Is Algeria’s military making its move on ageing President Bouteflika?
He can hardly speak – and although we are assured his brain is active – we should wonder who is using him as a ventriloquist's dummy
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He can hardly speak – and although we are assured his brain is active – we should wonder who is using him as a ventriloquist's dummy
Harper was an economist. Trudeau used to be a schoolteacher, and has shades of his gadabout but humane PM father Pierre
Surely Indonesia, with a Sunni population of 200 million, would have an interest in joining
‘Criminals’ are our chaps, while ‘terrorists’ are dark-skinned Muslims
Watching our Parliament’s grotesque debate on Syrian airstrikes last week (which had more to do with the destruction of Corbyn than the destruction of Isis), I do wonder what the future holds for Britain
Reactions to Paris and Mali have been militaristic rhetoric brought about by ignorance and refusal to understand the injustices of the Middle East
Isis was quick to understand a truth the West must now confront: that the national borders imposed by colonial powers 100 years go are becoming meaningless, says Robert Fisk
Despite the President's huffing and puffing about war the spiritual mentors of the militants will be left untouched
The French-Algerian identity of one of the attackers demonstrates how France’s savage 1956-62 war in Algeria continues to infect today’s atrocities.
It details all of Isis’s cruelty, but places it in the context of a very bloody history
Just what would the Saudis have done if they found all this Captagon in their own kingdom?
There's no doubt that the dark shadow of the Chilcot report has brought forward his midget apology
All this is only the beginning of Mr Putin’s adventure in the Middle East
Western confusion reigns while the Russians go for the jugular
Stephen Harper’s ruling Conservative party, prone to linking all things Islamic to ‘security’ fears, is going to the Supreme Court to stop the Pakistani-born teacher keeping her niqab on while receiving citizenship. Robert Fisk reports on a pre-election storm
Palmyra may be the first Islamist target to be attacked
Recapturing the ancient city it would be an epic symbol of new ambitions