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Speaking at the Hague on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke of his vision for a new era of “European sovereignty” in which the Continent can choose its own partners and “shape its own destiny”. His address was briefly disrupted by protesters who attempted to shout him down.

Republicans are trying to cash in on what critics have called a blatantly anti-democratic and authoritarian vote

Rather than celebrate this milestone of multiracial democracy, our leaders conspicuously ignore the occasion

Donald Trump is the first US president to be criminally charged, but across the globe, 78 countries have jailed or prosecuted leaders who left office since 2000

High farce in a Manhattan courtroom has left America’s friends and foes wondering if the US has lost the plot

GB News is chasing Fox down a path of being economical with the facts, culminating in assertions last week that a liberal elite is running the UK

The expulsion of two Tennessee lawmakers for daring to speak out for gun control is a shocking assault on democracy and speech — in an era in which assaults on democracy and speech are becoming all too routine.

Tennessee has become a new front in the battle for the future of American democracy after Republicans expelled two Black lawmakers from the state Legislature for their part in a protest urging passage of gun-control measures

China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it called a "stern warning" to the self-ruled island's government following a meeting between its president and the US House speaker.