On the Richter scale of news stories, India’s election is so far barely measuring a two – while the Middle East is a six even on quieter days, and a full-on seismic eight when salvos of drones and missiles fly across international borders.

The BBC audio series 'Three Million' presents the famine as living history rather than a distant episode.

Shreela Flather was unquestionably a pioneer, with the strength of character to succeed in areas which were not then welcoming to Asians, and certainly not to Asian women.

Exactly 150 years after they were plundered by a British military expedition, more than 30 exquisite pieces of Asante gold held by the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum are being returned to Ghana on a 'long-term loan'.

Trump seems set to be the Republican candidate for a third successive presidential election, while Biden will be part of the Democratic ticket for the fourth time in five elections. America’s democracy seems to have lost the ability to renew itself.

More than 70 countries will hold nationwide elections of some sort.

As a measure to limit immigration, the British government announced that the minimum income required to bring a foreign spouse into the country on a family visa will rise sharply.

Across much of the world, voters are turning to populists who are intensely distrustful of the institutions on which liberal democracy is built.

Rishi Sunak has appointed former Prime Minister David Cameron to be Britain’s new foreign secretary, which will put him in charge of some of the biggest issues facing the government.

Of the many profound challenges in the world, AI has arguably had the least attention and is among the most urgent.

Three-quarters of a century after Israel was created, we seem to be in a loop tape of hatred, distrust, destruction and barbarity.

Suella Braverman's recent remarks and the row they have created are a symptom of divisions within the Conservative Party at a time when it needs to come across as united.

The club is looking for alternative space nearby, but even if it succeeds the spirit of the institution cannot easily be conjured up in a new home. 

In his new book 'The Nirvana Express', Mick Brown explores the enduring attraction in the West of Eastern paths of enlightenment and the well-trodden route heading West taken by an assortment of holy men, God men, gurus and lamas.

England's defeat in Sydney was a victory for women’s team sport. For the first time, a Women’s World Cup attracted big money corporate sponsorship and was watched eagerly around the world.

Under populism, rivals are not simply challenged on their policies, competence and political experience but denounced in hyperbolic fashion as corrupt and criminal. It coarsens politics and deadens normal democratic debate.

After all, a young Swedish woman, Greta Thunberg, has done more to alert the world to the perils of global warming than all our elected leaders combined.

Across the West, the political centre of gravity is settling nearer to a nation’s median age. It suggests that political deference towards time-serving veterans is fading away. However, it is not the case beyond the West, including India.

When tensions explode and grab the spotlight, news media and politicians scratch their heads and wonder what’s going wrong. A soothing balm is applied. But the underlying issues persist.

It’s strange how some of the most powerful men in the world persistently complain of being victimised.