The president has told voters to vote like he is on the ballot, but that’s precisely what worries Republicans who are distancing themselves from…

The president has told voters to vote like he is on the ballot, but that’s precisely what worries Republicans who are distancing themselves from…

IT’S a pretty fair bet that no major geopolitical decision made in Washington happens without a weighing up of Chinese interests and reactions...

IT’S a pretty fair bet that no major geopolitical decision made in Washington happens without a weighing up of Chinese interests and reactions...

Across global conflicts AI is determining how targets are identified, how quickly decisions are made, and who holds power over life and death writes…

AS is now patently clear, drones are ubiquitous to both sides in the Russia-Ukraine war.

AS is now patently clear, drones are ubiquitous to both sides in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Across global conflicts AI is determining how targets are identified, how quickly decisions are made, and who holds power over life and death writes…

THEY’VE been stepping up the pace on “corporate mobilisation” these past weeks in Russia

IT would be about 17 years

Twenty-five years ago, the collective shock of the terrorist attacks on the US was upon us. Foreign Editor David Pratt’s essay recounts what it…

Twenty-five years ago, the collective shock of the terrorist attacks on the US was upon us. Foreign Editor David Pratt’s essay recounts what it…

IT would be about 17 years

AT the time, he had what might be called an “abrasive” way of handling the foreign media of which, back then, I was a part

AT the time, he had what might be called an “abrasive” way of handling the foreign media of which, back then, I was a part

AT the time, he had what might be called an “abrasive” way of handling the foreign media of which, back then, I was a part

The Argentine president’s forceful speech about recovering the 'Malvinas' had Washington’s hallmark all over it, writes Foreign Editor…

EARLY in 1983, roughly eight months after the war ended, the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges made a now-famous – some say infamous –…

EARLY in 1983, roughly eight months after the war ended, the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges made a now-famous – some say infamous –…

CONTRARY to popular belief, pearls of wisdom sometimes emanate from pub talk. I was reminded of that again last weekend, during a chat over a glass…

Nepal’s disaster is a harbinger of what happens when the political will is lacking to tackle climate change while cutting vital aid that builds…

Nepal’s disaster is a harbinger of what happens when the political will is lacking to tackle climate change while cutting vital aid that builds…

OUT beyond the suffocating bottleneck of the Kathmandu Valley exit with its haze of exhaust fumes and dust, the Prithvi Highway plunges down into…

Footage has emerged of buildings, bridges and homes being swept away by heavy floods after a landslide took place and registered as a 5.2 magnitude earthquake.

FIRST, it was bombs. Then came bribes in the shape of promised sanctions relief and billions of dollars in investment ...

AT the time when it appeared, it created quite a stir. It was back in March 2002, precisely at the moment when the Israeli- Palestinian conflict was…

As West Bank settler violence escalates, many fear Palestinians are being pushed to breaking point. Foreign Editor David Pratt who covered two…

THE first time I heard the phrase used was in Cairo’s Tahrir Square while covering the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011.

A FILM is scheduled to air today on Sweden’s public television network and the timing of its broadcast could not be more apt.

A FILM is scheduled to air today on Sweden’s public television network and the timing of its broadcast could not be more apt.

Twenty one million women now face the world’s most severe systemic and institutionalised denial of human rights while the world turns its back…

MUCH has often been made about the closeness between the United States and Israel. It’s an understandable assessment, given that in the main…

Trump is now trapped in a war that is not going down well at home and Tehran senses his political vulnerability writes Foreign Editor David Pratt

Donald Trump is now trapped in a war that is not going down well at home and Tehran senses his political vulnerability, writes Foreign Editor David…

Already it almost feels like last week’s story. One minute it was global headlines and what looked to be a massive humanitarian crisis; the next…

LIKE some ghostly mirage, their convoy of trucks appeared out of the dust thrown up by the desert. Within minutes, they had pulled up on the…

LIKE some ghostly mirage, their convoy of trucks appeared out of the dust thrown up by the desert. Within minutes, they had pulled up on the…

Two decades after US troops battled Iran-backed militias on Iraq's streets, Foreign Editor David Pratt asks: Are we witnessing a rerun of…