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Bernard Gray
Britain hasn’t the strength to stop a drone, let alone join Trump’s war in Iran

Wed 4 Mar 2026

Britain hasn’t the strength to stop a drone, let alone join Trump’s war in Iran
Hugh Tomlinson
Trump pledged to end forever wars. Now he has embarked on a conflict fraught with risk

Sat 28 Feb 2026

Trump pledged to end forever wars. Now he has embarked on a conflict fraught with risk
Sara Weissel
Israelis head from synagogues to bomb shelters

Sat 28 Feb 2026

Israelis head from synagogues to bomb shelters
Ruth Michaelson
Trump vows ‘hour of freedom is at hand’ but opponents of Iranian regime fear only chaos will follow

Sat 28 Feb 2026

Trump vows ‘hour of freedom is at hand’ but opponents of Iranian regime fear only chaos will follow
Oliver Marsden
Pakistan says it is at ‘open war’ with the Taliban as airstrikes hit Afghan cities

Sat 28 Feb 2026

Pakistan says it is at ‘open war’ with the Taliban as airstrikes hit Afghan cities
Bernard Gray
A warning from the future: where Putin will set his sights after Ukraine

Sun 22 Feb 2026

A warning from the future: where Putin will set his sights after Ukraine
Steve Bloomfield
Trump’s endless, opaque bombing obliterates all hope of a free Somalia

Sun 15 Feb 2026

Trump’s endless, opaque bombing obliterates all hope of a free Somalia
Ceri Thomas
Orphaned brothers will lose their youth waiting for Afghan inquiry

Fri 6 Feb 2026

Orphaned brothers will lose their youth waiting for Afghan inquiry
Fred Harter
The proposed British and French force in Ukraine is a symptom of an ailing multilateral system

Fri 9 Jan 2026

The proposed British and French force in Ukraine is a symptom of an ailing multilateral system
The Observer leader
Might is not right

Sat 3 Jan 2026

Might is not right
Michael McFaul
‘Ukraine is not losing the war, but it cannot fight forever’

Tue 30 Dec 2025

‘Ukraine is not losing the war, but it cannot fight forever’
Isabel Coles
Defiance and denial in besieged Sloviansk as residents resist surrender to Moscow

Sun 28 Dec 2025

Defiance and denial in besieged Sloviansk as residents resist surrender to Moscow
Ruth Michaelson
US launches ‘vengeance’ strikes against IS in Syria

Mon 22 Dec 2025

US launches ‘vengeance’ strikes against IS in Syria
Oliver Marsden
Riddled with bullet holes and grief, Sangin has no choice but to remember the British

Mon 8 Dec 2025

Riddled with bullet holes and grief, Sangin has no choice but to remember the British
Ceri Thomas
SAS leaders suppressed war crimes claims, Afghanistan inquiry hears

Wed 3 Dec 2025

SAS leaders suppressed war crimes claims, Afghanistan inquiry hears
Tom Fletcher
Darfur diary: the road to El Fasher

Tue 25 Nov 2025

Darfur diary: the road to El Fasher
Fred Harter
Mysterious drone sightings are causing alarm across Europe

Mon 17 Nov 2025

Mysterious drone sightings are causing alarm across Europe
Matthew Bishop
How Milan is becoming the new Monaco for rich Britons

Mon 28 Apr 2025

How Milan is becoming the new Monaco for rich Britons
Giles Whittell
Now US defence chief Pete Hegseth leaves his mobile number online

Mon 28 Apr 2025

Now US defence chief Pete Hegseth leaves his mobile number online

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