Should Iran be allowed at the World Cup?
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
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
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?
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
Iran’s protestors are showing immense courage. That is a given. But the reasons why are worth spelling out. Not only…
Russian terror bombing arrives in Ukraine
It depends on when you are reading this but it’s possible that as you do, Russian missiles are still falling…
Isis is wreaking havoc in Afghanistan
The bomb tore through an examination hall in Kabul on Friday, where students – mostly minority Hazara, mostly young women…
Iran's 'kamikaze' drones take to the skies above Ukraine
Ukraine is awash with foreign-made weapons, something that is true of both sides. While Ukraine uses American-made rocket systems, French,…
Has war broken out again between Armenia and Azerbaijan?
Overnight, it seems as if a new war might have broken out in Europe. Armenian authorities claim that at least…
Shinzo Abe was Japan’s indispensable conservative
Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated today while electioneering, was his country’s indispensable man. Prime minister of Japan for much of…
Germany’s stinginess is betraying Ukraine
Bafflement is not quite the right word. Instead, Ukrainian officials and their allies now see Germany through a confused form…
Hong Kong is now a police state
No one now denies that Hong Kong is a fiefdom of Beijing. Its democratic leaders have been packed off to…
The end of the last Arab Spring success story
Visibly, and with very little pretense, Tunisia is sliding into tyranny. In the last two years, its president, Kais Saied,…
Down with the ‘Third World War’ doomsayers
Some people are always telling you that the world is soon to end. In the old days many of them…
Madeleine Albright was an idealist overpowered by cynics
People die at random, of course, but it seems poignant that Madeleine Albright has died at the very moment the…
