P lease God, give me one more oil boom—and I promise not to piss it all away next time” reads a popular bumper sticker in ...

V ote for renewal,” urge giant billboards as Kazakhstan heads into a parliamentary election on August 23rd. Kassym-Jomart ...

They depict the seven men who have taken charge in Iran since Ali Khamenei, the former supreme leader, was killed in an ...

The container ship set off from the Chinese port of Ningbo on August 15th to begin the first regular cargo service between ...

Last year he was the would-be country’s leader when Somaliland was formally recognised by Israel, the first nation to do so. ...

The ineffectual response can be explained by the stance of Israel’s government. The IDF knows that Binyamin Netanyahu, the ...

A new planning framework, published by the government on August 17th and effective immediately, takes aim at the Knockholts: ...

But that reputation may not survive the events of Zambia’s recent election, which was held on August 13th. Mr Hichilema, who ...

Chart: The Economist In July French and German security chiefs announced they would replace a “digital backbone” reliant on ...

Most of South Africa’s municipalities—the units of local government meant to deliver basic services—are a mess. Their failure ...

Britain is spooked. It may boot Palantir out of the National Health Service (NHS), where the firm has a contract to manage ...

Good news on global warming is thin on the ground. But there may be some up in the air. Operation Blue Skies, announced on ...