Most remarkably, Donald Trump and Narendra Modi have introduced the strongman principle to the world’s oldest democracy and ...

Every survey of world governance shows democracy is in retreat. Meanwhile, dictators prosper and multiply. How can we save ...

Russia was building an empire long before Nato existed – in Tsarist form, in Soviet form and now in a Putinist form ...

Democracy is in retreat globally, with autocrats multiplying and prospering as former democracies shift towards ...

Kylie is the Global Live Pages Editor, leading a team providing real-time multimedia coverage of the biggest breaking stories worldwide. She previously worked on the UK Breaking News team, and spent ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual marathon press conference is perhaps best summarized as a mashup of a municipal board meeting and geopolitical talkfest. The Kremlin leader makes sweeping ...

Dmitri N. Kozak had worked with President Vladimir V. Putin for three decades before quitting in September. His associates described his break with the Russian leader. By Anton Troianovski Anton ...

Stephen King remembered embracing Rob Reiner after watching Stand By Me — based on King’s novella The Body — for the first time in a tribute to the late director in The New York Times. As King wrote, ...

Donald Trump still doesn’t seem to have learned a thing about the Russian dictator he calls a friend. He’s tried all kinds of contradictory gambits in pursuit of peace in Ukraine: welcoming Vladimir ...

Vladimir Putin said he is in good health after a two-day medical checkup despite backing out of a blood pressure test at an artificial intelligence conference, according to reports. Appearing at the ...

Don’t ignore the fallout from the recent local elections. The results are important, but the reaction may be even more important. President Donald Trump is trotting out his election lies again. Be ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin displayed a “swollen and sore” hand that appeared covered in bulging veins during a recent press conference, igniting new speculations over his health. Putin, whose ...