Politics & Conflict

In a word: Coup

The latest from Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses

In Brazil’s tropical wetlands, ecotourism has forged an uneasy truce between cattle farmers and their old enemies

We talk to the author of “This Is Not America” about race, freedom of expression, and what is at risk when Britain blindly emulates the US

The Burmese pro-democracy activist on what it will take to end the world's longest civil war

Turkey has declared itself a defender of Palestine. But now the people are demanding action and the state is crushing dissent

Under Israel's strikes, ad hoc humanitarian organisations are springing up across the Lebanese capital

In Britain, we have escaped the rising tide of the populist right – but it's still influential, even when out of power.

Women using abortion clinics in England and Wales are finally being protected... up to a point

The country's future is on the line as its new president battles a corrupt political establishment backed by a powerful Church

The Indian election delivered a blow to Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalists – but will it stem the tide of religious violence?