The world’s become a darker place in the last six months, but there’s still reasons to be cheerful

Sun 14 Jun 2026

BBC’s flippant Brexit documentary isn’t the full story

Fri 12 Jun 2026

Albanians protest against the Kushner-Trump luxury development

Trump gives America a taste of the big cheese

Wed 10 Jun 2026

A cage fight at the White House puts the Trumpian world-view on show

Sun 7 Jun 2026

‘Let’s start with 70% control’: Benjamin Netanyahu pledges to extend occupation of Gaza

Sun 31 May 2026

Blair is out of touch with the reality of Trump’s new world order

Sun 31 May 2026

The Observer view: Trump’s war in Iran has made him Putin’s useful idiot

Sun 31 May 2026

A $1.8bn “lawfare” fund will funnel US taxpayer money to Trump’s allies

Tue 26 May 2026

‘Utterly stupid, morally wrong’: Republican fury over Trump’s $1.8bn slush fund for Capitol rioters

Sun 24 May 2026

Europe must find its voice as the US turns its back on Ukraine

Sun 24 May 2026

Republicans gain upper hand in midterms after southern states redraw voting maps

Sun 17 May 2026

Trump’s nominee Kevin Warsh finally confirmed as Fed chair

Sun 17 May 2026

From Downing Street to the Golden State: Steve Hilton’s bid to lead California

Sun 17 May 2026

The Ecuadorian poet hoping to lead the UN – and win over Putin, Xi and Trump

Sun 17 May 2026

The ‘Taiwan issue’: what next for the island after Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s Beijing summit?

Sun 17 May 2026

Nigel Farage has a problem with the truth

Sun 17 May 2026

Trump’s landmark visit to China could be pivotal for the world order

Wed 13 May 2026

Maga finds a new hero as Republicans lose faith in Trump

Sun 10 May 2026

Iran’s banks defy Trump financial sanctions to keep business as usual for regime

Sat 9 May 2026

Meet the war-fluencers shaping public perception of global conflicts

Thu 7 May 2026

Iran reviews US-based framework for ending the war

Thu 7 May 2026

Pope backs investigative journalists against Trumpian ‘Tower of Babel’

Wed 6 May 2026

Maduro’s successor cements her power, as Venezuelans wait for change

Mon 4 May 2026

Could Trump be Xi Jinping’s biggest fan?

Sun 3 May 2026

While Trump pitches ‘Project Freedom’, Tehran pins hopes of surviving blockade on oil barrels destined for China

Sun 3 May 2026

The Iranian women dissidents caught in the crosshairs of an AI propaganda war

Fri 1 May 2026

Trump vows to attend a rescheduled White House correspondents’ dinner following shooting

Sun 26 Apr 2026

King prepares for diplomatic tightrope ahead of state visit to the US

Sun 26 Apr 2026

Tucker Carlson leads Maga rebellion against Trump over Iran war

Sun 26 Apr 2026

Team Trump wonder who’s next for the woodchipper

Sun 26 Apr 2026

Trump green lights a psychotropic gold rush in the jungles of Gabon

Sun 26 Apr 2026

Trump vs the Pope

Kevin Warsh: banker tipped for most important role in global finance

Sun 19 Apr 2026

Leo seeks path of righteousness in war between pope and Potus

Sun 19 Apr 2026

Max Hastings: The United States could soon be our enemy

Sun 19 Apr 2026

Donald Trump has little to gain by fighting with the Pope

Fri 17 Apr 2026

Why Trump is feuding with the Pope

Is this the end of Orban's influence?

War of words between Pope Leo XIV and Trump has a clear victor

Wed 15 Apr 2026

All eyes on Raúlito, the Castro who could open Cuba’s doors to Trump

Sun 12 Apr 2026

Apocalypse now? The politics of panic is the real enemy

Sun 12 Apr 2026

Trump ally could solve riddle of Melania’s surprise statement on Epstein

Sun 12 Apr 2026

With her Epstein statement, Melania the Slovenian Sphinx leaves us all puzzled

Sun 12 Apr 2026

‘The US is no longer an ally’. Now it’s time to build a brave new alliance

Sun 12 Apr 2026

Iranians are the biggest losers in a war that has exposed the limits of US power

Sun 12 Apr 2026

Thanks to Trump, the UK has edged closer to Europe, but the entente isn’t always cordiale

Sun 12 Apr 2026

Trump’s folly has unleashed economic chaos worldwide

Sat 11 Apr 2026

Ceasefire deal gives Tehran the upper hand

Wed 8 Apr 2026

Starmer may have won praise for standing up to Trump, but fury over high prices will follow

Sun 5 Apr 2026

Present a united front to rattle Trump’s leadership

Sun 5 Apr 2026

‘Forty-eight hours before all hell will rain down’: Trump warns Iran over Hormuz

Sat 4 Apr 2026

Who’s next? Bondi the latest loyalist dumped as Trump lashes out

Sat 4 Apr 2026

White House chaos intensifies after Iran downs two US warplanes

Sat 4 Apr 2026

‘Operation Epstein Fury’: Iran employs AI propaganda as weapon of war

Thu 2 Apr 2026

The Iran war and MAGA

Trump must be stopped before this war exacts a price the world can’t pay

Sun 29 Mar 2026

One war Trump has planned down to the last detail: subverting the midterms

Sun 29 Mar 2026

The autocrats are taking over the world

Sun 29 Mar 2026

Enlightened capitalism is what we need in these dark times

Sun 29 Mar 2026

Kushner’s $170m bad bet on obscure British Amazon aggregator

Sun 29 Mar 2026

Trump’s maximal war gains have yielded mixed results

Wed 25 Mar 2026

Trump’s first ‘antifa’ prosecution is a warning to the left

Tue 24 Mar 2026

The arson attack on Jewish charity ambulances

Trump had no grounds to believe Iranian regime’s nuclear programme posed ‘imminent threat’

Mon 23 Mar 2026

Iran war exposes reliance on China for rare earths used in weapons

Sun 22 Mar 2026

Leaders flip-flop over Iran war as party falls out of step with supporters

Sun 22 Mar 2026

Starmer’s attorney general to defend rules-based order as differences with US laid bare

Sun 22 Mar 2026

Europe must find a way to defend itself that does not rely on the US

Sun 22 Mar 2026

Divided by the war, Maga and America First are threatening to rip apart Trump’s presidency

Sun 22 Mar 2026

Donald Trump is trying and failing to draw US allies into the war in Iran

Tue 17 Mar 2026

Kill talk: Pete Hegseth and the language of war

Mass displacement in Lebanon

UK to deploy mine-hunting systems in Gulf

Sun 15 Mar 2026

War is not a game of Call of Duty, Mr Trump

Sun 15 Mar 2026

How Trump brought Netanyahu’s longtime dream of Iran’s destruction within reach

Sun 15 Mar 2026

‘Marco, JD, you guys have shitty shoes’

Sun 15 Mar 2026

Trump is a man without a plan

Sun 15 Mar 2026

Iran’s new leader is nowhere to be found, as rivals jostle for power in Tehran

Sun 15 Mar 2026

It doesn’t matter who won the Oscars, David Ellison has Hollywood in the bag

Sun 15 Mar 2026

Dear Keir: don’t do anything rash, like slagging off your mate on Truth Social

Sat 14 Mar 2026

Trump’s ‘America, F**k Yeah’ doctrine and the war with Iran

Thu 12 Mar 2026

The new supreme leader of Iran

Trump says Starmer is no Churchill. He has no idea what that means

Sun 8 Mar 2026

Maga golden boy Kid Rock to sing government’s tune in court

Sun 8 Mar 2026

Starmer’s ‘Love Actually moment’ with Trump treads a fine line

Sun 8 Mar 2026

Iran’s resilience has been forged by adversity

Sun 8 Mar 2026

US weighs ‘boots on ground’ option as offensive drags on

Sun 8 Mar 2026

Iranian missiles harden Israeli support for war

Sun 8 Mar 2026

Dubai: lux lifestyle to defiant warzone in seven days

Sun 8 Mar 2026

Keir Starmer’s answer to Donald Trump shows principle, not pandering

Sat 7 Mar 2026

Trump’s reasons for attacking Iran

Eight reasons Trump attacked Iran

Tue 3 Mar 2026

The aftermath of the bombing on Iran

Claudia Sheinbaum, the inimitable president of Mexico

Mon 2 Mar 2026

After the Ayatollah

Sun 1 Mar 2026

Anthropic and OpenAI row: who sets the limits on AI in war?

Sun 1 Mar 2026

Trump pledged to end forever wars. Now he has embarked on a conflict fraught with risk

Sat 28 Feb 2026

I won’t remain silent on this cynical war

Sat 28 Feb 2026