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…
Massacre of the innocents: the return of sectarian persecution in Syria
No one covers up their war crimes any more. They film them, celebrate them, post them on X. So we…
The strange beauty of the vigil for the Pope
Steady rain during the day stopped just before Monday’s evening prayers for Pope Francis in Saint Peter’s Square. A line…
I was convinced by the cholesterol sceptics
It’s never a good thing when your cardiologist sounds alarmed on the phone. Come in tomorrow, he said: we’ll get…
What Trump’s Gaza plan means for the Middle East
Donald Trump told reporters this week that he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to free some of the…
The Donald’s plans for the Middle East
The former US president Jimmy Carterdied, at the age of 100, just before news of an imminent deal to free…
America’s new ally in the battle against Isis: the Taliban
Isis are back. In fact, to borrow Gerry Adams’s remark about the IRA, they never went away. Now, they are…
The SAS have been betrayed in the name of human rights
The SAS are worried. Britain’s most elite military unit have come face to face with the IRA, the Taliban and…
Will a ceasefire with Hezbollah last?
Peace is apparently closer than ever in Lebanon. So expect more bloodshed. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the Israeli cabinet…
How Trump could temper tensions in the Middle East
One of Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign ads was aimed at Jewish voters. Three stereotypical New York bubbes are kvetching about…
Israel is reshaping the Middle East in its favour
Iran has fallen into the trap set by Israel. It has taken the bait after months of failing to respond…
Is Israel trying to drag America into a war with Iran?
The American general David Petraeus famously asked of the invasion of Iraq: ‘Tell me how this ends.’ That’s the question…
Hezbollah’s exploding pagers are just the start
Israel’s security cabinet met in a bunker in the ministry of defence in Tel Aviv on Monday night. The main…
The mad, bad, sad world of Ryan Routh
Any journalist who has covered a war will recognise Ryan Routh’s type immediately – the war zone nutter. Routh is currently…
