The World Today

The treaty is in disrepair – it must change to return devolved government to Northern Ireland and serve the needs of the ‘Agreement generation’, writes Katy Hayward.

It may now be in neighbouring Costa Rica, but Nicaraguan newspaper ‘Confidencial’ can still investigate Daniel Ortega’s regime, writes its editor Carlos Chamorro.

While President Daniel Ortega’s repression has heated up over the past few years, he has been destroying Nicaragua’s democracy for decades, writes Christopher Sabatini.

President Erdogan is trying to control the post-quake narrative, but history suggests Turkey’s trauma might herald a political transformation, writes Yaprak Gürsoy.

The journalist tells Roxanne Escobales about how the 2003 invasion failed his country, the importance of the BBC World Service and flourishing Iraqi fiction.

New satellite imagery shows mysterious construction on an archipelago close to a strategic Indian navy outpost, write John Pollock and Damien Symon.

The poet tells Gary Younge about the power of reggae, the neglected contribution of Caribbean migrants to Britain and how the Illegal Immigration Bill recalls slavery.

On April 24, 2011, leaked details of prisoners at the US base were published. The story, with others, transformed the news media, writes James Ball.

Europe’s great song competition may strive for continental harmony, but bitter conflicts and voting blocs often drag it off key, writes Saskia Postema.

From laidback comic book character to alt-right villain and more, the Pepe the Frog meme is emblematic of the relationship between politics and online culture.

Following Russia’s ongoing intimidation, Japan will use its presidency of the G7 – and its history – to prioritize the dangers of nuclear threats, writes James Orr.

The Czech writer’s 40-year-old essay on the roots of Russia’s empire-building, ‘A Kidnapped West’, reads all too presciently, writes Stefan Auer.

Xi Jinping’s new appointments are tasked with a technology led recovery, but they face a daunting task to restore growth, writes Yu Jie.

Kenya’s story-telling tradition has found new life and marginalised communities have new platforms thanks to a surge in podcasting, writes Vanessa Gathecha.

From the race back to the Moon to military conflict in orbit, ‘The Future of Geography’ is a useful if limited primer on astropolitics, writes John Sheldon.

Across the US and Europe, faith in the news is falling amid a cacophony of sensationalist reporting, writes Catherine Fieschi.