The Chagos deal is a disgrace
It has been in the background for a few months, but it seems Keir Starmer has now decided to resurface…
Donald Trump has given Syria hope
It’s an image that would have been shocking, even a few months ago: US president Donald Trump shaking hands with…
The Vancouver car attack is all too familiar
A man named Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, has been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder after 11 people were…
I’ve had enough of crimewave Britain
Knife crime, shoplifting and fraud is on the rise in Britain. Fraud was up by a third in the last…
Have we really brought dire wolves back from extinction?
A biotech company claims it has facilitated the first howl of the dire wolf (an extinct canine) heard for 10,000…
Israel is playing a dangerous game in Syria
As Donald Trump’s tariffs dominate the headlines, in the Middle East, Israel is stepping up its campaign against Syria. Israeli…
Why the West doesn’t understand Burma
The earthquake that struck Burma and its neighbouring countries on Friday has caused an immense human tragedy. Centring on Mandalay,…
Reform’s ‘think tank’ isn’t serious
Donors of the Reform party are considering creating a partisan think tank in the American style. These plans are subject to…
Why the Houthis are targeting Jerusalem
Sirens blare across Israel, from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. They have been triggered by a barrage of missiles, launched from…
Why US airstrikes on the Houthis will fail
The United States has started what might well prove to be a long – and probably doomed – campaign of…
Is this the deal that might give peace in Syria a chance?
A Kurdish-led rebel coalition which dominates north-eastern Syria has signed a deal with the interim government in Damascus. The agreement,…
The slogan that could doom Mark Carney
Mark Carney has won the Liberal party leadership contest by an enormous margin. He will soon be the prime minister…
How horror returned to Syria
Once again there is horror on the Syrian coast. The fighting began on Thursday, in the new government’s telling, after…
The man with the ‘golden arm’, who saved two million babies
James Harrison, who died in his sleep at a care home in Australia last month at the age of 88,…
The troubling truth about ‘witchcraft’ in modern Britain
Witchcraft, and accusations of witchcraft, are returning to Britain. We might think of witchcraft as a thing of the past;…
Why the Foreign Office shouldn’t save Brits abroad
One of the perils of working in or even travelling to the Middle East and Central Asia is that there is a high risk…
Don’t judge Syria’s new rulers yet
Some people went mad when Ahmed al-Sharaa (you might know him as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the commander of Hayat Tahrir…
Syria is emerging from a nightmare
Gradually, and then suddenly, the regime of Bashar al-Assad has collapsed. This century’s most evil tyrant has fled Syria, and…
What the ‘experts’ got wrong about Syria
Provincial capitals falling before an unexpected advance. Military units allegedly defecting, deserting or switching sides. Talk of a coup in…
Could Ukraine go nuclear?
Should Ukraine have nuclear weapons? This is a question that was raised, a little insincerely, by President Zelensky recently as he…
Why was Europe not ready for Trump?
Donald Trump has won his third presidential election and across Europe heads are exploding. This should not be the case.…
MI5 must stop Russia
The semi-regular speeches given by the heads of Britain’s intelligence services are always described as a ‘rare intervention’, and yesterday…
Sudan’s dreams of democracy appear to be over
Fighting is raging once again in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, where a power struggle between rival factions has claimed…
Netanyahu’s war on lawyers has thrown Israel into turmoil
Chaos reigns in Israel, a country in the throes of an ad hoc general strike called by trade unions, university…
Is Taiwan’s support really ebbing away?
Taiwan has lost another friend. Or at least it soon will, according to the president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro. She…
