Advanced Russian defences in Crimea are increasingly vulnerable to Ukraine’s US and British-supplied missiles The night sky over Crimea flashed with explosions and tracer fire as the barrage of American-made missiles arrived and found their targets. In a matter of minutes, three Russian surface-to-air missile systems that were supposed to be protecting the peninsula had […]
South Africa once again has a national unity government, 30 years after a similar deal helped stabilise the transition to full democracy from a nation divided by the racist system of apartheid. This time the ruling African National Congress (ANC) was forced to negotiate an agreement after losing its controlling majority in elections. It marks […]
(Bloomberg) — At the start of the year, Narendra Modi hailed the opening of a huge new Hindu temple as a once-in-a-millennium turning point in India’s history. The lavish event, broadcast across the nation, was timed to generate a wave of religious fervor that would carry him in a landslide to a third term as […]