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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
Isabel Coles
‘The road is full of dead’: Sudanese leave one hell for another

Mon 3 Nov 2025

‘The road is full of dead’: Sudanese leave one hell for another
Liz Cookman
The new sex therapy for injured soldiers

Fri 3 Oct 2025

The new sex therapy for injured soldiers
Killian Fox
The big picture: the mothers of Beirut’s disappeared

Wed 1 Oct 2025

The big picture: the mothers of Beirut’s disappeared
Liz Cookman
We want peace – but not on Putin’s terms, Ukrainians say

Sat 23 Aug 2025

We want peace – but not on Putin’s terms, Ukrainians say
Oliver Marsden
The killing of Anas al-Sharif is part of a ‘deadly pattern’

Wed 13 Aug 2025

The killing of Anas al-Sharif is part of a ‘deadly pattern’
Nina Kuryata
The world is none the wiser as Trump’s sanction deadline looms

Thu 7 Aug 2025

The world is none the wiser as Trump’s sanction deadline looms
Liz Cookman
Pregnant, panicking… then the bomb struck

Sat 2 Aug 2025

Pregnant, panicking… then the bomb struck
Fred Harter
Thailand and Cambodia’s ceasefire is holding – for now

Wed 30 Jul 2025

Thailand and Cambodia’s ceasefire is holding – for now
Catherine Neilan
More Gazan children will come to UK for treatment

Fri 25 Jul 2025

More Gazan children will come to UK for treatment
Robin McKie
‘My God, what have we done?’ My father and the bomb

Fri 25 Jul 2025

‘My God, what have we done?’ My father and the bomb
Adam Hsakou
The honeymoon is over for Poland’s Ukrainian refugees

Sun 20 Jul 2025

The honeymoon is over for Poland’s Ukrainian refugees
Ruth Michaelson
Live in confinement, or leave for ever: Israel’s grim offer to Gazans

Sun 13 Jul 2025

Live in confinement, or leave for ever: Israel’s grim offer to Gazans
Giles Whittell
Bunker busters were a warning to the world

Mon 23 Jun 2025

Bunker busters were a warning to the world
Steve Bloomfield
No ordinary war: we have entered the age of impunity

Sun 15 Jun 2025

No ordinary war: we have entered the age of impunity
Jasper Corbett
The Wargame: Russia knows our weaknesses

Tue 10 Jun 2025

The Wargame: Russia knows our weaknesses
Nina Kuryata
Trump calls Putin ‘crazy’ for mass drone attack

Tue 27 May 2025

Trump calls Putin ‘crazy’ for mass drone attack
Killian Fox
Marie-Laure de Decker’s Vietnam war self-portrait

Sun 25 May 2025

Marie-Laure de Decker’s Vietnam war self-portrait
Ceri Thomas
Triple jeopardy: the betrayal of Afghanistan’s finest

Sun 25 May 2025

Triple jeopardy: the betrayal of Afghanistan’s finest
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
Dorian Lynskey
Theatre: How to Fight Lonliness

Sat 26 Apr 2025

Theatre: How to Fight Lonliness
David Taylor
Who killed Just Stop Oil?

Sat 26 Apr 2025

Who killed Just Stop Oil?

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