In less than two weeks Britain will go to the polls in the most consequential election in years. The election is intended to break the deadlock and…
Pete Reynolds
November 22
Workers carry buckets of saffron flowers to sort them at a cleaning center in Herat province on November 13, 2019. (Getty)
Iraqi protesters run for cover from teargas fired by security forces in al-Khalani square in central Baghdad on November 10, 2019. (Getty)
Young members of a carnival dance group perform during an event to celebrate the start of the carnival season on November 11, 2019 at the city hall in Erfurt, eastern Germany.(Getty)
Syrians throw stones towards Turkish military vehicles during a Turkish-Russian army patrol near the town of Darbasiyah in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province along the Syria-Turkey border on November 11, 2019.(Getty)
Water bubbles up from a manhole on the flooded St. Mark's Square on November 14, 2019 in Venice. - Much of Venice was left under water after the highest tide in 50 years ripped through the historic Italian city, beaching gondolas, trashing hotels and sending tourists fleeing through rapidly rising waters.(Getty)
Anti-government protesters draped in Iraqi national flags walk into clouds of smoke from burning tires during a demonstration in the southern city of Basra on November 17, 2019, as protesters cut-off roads and activists call for a general strike. (Getty)
WHAT’S IN A NAME? AN ENTIRE SOAP OPERA, APPARENTLY. I have always had a problem with the way popular culture has treated the reputation of the…
A fixture of British politics for four decades, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was born in Wiltshire in 1949. His father David, an electrical…
It has almost become the new Washington consensus: decades of growing economic openness have hurt American workers, increased inequality, and gutted…
In recent years, a number of authoritarian governments have begun taking data very seriously. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi…
For all the acrimony in Washington today, the city’s foreign policy establishment is settling on a rare bipartisan consensus: that the world has…
The 1947 partition of India made it evident that sectarianism was going to plague the subcontinent for the foreseeable future. Fast forward 70 years…
Protests in Iraq have exposed long-simmering resentment at Iran’s influence in the country, with demonstrators targeting Shia political parties and…
It is no coincidence that the people of the three countries controlled by the Iranian regime have taken to the streets together. Iran has been…
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No clear winner in Israeli polls
