The month of June carries plenty of World War II memories in Europe and beyond. Paris famously fell to the Nazis on 14 June 1940, and on 22 June 1941…

Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's comments last week about the Hamas attack on southern Israel on 7 October have informed the world’s understanding…

Finding a reasonably priced hotel room in Riyadh during autumn and winter months (when the weather is pleasant) is akin to trying to buy tickets for…

When the terrorist known as ‘Socrates Khalil’ was recently captured by security forces in the Kurdistan area of Iraq, it offered a rare insight for…

A great work of art never dies. Great books, such as Joseph Conrad’s masterpiece Heart of Darkness, continue to be revisited, re-read, and studied…

Protests in solidarity with Palestinians have erupted across the world since Israel began its onslaught in Gaza in October, but among the more eye…

Despite heightened diplomatic efforts from Washington and Paris, the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah continues to escalate. While the Israel…

Why do human beings make war? Why, come to it, do they make love?We tend to see these patterns of human behaviour as part of our psychological…

Right-wing populists are marching in Europe. For decades the far right sat on the periphery of Western politics, dismissed as angry skinheads or…