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Elections in American history have heralded both the beginning of Civil War and the end of slavery

The daily death and destruction in Gaza has evoked painful memories for Tamils everywhere of a similar carnage half a world away in Mullivaikal, the coastal

75 years ago the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted. They have made a difference in peoples lives and show how consensus is possible even in divided times

Migrant workers from Tajikistan say they can make a fortune picking fruit and vegetables in the UK. Siyovush Abdurahmonous says he is the first from his village to come to England.

EXCLUSIVE: Lack of local interest in agricultural jobs has seen a surge in workers arriving on six-month visas from impoverished former Soviet nations outside the EU including Tajikistan.

Foreigners are flying from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and even India to work six days a week picking cauliflowers in Cornwall, earning up to £150 a day.

The Soviet Union’s decade-long incursion into Afghanistan has been compared to the American experience in Vietnam. Both wars bore some surface similarities to each other, though closer examination would reveal a multitude of differences behind the circumstances that brought them about, the relative commitment both great powers had to these conflicts, and the motivations for their involvement in the first place. But one striking similarity exists: both wars saw heavy use of the helicopter in an...

Georgia, considered the birthplace of wine, has been making wine for 8,000 years. Producers are restoring the country's ancient grape varieties and introducing Georgian wines to the rest of the world.

In the fields of southwest England, those who work the land speak with pride of the fact that a Cornishman can farm “anywhere in the world”.

In the fields of southwest England, those who work the land speak with pride of the fact that a Cornishman can farm “anywhere in the world”.