Why Eritrea didn’t win a Nobel for its peace accord when Ethiopia did
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali was announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, with the committee that decides the awards...
Why Italian governments so often end in collapse — like this one just did
The level of political turnover in Italy is unusual for an advanced economy. Among Italy's Western European neighbors, Germany has had three chancellors, France has...
Britain’s Prince Andrew faces new scrutiny for ties to Jeffrey Epstein
LONDON - Buckingham Palace has never attempted to explain the photograph. It shows a middle-aged Prince Andrew, Duke of York, smiling with his arm around...
Why Hong Kong has grown increasingly fearful of Chinese control
The public storming of the legislature presents the strongest challenge yet to Chinese control of Hong Kong, and many argue it's a culmination of more...
Britain is fiercely protective of its health-care system. Trump suggested he wants it included in trade talks.
President Donald Trump may have inadvertently played into some of Britons' worst fears about their post-Brexit future when he suggested that Britain's National Health Service...
Ireland’s prime minister talks Brexit and Trump
Leo Varadkar, prime minister of Ireland, cuts a sharp contrast to President Donald Trump. Three decades younger, openly gay and the biracial son of an...