Bangladesh’s incoming leader says he will work to build a more democratic country, overcoming challenges related to weak ...

In the first part of this travelogue, I gave an insight into how Taiwan passed through its teething period in nationhood. In this continuation, I intend to deal more with its democratic structures and ...

A year and a half ago, Bangladesh looked as though it was on track to defy the global pattern of democratic reversal. Mass ...

A new report by Human Rights Watch says that almost three-quarters of the world’s population is currently living under “autocracy.” The report warned that the United States, China and Russia are “led ...

An interim government headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus oversaw the largely peaceful election. The voting marked a significant political shift in the South Asian nation of more than ...

SIMON: What do you think - what do you see happening in the United States today? APPLEBAUM: So I want to make it clear that the United States is not an authoritarian state right now. But what we see ...

US President Donald Trump has attacked key pillars of his country's democracy, Human Rights Watch warned in its annual report ...

Bangladesh’s incoming leader said on Saturday that he would work to build a more democratic country, overcoming challenges ...

Joan Brugge has worked for nearly 50 years as a cancer scientist, studying the earliest signs that someone might become sick. Then the Trump administration canceled her lab’s funding. The ...

German Leader Hails Europe as an 'Alternative to Imperialism and Autocracy' BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hailed the European Union on Thursday as an “alternative to imperialism and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Filipinos have recently confronted uncomfortable evidence of coordinated foreign interference in their country’s affairs. There are reports that Manila-based civic groups and Mandarin-language media ...