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The East African country's leading opposition party said that its presidential candidate in the last election and its chairman were among dozens detained before a protest called to draw attention [...]

Byline: Rachel Lerman and Faiz Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter began removing thousands of verification check marks on Thursday, following through on a promise made by new owner Elon Musk [...]

Byline: Alaina E. Roberts Earlier this month, Democratic presidential candidate Beto O' Rourke visited Oklahoma, making stops in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. O'Rourke, who has spent much of the month [...]

Byline: John Hudson and Paul Sonne WASHINGTON - The Trump administration imposed new economic sanctions on Russian politicians, tycoons and businesses Friday in its most aggressive response to Moscow's attempts [...]

In 2010 an explosion at a coal mine operated by Massey Energy killed 29 men. In 2015 Don Blankenship, the company's former C.E.O., was sent to prison for conspiring to [...]

Byline: Andrew Van Dam Xi Jinping plays the long game. The 64-year-old Chinese president is only half finished with what should have been a 10-year term, but he's already tossed [...]

Byline: Marc A. Thiessen Poor Al Franken. The Minnesota Democrat was kicked to the curb by a party that, until a few months ago, not only turned a blind eye [...]

Native to the Philippines is a tart fruit called the balimbing. Ridges down the length of its oblong sides give it multiple faces, which is why many of our politicians [...]

KARACHI, Pakistan -- I once knew a building contractor who worked for the government of Pakistan. He was very corrupt and very open about it. After hearing endless stories about [...]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Neil Newhouse had felt the thrill and the agony many times in three decades as a Republican pollster. But nothing matched the hurt of November 2012. ''The [...]

Byline: Antonio Olivo WASHINGTON - Virginia Republicans will choose a nominee Saturday for a seat long held by outgoing U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., that both major parties see as [...]

Byline: Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar When Narendra Modi, the man expected to be India's next prime minister, took the stage at a rally in Mumbai this week, it was not his face, [...]

Paul Bismuth wants his life back. Or at least his identity. A French entrepreneur living in Israel, Mr. Bismuth was minding his own real-estate business earlier this month when suddenly [...]

Byline: Aislinn Laing The breakup of one of the shortest partnerships in South Africa's political history this week, between a black, veteran anti-apartheid campaigner and the country's white-led, largest opposition [...]

Byline: Michael Medved With New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie enmeshed in scandal, the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination suddenly looks wide open. But before the GOP coalesces around [...]

GAIL COLLINS: Happy New Year, David! I'm glad you're back and that we're going to start conversing again. What are you expecting, politically speaking, for 2014? It doesn't really seem [...]

Byline: MARGARET WENTE TRUDEAUMANIA mwente@globeandmail.com Justin Trudeau is no girlie-man. And everyone who thought he was is eating crow. On Saturday, he knocked out a Conservative. In the history of [...]

Byline: Eric Heyl Jan. 01--Time for a forward spin. Let's speculate on what the next 12 months might bring for some local notables: -- Jan. 3: Hours after taking office, [...]

Byline: JOHN IBBITSON The Lookahead: Feb.28 - March 4 / POLITICS Provincial governments are in the midst of generational change, as Christy Clark joins the swelling ranks of new premiers [...]

This is a digest of the Post's opinion columns for today. For full versions, check out the Opinion section on the mobile site: --------------- Fareed Zakaria gives an overview of [...]

FAIR/RISING George W. Bush: If the election were tomorrow, he'd be moving to the The Lame Favorite Northeast. He may be an English-mangling, gravitas- lacking small-timer from Texas, but even [...]