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If Iran were to capture an American airman alive, that could trigger another round of escalation in a war that shows no sign ...

Peer into The Economist’s decision-making processes with Ed Carr, our deputy editor, who explains how we select and design ...

And so his weaponisation of the law has been a bust, though the pressure to keep trying will bedevil Ms Bondi’s successor.

Research suggests multivitamin supplements may offer some cognitive benefits for older adults and slow biological ageing ...

America’s war in the Gulf was supposed to crush the Iranian regime and eliminate its nuclear programme. For its backers, a successful campaign promised a secondary prize, too: damaging China by ...

This week Mr Trump’s net approval hit -23 percentage points among all Americans and -19 among registered voters. That is ...

A MERICA HAS struck more than 11,000 targets in Iran since the start of its war, devastating military units, ...

Iran's Gulf islands serve as pleasure retreats with beaches, festivals and permissive culture, but their strategic location ...

Russian soldiers must also buy officers alcohol. “They have four korporativy [office parties] a week,” says Sergei, who ...

Whereas Catholic pews across the faith’s European and American heartlands are often empty, in Congo and much of Africa they are heaving. At the current pace, as many as half the world’s Catholics ...

Nigel Farage leads a curious coalition of traditionalists and libertines ...