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The Observer Leader
A Declaration of Interdependence
Sun 14 Jun 2026
Wendy Ide
Disclosure Day – the gospel according to Steven Spielberg
Tue 9 Jun 2026
Steve Bloomfield
‘For a modern picture of national identity just look to the World Cup’
Sun 7 Jun 2026
The Observer view
The forgotten war
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Giles Whittell
Starmer to host Zelensky talks as west seeks to seize moment
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Will Hutton
The ghosts of our failed industries stalk the ports of Europe in the form of empty container ships
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Poppy Bullard
Everest guide discovered close to death after ‘bonkers’ climb leaves him alone on mountain
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Seun Matiluko
Corruption scandals are engulfing Spanish politics
Tue 2 Jun 2026
Ruth Michaelson
The US and Iran can’t agree how to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Mon 1 Jun 2026
Aref Alkrez and Leon Spring
Narco-state: the battle to dismantle the Assad drug empire
Sun 31 May 2026
Steve Bloomfield
Blair is out of touch with the reality of Trump’s new world order
Sun 31 May 2026
Chris Horton
How China’s threat to Taiwan is redefining East Asian geopolitics
Sat 30 May 2026
Ruth Michaelson
The removal of another political rival to ErdoÄŸan could force Europe to take a stand
Fri 29 May 2026
James Tapper
‘It’s shocking we’re going through it all again’: scientists race for vaccine as Ebola ravages Congo
Sun 24 May 2026
Philippe Sands
Rogue states won’t always get away with murder. In the end justice will prevail
Sun 24 May 2026
Ruth Michaelson
Iran tightens grip on Strait of Hormuz with ‘mafia-esque’ tolls
Sun 24 May 2026
Kim Willsher
The French town that found the key to beating the far right
Wed 20 May 2026
Andrew Anthony
From Downing Street to the Golden State: Steve Hilton’s bid to lead California
Sun 17 May 2026
Lorcan Lovett
‘Every day I worry about kidnapping’: The new reign of terror in the world’s largest refugee camp
Sun 17 May 2026
Isabel Coles
The Ecuadorian poet hoping to lead the UN – and win over Putin, Xi and Trump
Sun 17 May 2026
Giles Whittell
The ‘Taiwan issue’: what next for the island after Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s Beijing summit?
Sun 17 May 2026
Hugh Tomlinson
Maga finds a new hero as Republicans lose faith in Trump
Sun 10 May 2026
Thomas Graham
Maduro’s successor cements her power, as Venezuelans wait for change
Mon 4 May 2026
Ifang Bremer
Kim Ju-ae: North Korea’s next leader or just a prop for her father?
Sun 3 May 2026
Isabel Coles
The Iranian women dissidents caught in the crosshairs of an AI propaganda war
Fri 1 May 2026
Evan Moffitt
Art galleries face steep ‘war premiums’ as they try to circumvent the Hormuz blockade
Thu 30 Apr 2026
Ruth Michaelson
The UAE’s withdrawal from Opec shows widening rifts in the Gulf
Thu 30 Apr 2026
Fred Harter
Starmer looks to Charles to salvage the special relationship
Tue 28 Apr 2026
Fred Harter
Spain embraces immigration despite political pressures
Mon 27 Apr 2026
Isabel Coles
A new Nazi database prompts Germans to confront their families’ dark pasts
Fri 24 Apr 2026
Xavier Greenwood
The Onion has major plans for Alex Jones’s conspiracy site
Fri 24 Apr 2026
Ruth Michaelson
Trump’s social media sabre-rattling won’t get Iranians to the negotiating table
Thu 23 Apr 2026
Oliver Marsden
Israel and Lebanon both want to disarm Hezbollah. It is not clear if they can
Thu 23 Apr 2026
Ruth Michaelson
Talks to end the Iran war are shrouded in uncertainty
Tue 21 Apr 2026
Fred Harter
Donald Trump has little to gain by fighting with the Pope
Fri 17 Apr 2026
Seun Matiluko
Benin is the latest victim of backsliding in West Africa
Thu 16 Apr 2026
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Malaysia to investigate law firm’s UK offices over fraud scandal
Sun 5 Apr 2026
Isabel Coles
‘Operation Epstein Fury’: Iran employs AI propaganda as weapon of war
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Oliver Marsden
The ‘gate of tears’ poses another headache for the global economy
Tue 31 Mar 2026
Fred Harter
America is leading the world to a very dark place
Mon 30 Mar 2026
Chloe Hadjimatheou
Shirin Ebadi: Iranian regime told me ‘killing you would be easy’
Sun 29 Mar 2026
Isabel Coles
Israeli student indicted for scamming Iranian spies
Thu 26 Mar 2026
Fred Harter
Donald Trump says Iran is begging him to strike a deal. Tehran tells a different story
Thu 26 Mar 2026
Fred Harter
Trump’s maximal war gains have yielded mixed results
Wed 25 Mar 2026
Kim Willsher
The far right again hits a ceiling in France
Tue 24 Mar 2026
Isabel Coles
UK won’t be drawn into the war, says Cooper as Iran targets Diego Garcia
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Oliver Marsden
Father who lost four daughters to Israel’s strikes on Lebanon curses ‘war on children’
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Steve Bloomfield
Of all Starmer’s U-turns, the cruel cut to vital aid is the most depressing
Fri 20 Mar 2026
Thomas Graham
The Cuban regime is under severe pressure to submit to Washington
Thu 19 Mar 2026
Tim Adams
How Musk’s young ‘Doge’ recruits used AI to dismantle humanities grants
Mon 16 Mar 2026
Three practical ways the UK can strengthen global health — one year after the aid cuts
Sun 15 Mar 2026
Isabel Coles
Inside Dimona: the secret nuclear site at the heart of Israel’s undeclared arsenal
Thu 12 Mar 2026
Fred Harter
Trump’s ‘America, F**k Yeah’ doctrine and the war with Iran
Thu 12 Mar 2026
Xavier Greenwood
The Strait of Hormuz allows Iran to have the world over a barrel
Thu 12 Mar 2026
Fred Harter
The election of a former rapper in Nepal is a triumph for protesters
Wed 11 Mar 2026
Tim Adams
What a blurry four-second Epstein video reveals about the world’s great minds
Tue 10 Mar 2026
Ruth Michaelson
Mojtaba Khamenei gives a dangerous new dimension to the Middle East crisis
Tue 10 Mar 2026
Oliver Marsden
How an IDF recovery mission brought a night of chaos to a small Lebanese town
Mon 9 Mar 2026
Ruth Michaelson
Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment as supreme leader shows Iran has no plans to surrender
Mon 9 Mar 2026
Steve Bloomfield
Third world war or merely a world at war? Either way, the ‘middle powers’ must end it
Fri 6 Mar 2026
Fred Harter
Staring down the barrel: Iran strikes back at America by driving up the price of oil
Thu 5 Mar 2026
Isabel Coles
Zelensky offers to help Gulf states shoot down Iranian drones
Thu 5 Mar 2026
Fred Harter
The US sinking a warship off Sri Lanka doesn’t solve a crisis in Hormuz
Thu 5 Mar 2026
Kim Willsher
Viktor Orbán has pinned his re-election hopes on maligning Ukraine
Wed 4 Mar 2026
Alexi Mostrous
The Epstein Files: citizen sleuths examine $1.6bn in financial transactions
Tue 3 Mar 2026
Giles Whittell
Eight reasons Trump attacked Iran
Tue 3 Mar 2026
Ruth Michaelson
Donald Trump wants to see regime change in Iran. This may be wishful thinking
Mon 2 Mar 2026
Isabel Coles
The Syrian prison collapse that has scattered Isis families to the wind
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Thomas Graham
El Mencho’s death has put Mexico into a state of violent uncertainty
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Alexi Mostrous
Watching JeffTube: the thousands of audio and video files recorded by Jeffrey Epstein
Tue 24 Feb 2026
Jasper Corbett
Trump’s position on the Chagos Islands deal gives Starmer a real headache
Mon 23 Feb 2026
Fred Harter
Trump’s tariff dreams are not dead. But they’ve been put on life support
Mon 23 Feb 2026
Kim Willsher
Climber who left his girlfriend to die on mountain found guilty of manslaughter
Sat 21 Feb 2026
Ifang Bremer
South Korea says Kim Jong Un’s daughter has entered a ‘successor’ stage. The reality is murkier
Tue 17 Feb 2026
Fred Harter
Trump’s repeal of a climate determination will encourage wanton destruction
Mon 16 Feb 2026
Ruth Michaelson
Key reformists arrested as Iran regime acts ‘to break anyone who speaks up’
Sun 15 Feb 2026
Hannah Roberts
A far-right splinter in Italy offers lessons for the rest of Europe
Thu 12 Feb 2026
Ruth Michaelson
Iran’s highly enriched uranium is still AWOL
Wed 11 Feb 2026
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes
Japan’s first female prime minister has won a historic victory
Tue 10 Feb 2026
