Con Coughlin

Suggestions that the terrorist responsible for New Year attack on New Orleans had links to Islamic State (IS) show that the threat posed by Islamist…

Nearly three years after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his so-called “special military operation” against Ukraine, all the indications…

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s term in office looks set to end after his government lost a historic vote of confidence in the German parliament,…

The latest military confrontation between Israel and Yemen’s Houthi rebels shows that, for all the setbacks Iranian-backed groups like Hamas and…

While the long-overdue overthrow of Bashar al-Assad has been a cause for celebration for the vast majority of Syrians, there are some groups—most…

Irrespective of which political grouping forms the next Syrian government, it is already clear that the overthrow of the al-Assad regime is likely to…

During the 16 years that she served as Germany’s first woman Chancellor from 2005 to 2021, Angela Merkel arguably became the most influential…

At a time when there is a pressing need for the world’s leading democracies to demonstrate a shared sense of purpose, the dramatic collapse of the…

The sudden assault by well-armed rebels against the key Syrian city of Aleppo and their further gains since have raised serious questions about the…

The Lebanese army has already accused Israel of violating the ceasefire “several times” since it went into effect on Wednesday morning after more…