OPINION

Campaigner Sayed Alwadaei says his family has been imprisoned in Bahrain for his work to expose human rights abuses committed by King Hamad and other royals.

How successful has LucasFilm's Star Wars resurgence been five years on from the announcement of Disney's $4 billion purchase.

The charity world not only turns on outsiders who dare probe their effectiveness, but also insiders who don't play by their safe rules.

Stefan Dab is global leader of payments and transaction banking, and Maarten Peeters global segment manager for transaction banking,at Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

Steve Morgan, MD of UK & Europe for Intelenet Global Services, discusses the future of banking as 2018 approaches.

The right-wing in Britain is on the march over Brexit. First, they came for the freedom of UK universities. Next it will be schools, publishers, and more. We must wake up.

The Death of Stalin is in cinemas but events marking the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution are mostly absent.

A century has passed since the Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace in search of 'Peace, Land and Bread'.

Old to new: Ken Tregidgo, deputy CEO, Calastone talks about making the move from analogue to digital distribution.

Connect Mentors will bring together businesses who increasingly understand that the lack of diversity in their workforce is slowing them down.

The incumbent ran on predictable platform in unpredictable times and prevailed despite his ambition to change the constitution few have an appetite for.

Ethnic tensions between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims have existed in Myanmar for decades. Almost one million Rohingya refugees fled to Bangladesh as violence erupted.

Rex Tillerson hailed Saudi Arabia as a "terrific partner" during his visit to Riyadh, but failed to condemn Saudi forces' demolition of Shia-majority town Awamiya.

Serious concerns have arisen about Qatar's bid for the 2022 World Cup and it's unlikely allegations of corruption will go away.

Timely access to information that can be helpful in treating diseases and managing patients' overall health, says Roger Haenni, CEO and co-founder, at Datum.

Syrian Democratic Forces' recapture of Raqqa is an emblematic loss for terrorist group who had designated the city the capital of the so-called Islamic State. But it does not signal the end of Isis.

China wants to spare its citizens from pollution and poverty. Let's not shut it out of global innovation.

Stardew Valley is as wonderful as ever on Switch, but it isn't the portable pastoral paradise it should have been.

Even at these taxing times, the urge only to punish has to be curbed. If it isn't, a liberal democracy will become an elected autocracy. And then no one is safe.

A steady stream of Syria-focused rhetoric from Al-Qaeda shows that the organization has not at all given up on Syria, but is rather trying to reestablish itself.

The UK continues to stress its support for Saudi Arabia, without addressing the Kingdom's rate of executions and poor human rights record.

Eugene Levin, Chief Strategy Officer at SEMrush, has been analysing search on popular keywords and PPC data within the cryptocurrency space.

Sam Madden, UK Director at Wiraya, examines the state of price comparison sites targeting the insurance industry.

Dennis Lewis blogs for Open Money, a multinational blockchain initiative based in San Francisco and Toronto.

200 years after David Ricardo's heyday, why are we seeing a swing towards protectionism from those who describe themselves as leftists?

EU has a new weapon against Google and Facebook - General Data Protection Regulation.

In most cases, while the path to progress is not without problems, few would roll back the clock.

The British government has opted for sheepish deference rather than challenging Iranian authorities for imprisoning the charity worker.

Bitcoin isn't a fraud as some prominent bankers have recently claimed, say Ruben Galindo Steckel and Antonio Garcia, co-founders of AirTM.