The return of Erik Prince
Erik Prince, the American mercenary, wants to sell you a phone. His Unplugged phone is aimed at stopping big tech…
Tony Blair will not be welcome in Gaza
During an earlier Gaza war, I spoke to families who had fled the fighting but whose place of refuge –…
Should AI have rights?
Mary Shelley was challenged by Lord Byron to write a ghost story during a summer of “incessant rainfall” on Lake…
The Alawite women taken as sex slaves in Syria
Syria’s Alawite communities are in the grip of a fear that their women and girls could be kidnapped and held…
The Kurds have finally given in to Erdogan
All wars end, one way or another. One of the longest wars in the Middle East, between Turkey and Kurdish…
Ludere in Leone: who made money from the new pontiff?
Was the first American Pope ushered in on a wave of suspect, last-minute betting? Something odd seems to have been…
The secrets of ‘God’s influencer’
Assisi In a medieval church built of white stone, pilgrims and tourists shuffle past the body of a 15-year-old boy…
War games
A satellite picture shows six American B-2 Stealth bombers parked on the runway at Diego Garcia. The planes – each…
Saviour complex: Jonathan Powell is still trying to change the world
In 2011, the Hampstead theatre put on an autobiographical play about a marriage strained by lies, betrayal and, as the…
Will Trump join the strongman club?
The world’s most exclusive club, of presidents-for-life, is growing. It already includes Putin of Russia, Xi of China, Lukashenko of…
