As the United States and other countries prepare to set their clocks back one hour on Sunday, one week after Europe did the same, we detail how the current global system of time keeping emerged.
Earlier this month, Turkey launched Operation Peace Spring to try to clear Kurdish forces from the Turkey-Syria border and establish a "safe zone." Here, we outline some of the key events of the past month in the ongoing conflict there.
Last week, Iran's Statistical Center reported that inflation reached nearly 43 percent in the 12-month period ending in August, exceeding IMF forecasts. Here, we look at the inflation rate over the past four years and the rising number of protests since late 2017.
In recent weeks, the Solomon Islands' allegiance to Taiwan appeared shaky as mainland China sought to coax the island nation into its camp. The strategically located Pacific Islands are a soft-power battleground between the U.S. and China; here, we take a closer look at the evolution of aid - a key tool for maintaining allegiances - to these islands between 2011 and 2017.
Earlier this month, Argentine President Mauricio Macri lost presidential primary elections to opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez, leaving Macri’s chances of winning reelection in doubt. The result came amid high inflation and a struggling economy, which Macri had tried to address using a series of austerity measures.
