Award-winning novelist

Cheap unmanned aerial vehicles cost only a few thousand dollars to make, but are costing millions to defend against, turning the economics of war on its head

Britons seem fed up with establishment parties after Labour's disastrous performance in this week's local elections, and the Tories' similar failure two years ago

Xi warned of the dangers of falling into said trap as Washington appears increasingly threatened by Beijing's steady rise as a great world power

Crippling US sanctions on Havana were designed to force regime change, but six decades of crippling embargo have only cemented it

Nestled on the southern Mediterranean coast, Egypt's quaint coastal metropolis marked its inception as an ancient city that wore many hats across civilisations