It was an injustice that led a 26-year-old Tunisian street trader called Mohammed Bouazizi to douse himself in petrol and strike a match. The resulting conflagration killed Bouazizi, crackled through ...

In the spring of 2013, I visited Egypt. It had been two years since the uprisings known as the “Arab Spring” had toppled the government — and in the aftermath, an angry, conservative base ready to ...

The central government has pointedly blamed activist Sonam Wangchuk for the violence in Leh as the ongoing stir for statehood for Ladakh turned into mob fury anc claimed five lives in police action on ...