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On one side of the imposing concrete barrier that now separates the Palestinian city of Qalqilyah from central Israel, smooth Palestinian lawyers conduct almost-daily tours for journalists, diplomats and European solidarity groups to show how "the wall" has cut through Palestinian homes, separated farmers from land and bottled up 80,000 people in a pocket that can be entered only through a single Israeli checkpoint.

The bluster about ousting Maduro is little more than shouting

There is a reason Putin thinks that he can get away with spreading deadly nerve agent in a peaceful British city

With Nato adopting a tough new plan and EU sanctions continuing, Russian president still has his task cut out

Maduro has refused to address even the most extreme economic distortions

‘Russophobes’ in more than a few capitals have been replaced by Putin-appeasers

Incumbent Saakashvili’s defeat was produced by his embrace of democratic institutions

Politicians’ rhetoric is having a visible effect, in the form of nasty anti-immigrant protests

The generals in both countries did not reckon on being swamped by a landslide victory by the opposition

Abe’s turn towards nationalism has resulted in an Asian security crisis

Unlike a lot of what may pass for campaign talk, this is an argument worth having because it is what the next US president will have to grapple with

The ‘new Russia’ Putin will unveil in Sochi does not look likely to last