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From any vantage point in Bolivia’s largest city, Evo Morales’ new presidential residence is hard to miss. The 29-storey glass-fronted skyscraper towers over the low-rise historic centre of La Paz. For Morales and his supporters, it...

A child who appeared in a photograph that went viral last year saluting the Indian flag in chest-deep flood water has been declared a foreigner and could be deported as part of a government drive to...

Donald Trump has revoked the security clearance of John Brennan, the CIA director in the Obama administration, citing “erratic conduct and behavior”. Brennan has been a vocal critic of Trump. The move comes as the White House...

“Who do I call if I want to call Europe?” former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger famously asked. In 2009, Kissinger belatedly got his answer when the Treaty of Lisbon created the post of High...

What is the worst thing to be connected with in Serbian public life? According to our tabloids, there’s nothing quite so bad as human rights activists. But when you’re looking for help, when you need support...

Despite the change in power and many previous check-ups of the electoral roll to remove fictive voters, Macedonia’s list of voter remains marred by old problems, civil associations warn as the country prepares for the September...

Is Madonna dead?” my daughter asked recently, while we danced like idiots in the kitchen to Vogue. Having spent a good few months inculcating my child with Madonna’s back catalogue, I realised I’d told her nothing about...

The lucky ones escaped with only their mobile phones smashed. Those less fortunate say they were beaten with sticks, taunted or attacked with dogs. Many allege they had large sums of money stolen. According to the...

Italy’s transport minister has called on senior managers at the company that operated the collapsed Genoa motorway bridge to resign, as the death toll rose to at least 37. Rescuers searched overnight for survivors through tons...

Bob Katter, the veteran Queensland political maverick, has lauded an inflammatory speech by his Senate representative, Fraser Anning, declaring the contribution “absolutely magnificent” and “everything that this country should be doing”. As political leaders moved in...