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The enforcer
For 40 years Amit Shah has been at Narendra Modis side, his confidant and consigliere. As India’s second most powerful man, he is reshaping the country in disturbing ways.
The heat is on
Memory lapses can be scary and hot flushes excruciating. But we know much more now about the menopause. And the aftermath can be amazing
Desert film festival brings home the plight of refugees
From the outside, Asria Mohamed's tent in a refugee camp in south-west Algeria could be mistaken for a typical nomadic dwelling used by Sahrawis, people from Western Sahara, though it is smaller in size.
Outgunned Police cling on in critical battle with violent gangs
Nine hours and countless bullets after gunmen began bombarding Stanley's police station in Port-au-Prince, the twentysomething officer started fearing he would not make it out alive.
Judy fights back to give Mr Punch a modern touch
After 362 years of frankly horrendous treatment at the hands of her husband, Mr Punch, Judy has had enough.
At a crossroads Baku to step away.from oil legacy as it prepares for Cop29
Oil is inescapable in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.
Game of thrones Warmachine reshuffle reveals Putin's fear of Kremlin rivals
When the Russian defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, was removed from his post and appointed head of the security council last week, there were two big questions on everyone's mind.
Rocky path President's death comes as challenges lie ahead
The death of the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, in a helicopter crash comes at a time when the country, faced by unprecedented external challenges, was already bracing itself for a change in regime with the expected demise in the next few years of its 85-year-old supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Self-fulfilling prophecy? Political violence could benefit far-right parties in EU polls-if we let it
The shooting of the Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, has dramatised the increasingly angry and polarised landscape of European politics.
Alarm bells Behind the rise in violent attacks on Europe's politicians
‘Politicians really need tothink about the rhetoric they use because the fallout can be severe’
Warning signals
The attempt on the life of Slovakia's prime minister, Robert Fico, exposed divisions in one of Europe's most polarised countries and sent shockwaves across the continent
'Pretendians' Controversy Over Formerly Unheard-Of First Nation
Local chiefs claim Kawartha Lakes group is part of wave of cases in which people falsely claim Indigenous identity
This Is The Emptying Of Rafah
Thousands of displaced Gazans are on the move again, packing their lives into carts and pickup trucks, as Israel's campaign against Hamas rages on
Vast Online Scam Dupes Thousands Of Shoppers
More than 800,000 people in Europe and the US appear to have been duped into sharing card details and other sensitive personal data with a vast network of fake online designer shops apparently operated from China.
Why Didn't Netflix Do More To Avoid The Baby Reindeer Furore?
What will happen next in the Baby Reindeer saga? Probably one or more bad things.
Picture this
From the galleries and squats of the 90s London art world to the riches of Covid-era New York, a tale of reunion, fame and fallout
Hit and miss Goths, glory and plenty of gimmicks
It was the most politically charged Eurovision song contest in memory-but it was won by a famously neutral nation. As the glittery dust settles from Saturday night in Malmö, Sweden, here's what we learned
Rose Boyt, daughter of the artist Lucian Freud, sat for her father three times.Now 65, she has written a remarkable memoir based on diaries she kept while being painted
ROSE BOYT'S MEMOIR, Naked Portrait, is, in the narrowest sense, her account of sitting for three paintings for her father, Lucian Freud.
A failure to reckon fully with the Troubles fuels distrust and discord
Fifty years ago, on 17 May 1974, my father, a bus conductor, was out on strike.
Believe it or not
Raffaella Spone was accused of faking an incriminating video of teenage cheerleaders. She was arrested, outcast and subjected to death threats. The problem? The video wasn't fake after all. She talks for the first time about being the centre of a story that created headlines around the world, yet nothing was as it seemed...
'HOPELESS AND BROKEN', 'I WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE MY CHILDREN ARE INHERITING', 'I AM SCARED I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN GET OUT OF THIS MESS'
We asked 380 climate scientists what they felt about the future.
Calling time? Garrick vote fuels debate over letting women in
Some of Londor’s last all-male private clubs are discussing female membership while also consulting the lawyers
Massacre and famine fears in besieged Darfur city
At the Abu Shouk camp on the northern fringe of El Fasher, about seven people arrive every day with injuries sustained from clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and groups allied to Sudan's army.
Ghost city
Civilian life on the edge of Russia’s advance
Tug of war
Biden just wants this over, but Netanyahu and Hamas have other ideas
Sanctions
War and rising settler violence could further alienate Israel
Ours is an age of confusion. How should we navigate it? Timothy Garton Ash
In these times of planetary polycrisis, we try to get our bearings by looking to the past. Are we perhaps in The New Cold War, as Robin.
The world according to Jason
Covid vaccines, chemtrails, the Great Reset... Why do people invent false conspiracies when there are so many real ones to worry about? There's only one way to find out: George Monbiot asked a believer from his home town
From a small step for man to a giant gold rush for mankind
If the 20th-century space race was about political power, this century's will be about money. But for those who dream of sending humans back to the moon and possibly Mars, it's an exciting time to be alive whether it's presidents or billionaires paying the fare.
A bitter pill Inside the anti-doping movement's civil war
Furore over Chinese swimmers has sparked an ugly dispute between organisations that target athletes who use banned substances