KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Senator Dr Maziki Thame ripped into Government Senators on Friday as she accused the Jamaica Labour Party Government of frequently displaying “autocratic tendencies”, ...

This story was updated on Sunday, April 12, at 7:15 p.m. ET. Friends danced on one another’s shoulders. Fathers embraced their children. A teenage girl wept. Beer flowed. After 16 years, Hungarians ...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. On Sunday, April 12, Hungarians will go to the polls in an election that will decide the future of their country and the ...

The Bertelsmann Stiftung's new transformation index says that the world is becoming increasingly autocratic and existing autocracies are becoming more entrenched. One of the few counter-examples: ...

Democracies under pressure: More and more countries are slipping into authoritarian systems of government, democracies are on the defensive, according to the Bertelsmann Stiftung's (BTI) new ...

Moscow and Beijing are driving closer collaboration between authoritarian states and such networks help advance repression globally, according to researchers who used artificial intelligence to drill ...

Is the world turning more autocratic and authoritarian? Yes, it feels like that right now, because of changes in the U.S., Russia, China, and elsewhere. But I would urge everyone to remember that ...

As he prepared to leave Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, to return to his hometown to vote, Mohammad Ali couldn't quite believe he was participating in a historic election. "I'm going to vote for the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz presented the European Union as a democratic alternative to imperialism and ...

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court gears up to hear arguments in a crucial case over the independence of the Federal Reserve, Trump v. Cook. But it won’t even be the first make-or-break moment the ...