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Iran-US 'Great Satan vs Ayatollahs' mentality lingers

The reopening of Britain’s embassy in Tehran on Sunday, after a four-year pause, boosts speculation that Iranian-US relations formally suspended for

World News

'They just look and take photos': The Long Journey, part 2

For the second time in two days, the ferry ‘Venizelos’ docks in Piraeus port, Athens, carrying some 2,000 migrants from the island of Lesbos, most of

USA

Donald Trump: rich, offensive and racing for the White House

US presidential contender Donald Trump, so rich, can offend people to his heart’s content. He is not accountable to donors, like so many of his

Kenya

Some Kenyans waiting for Obama risk disappointing no-show

Kenyans celebrated warmly when Barack Hussein Obama won the US presidency in 2008. All these years later, the first mixed race American head of state

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Myanmar

Myanmar's 'free' election struggles to distance dictatorship

Hope for change in Myanmar is approaching a crucial test. The Southeast Asian nation is preparing for the first free national ballot since 1990. The

USA

'Do moral duty or doom humanity by climate change'

This June — 2015 — was the hottest June since temperature records began, in 1880. Experts are saying that governments should treat climate change as

Burundi

Burundi's past overshadows Nkurunziza's pursuit of power

The latest crisis in Burundi was sparked by President Pierre Nkurunziza’s announcement he would run for office a third time. Burundi’s constitution

World News

Cuba-USA ice age ebbing

In January 1959 when Fidel Castro led a guerrilla army to drive dictator Fulgencio Batista out of Havana, the United States was not over alarmed that

Senegal

Chad's victims of Hissene Habre 'will inspire others' demanding justice

In the Chadian capital Ndjamena, the work of the Association of Victims of the Crimes of Hissene Habre has finally born fruit — 25 years after

Austria

Bilderberg: a secret party with the world's most powerful guest list

The more we live in a democracy, the more we demand to be ‘kept in the loop’. Public figures are often required to say who they had lunch with

Portugal

Portuguese language reform law goes global

Does it ever bother you when someone corrects your grammar or spelling? Or do you do it to other people? If so, spare a thought for this ‘

United Kingdom

Mother of All Parliaments promises unpredictable springtime

Elections have been predictable in the UK for decades. It is how they worked, the Conservatives in power then Labour then the same again. The United

USA

Baltimore's increasingly marginalised youth find violence in many forms

Fifteen buildings were set ablaze, more than 200 arrests were made, 15 troopers were injured, the National Guard was called out and Baltimore imposed

Jordan

Jordan's King Abdullah II combines mind, muscle and morality

Jordan’s king, in the opening to his personal, official profile, states where the legitimacy of his claim to leadership lies. The profile begins

France

D-Day, now on Facebook, fear and courage

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