Brazilian police have accused some his backers of involvement not just in a coup, but in an assassination plot ...

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The ICC is meant to be a court of last resort that steps in when a country’s own courts fail to prosecute abuses. Israel’s ...

Sign up here to receive “The US in brief” as a newsletter, each weekday, in your inbox. Bob Casey, a three-term Democratic ...

DONALD TRUMP’S victory on November 5th was decisive. The reaction of America’s stockmarket was jubilant. On November 6th the S&P 500, an index of America’s biggest firms, leapt by 2.5% in anticipation ...

Ukraine’s air force suggested it was an intercontinental ballistic missile ( ICBM ). Those are almost exclusively associated ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated with the news that Donald Trump had selected Pam Bondi as his new nominee for ...

Those seeking a tougher approach towards America’s rival range from Mike Waltz, Mr Trump’s proposed national security adviser ...

China is famous, even infamous, for hard graft. Prodigious amounts of toil and elbow grease helped the country become the ...

What is more, the principle of assisted dying has already been established. The courts have ruled that doctors can withdraw ...

Opponents of assisted dying frequently point to Canada to warn of the risk of a “slippery slope”: the scope of the law there ...