Colin Freeman

Will Trump take a punt on Puntland?

9 April 2025 4:38 pm

As a man who views the world as one big real-estate portfolio, Donald Trump sees the potential in northern Somalia’s…

‘Trump is a coward’: meet the US soldiers who served in Ukraine

5 April 2025 9:00 am

The Ukrainians of Alabama are not the kind of lobbyists whose visits strike fear into pro-Trump politicians in Washington. They…

Why does the beheading of Christians not make headlines?

15 March 2025 9:00 am

The Congolese chapter of Islamic State has a ruthless way of stopping outsiders reporting their presence to the authorities. Under…

Ukraine wants its nuclear weapons back

27 February 2025 4:30 pm

Kyiv Had America and the Soviet Union ever fought the battle of Armageddon, it would have started from beneath a…

Could Europe send troops to Ukraine?

23 April 2024 5:12 pm

It is 2026, and in a downbeat speech at the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin finally announces a withdrawal from Ukraine. Russian…

Has the West forgotten about Ukraine?

26 December 2023 6:40 pm

When Hamas murdered 1,200 people on October 7, I was in eastern Ukraine, researching a long piece for the Telegraph…

The families of Israel’s hostages are living in hell

24 November 2023 6:28 pm

Yair Mozes, whose mother and father are among the 240 hostages kidnapped by Hamas, is trying to describe what it…

The Kremlin is sanctioning me – but why can’t they get my name right?

26 August 2023 4:00 pm

Journalists love being put on blacklists. In a profession that prides itself on holding the powerful to account, there’s no…

Will mounting casualties change the debate in Ukraine?

15 July 2023 9:00 am

Will mounting casualties change the debate in Ukraine?

Confessions of a royal paparazzo

20 May 2023 9:09 pm

I can still remember the shock of watching the news on Sunday, 31 August 1997 and learning that Lady Diana…

‘Iraq does not compare to this’: the British soldier on Ukraine’s front line

15 April 2023 9:00 am

A Brit’s life on Ukraine’s front line

Why ‘From Our Own Correspondent’ is still the best of the BBC

10 April 2023 6:00 pm

Radio Four recently broadcast a ‘Best of’ edition of From Our Own Correspondent, marking 100 years since the birth of…

Inside the court of King Zelensky

28 February 2023 11:51 pm

The first hint that my audience with Volodymyr Zelensky might not be what I’d hoped for came with the emailed…

Meet the British soldiers fighting in Ukraine

12 November 2022 8:18 pm

At his base near the frontlines outside of Kherson, an ex-British soldier named JK shows me a video of what…

Will guns from Ukraine end up on the streets of Britain?

8 October 2022 9:00 am

Will guns from Ukraine end up on the streets of Britain?

How Russian drones are being used to spy on Kyiv

2 April 2022 5:15 pm

‘That used to be my neighbour’s Skoda,’ says Alexei Marchenko, as he points to a twisted lump of metal in the…

The reality of being ‘under siege’ in Kyiv

12 March 2022 8:00 pm

Kyiv, Ukraine I’ve never commuted into a warzone by train before, but I can now recommend it. The express train…

The West has left Armenia to fend for itself

14 November 2020 9:00 am

Armenians don’t want a deal – they want resolution

Why the US assassination of Iran’s top general didn’t spark a war

1 August 2020 9:00 am

Why the US assassination of Iran’s top general didn’t spark a war

Macer Gifford: My fight against Isis

27 June 2020 9:00 am

A warning from the British trader who fought in Syria

What lockdown? It’s business as usual for drug traffickers

18 April 2020 9:00 am

It’s business as usual for drug traffickers

Where did it all go wrong for Tony Blair’s protege in Guinea?

29 February 2020 9:00 am

How Blair’s protégé became another African strongman

The Shia Krays: the whole of Iraq is being held to ransom

15 February 2020 9:00 am

The whole of Iraq is being held to ransom

How did my children become more middle class than me?

24 August 2019 9:00 am

In a café in Norfolk last week, my seven-year-old son uttered words that mortified me. No, he didn’t comment loudly…