Category: 4. World

Even in midsummer, the ancient hazelwoods on the Hebridean island of Seil are cool and quiet. Countless slanted stems of hazel support a thick canopy, which blots out the sun and blankets everything below in a sort of “fairytale darkness”,…

Today’s court case has now been adjourned until Monday, due to concerns over the 77-year-old Lai’s health.

Lai’s family and legal team have over…

The “worst cholera outbreak in years” has killed at least 40 people in the last week in Sudan, according to the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières.

Overwhelmed medical centres are resorting to treating patients on mattresses on the…

On behalf of the United States, I extend our congratulations and warm wishes to the people of India as they celebrate their Independence Day on August 15.

The historic relationship between the world’s largest democracy and the world’s…

Norway’s intelligence service has accused Russia of carrying out a cyberattack earlier this year that took control of a hydropower dam in the country’s west and opened a floodgate for four hours.

The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST)…

It’s fun to imagine what the Israel-Gaza discourse would sound like if the world could be sane for a minute or two. If instead of obsessing over Israel in a quest to brand the Jewish state with the scarlet letter, observers and commentators and…