The poor citizens of Al-Jazira al-Khadra never knew what hit them. In 859, an unfamiliar fleet sailed into the bay separating this Muslim settlement – which later evolved into the city of Algeciras, n

The Russian threat Controversy of the week “The ...

Exclusive images taken along the Russia-Ukraine frontier offer a first look inside Moscow’s ranks

Keep calm and carry on is Ukraine’s mantra this winter. The nation has been at war for nearly four years and its list of problems is growing almost as rapidly as its exhaustion, but people are determi

Peace talks took place in Miami just before Christmas, described as “productive and constructive” in a joint US and Ukrainian statement, but there is still no major breakthrough in ending the war in U

We’d passed through the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, to give it its full title, many times en route to other destinations and always said that we should have another break in this beautiful country (we’