US soldiers are currently firing tear gas and stun grenades from the rooftop of the US embassy after hundreds of Shia protestors stormed the Baghdad compound following airstrikes on pro-Iranian Hezbollah forces which killed 25 militants on Sunday.
Whilst Vox is being encouraged by its base to push for an exit referendum in Spain, Poland’s ruling party Law and Justice has remained silent after Supreme Court judges warned them of their apparent collision course with Brussels.
There are two things about modern politics that are depressingly true. The first is that “our” side is always right, regardless of the facts. The second is that inflicting harm on the other side is often more important than getting something useful done. Both truths have their origins in the politics of the United States […]
The eight year surge in debt has pushed borrowing among emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) to a record $55tn last year, indicating significant levels of exposure for both private and public sectors.
JK Rowling has been slammed by transgender activists after she defended a UK charity worker who was fired for insisting that biological sex exists and is immutable.
A new law offering Indian citizenship to non-Muslim illegal immigrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan has sparked over a week of protests in cities throughout India as local Muslims express anger at the decision.
Albanian lawmakers approved what they call an ‘anti-defamation package’ yesterday that will see online media outlets fined heavily
In a letter sent to Canada’s Minister of Heritage, Trudeau calls for ‘significant penalties’ to be imposed on social media companies that fail to remove content perceived as hate speech within 24 hours.
A petition supporting Selina Soule, a schoolgirl athlete from Connecticut who has lodged an official complaint because she and others are now being forced to compete against biological males, has now attracted almost 175,000 signatures. The complaint, and the supporting petition, point to growing sense of unease about the impact of new policies on women’s […]
Since 2016, the Irish political and media establishment has clung to a single, unifying, and unshakeable theory about Brexit: It was a fluke result, fuelled by the confluence of several unique factors. A poor remain campaign. Lies by Brexiteers. A surge in anti-immigrant sentiment, or when they’re not being diplomatic, “racist bigotry”. Poor turnout by […]
Right to Life UK have released a new video asking voters to “vote for life” in today’s General Election as the abortion regime in the UK is called increasingly into question by both sides of the debate. Whilst Labour and the Liberal Democrats have promised to expand the law to allow greater access to abortion, […]
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has announced his intention to arm 4 million socialist militiamen that will be loyal to the embattled president as he seeks to prevent another coup attempt.