: with Republicans holding...

inShare32 NEW YORK – As US President-elect Donald Trump fills his cabinet, what have we learned about the likely direction and impact of...

As US President-elect Donald Trump fills his cabinet, what have we learned about the likely direction and impact of his administration’s economic...

For 40 years after World War II, the dominant national security issue for any new US administration was dealing the Soviet Union. After a quarter-century...