In his classic study of Polish history, Norman Davies describes Poland in the late 18th century as ‘God’s playground’. That description could be applied to Lebanon today. Like Poland back then, Lebanon suffers from a …
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After spending over a week in Saudi Arabia following his unexpected resignation, then visiting France, Saad Hariri, Lebanon’s former prime minister, is expected to arrive back in Lebanon later today. He has accused Iran of …
The world It’s summit season in Southeast Asia. This week all the big names of the Asia–Pacific descended on Vietnam and the Philippines for the 31st ASEAN Summit and related meetings (such as APEC and …
Sea State The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) rejected claims made by The Independent last week that the Falkland Islands have been left without the protection of a warship for the first time since the …
A momentous decision was taken last week: the Turkish Parliament voted 298–98 in favour of a resolution authorising military incursions into northern Iraq and Syria, and allowing foreign forces to use Turkish territory for operations …