James Snell

Sudan’s dreams of democracy appear to be over

18 April 2023 5:24 pm

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

27 March 2023 11:28 pm

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?

16 March 2023 6:29 pm

Taiwan has lost another friend. Or at least it soon will, according to the president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro. She…

Saudi Arabia must not bring Syria’s Assad in from the cold

21 February 2023 3:23 am

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister has said the quiet part out loud when it comes to his country’s attitude towards Syria. Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud told…

The charm of Volodymyr Zelensky

9 February 2023 12:22 am

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is in Britain for a surprise visit. ‘Freedom will win – we know Russia will lose,’ he…

Syria might never recover from the devastation of this earthquake

7 February 2023 1:22 am

Natural disaster always worst affects those who have already lost so much. And so it is in Turkey and Syria,…

Is Isis to blame for the Pakistan mosque bombing?

31 January 2023 11:06 pm

The Islamic State may have been driven out of its capitals in Iraq’s Mosul and Syria’s Raqqa but that doesn’t…

A Third Intifada looms in Israel

31 January 2023 1:42 am

Peace has never seemed further away for Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Several dreadful incidents recently have made that…

Germany – and Nato – should be ashamed of its grudging support for Ukraine

26 January 2023 12:47 am

At long, long last, it might seem that things are coming to a head. After a year of phony excuses,…

Ukraine is paying a heavy price for Nato’s dithering

23 January 2023 11:25 pm

It is winter in Ukraine. The ground is frozen and hard. Groups of soldiers on both sides struggle in the…

Germany has no excuse for not sending tanks to Ukraine

19 January 2023 7:38 am

When a man is in a hole, he is best advised to stop digging. When a German chancellor is in…

Is Germany’s defence minister up to the job?

18 January 2023 2:02 am

After yesterday’s abrupt and humiliating departure of Germany’s defence minister, Christine Lambrecht, beleaguered chancellor Olaf Scholz has today appointed her…

Germany’s missteps in Ukraine have left Scholz fighting for his political life

17 January 2023 2:33 am

Difficult though it may be to believe, there is chaos at the top of the German government over its mishandling…

Is this the real reason Russia is trying to seize Bakhmut from Ukraine?

10 January 2023 10:10 pm

Bakhmut is not of immense strategic importance. It’s a backwater, empty of almost all civilian life, and largely in ruins.…

America’s flip flopping has exacerbated Venezuela’s tragedy

3 January 2023 9:29 pm

Amid New Year celebrations, and a tide of high-profile obituaries, you might have missed something small and far away, but…

Japan’s rearmament could be a force for good

20 December 2022 5:07 am

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s murdered former prime minister, would this week be especially proud of his country. At long last, and…

Can the EU recover from the Qatar corruption scandal?

13 December 2022 3:38 am

Four people associated with the European parliament have been arrested in what seems to be the beginning of a major…

Iran steps up the war against its people

9 December 2022 3:27 am

Iran has announced the first execution of the current crop of protestors. Mohsen Shekari, who was just 23, was hanged earlier…

Why Germany’s far-right coup was doomed from the start

8 December 2022 1:10 am

Twenty-five people have been arrested by German authorities on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. A failed coup attempt…

China’s protests and the dark lesson of Hong Kong

29 November 2022 8:50 pm

It is easy to imagine that a dam might be bursting in China. There have been spontaneous street protests across…

Should Iran be allowed at the World Cup?

21 November 2022 5:00 pm

As England’s football team prepare to face Iran in the first match of their World Cup campaign, the backdrop is…

Iran’s protests are coming to a head

15 November 2022 8:58 pm

Iran’s protest movement appears to be coming to a head. It’s been going on for two months, since the country’s…

Russia's 'hunger plan' is back

1 November 2022 2:39 am

Until this week, the prospect of globalfamine had disappeared from the headlines, but earlier in Russia’s waragainst Ukraine, a sinister…

Did Putin use Iranian martyr drones on Kyiv?

17 October 2022 9:10 pm

As Iranian munitions have hurtled through the air at the front line in the Donbas, and as Iranian suicide drones…

Iranians have turned against the mullahs' empire building

14 October 2022 12:03 am

Iran’s protestors are showing immense courage. That is a given. But the reasons why are worth spelling out. Not only…