Opinion

Tech leaders warn against "Pandora's box" of robotic weapons   "Lethal autonomous weapons threaten to become the third revolution in warfare," warns a letter signed by 116 tech luminaries, including Tesla's Elon Musk and Mustafa Suleyman,...

Children of Isis fighters face threat of Mosul revenge attacks Martin Chulov and Salem Rizk in Mosul Many who lost their parents in the battle for the Iraqi city have been traumatised by war, but...

How much does a cyber-attack cost? By Kim Darrah   As cybersecurity continues to dominate political agendas around the world, a report published by Lloyds of London estimates a severe cyber-attack could cost the global economy more...

The collapse of the Venezuelan health system   When Hugo Chavez became Venezuela's new president in 1998, he promised to provide free health care to all and enshrined this right within Venezuela's new constitution, rewritten in...

Robots have already taken over our work, but they’re made of flesh and bone Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger   Many jobs in the modern economy have been sapped of their humanity. How should we resist the...

A Fresh Look at the Afghan War Por Graciana del Castillo NEW YORK – With the Syria crisis dominating headlines, few are paying attention to America’s longest war. In fact, the war in Afghanistan has hardly...

The mother's role in preventing violent extremism Alethea Osborne Why is it that mothers are often overlooked in efforts to prevent and counter violent extremism? They could be crucial to tackling the roots of radicalisation. For...

The Last Bastion of a Profitable Press Shashi Tharoor Twitter: @shashitharoor NEW DELHI – Around the world, newspapers seem to be facing imminent extinction, as a mass exodus to the Internet causes their circulation to slump and...

Read in Spanish Washington Post The region cannot just stand by as Venezuela veers toward civil war VENEZUELA’S POLITICAL and humanitarian crisis, which has long been desperate and deadly, this week tipped toward the surreal. On Tuesday,...

Venezuela was once twelve times richer than China. What happened? Over-reliance on oil was in many ways the countries biggest downfall. Image: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino By Jeff Desjardins Founder and editor of Visual Capitalist From the 10 years of military...