Turkey and Pakistan agreed to a “rapid deployment” of military forces in Saudi Arabia. The three countries signed a defence ...

The Nobel prize in medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel. The three scientists, from ...

Polls over the weekend gave Democrats a rush of optimism for the midterms. The New York Times/Siena polls showed Democrats ...

America confirmed that it had withdrawn its B -1 bombers from RAF Fairford, a British airbase where a suspected terrorist ...

Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s prime minister, called a snap election in order to “renew and broaden people’s support” for his ...

Then there is China’s weaponisation of its control over critical inputs, such as rare earths, needed by defence-related firms ...

Optogenetics permits neuroscientists to use light to instantaneously activate individual brain cells. It has thus transformed ...

His control of other appointments—still technically civilian decisions—is openly acknowledged. Shehbaz Sharif, the prime ...

PEDRO SÁNCHEZ’S talent for boldly grasping opportunities has served him well, helping him survive for eight years as prime ...

Instead, the Bolsonaro clan looks set to make a comeback. Unable to run for office, Mr Bolsonaro chose his eldest son, Flávio ...

It is codenamed “Vivaldi”—a mischievous play on the virtuosity of the composer Antonio Vivaldi and his most famous work, “The ...