Opinion

What will the Middle East look like after Iran and the great powers that are negotiating over Iran's alleged nuclear weapons ambitions — the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) — sign a deal that ends the

Politicians and government officials rarely tell outright lies; the cost of being caught out in a lie is too high. Instead, they make carefully worded statements that seem to address the issue, but avoid the truth.

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart." - Confucius. Did somebody say heart? There are individuals in this world who create community by sheer force of will. They're like social magnets...

For many around the world, Remembrance Day is a day to honour those recently lost, as well as those who gave their lives in the course of historical conflict.

Thoughts from Afghanistan

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In the lead up to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games Whistler heard from Games organizers over and over not to expect the Games to solve its problems.

Seemingly undeterred, or oblivious, to all of the negative press about the U.S. monitoring pretty much everyone's cellphone activities, Bell Canada recently announced that it will begin monitoring its customers data usage in the name of ad-targeting.

"Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray." - Sufi poet Rumi It really suits him. He cruises through the halls of the hotel with the light-footed step of a confident leader.

"That prize should have been given to me," joked Syria's President Bashar al-Assad shortly after the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on 11 October.