‘i was summoned to follow gaddafi into the desert’

Early on 8 November 1942, Adolf Hitler’s special train was en route from Berlin to Munich when it was stopped at a small station in the Thuringian Forest to receive an urgent message from the Foreign

Carthage burned for six days. After three long years of siege, in the spring of 146 BC Roman soldiers finally broke through the city’s defences and began to slaughter the population. But still the Car

The tiny Gulf state has become a major player on the world stage, working to resolve some of the most intractable conflicts. Is it driven by a genuine wish to promote peace – or is it simply pursuing its own interests? Nesrine Malik reports

In the impoverished island nation of Haiti, where gangs have largely supplanted the government, ordinary life has descended into a cycle of kidnapping, rape and murder. Louise Callaghan travels to the capital, Port-au-Prince, and meets some of the victims

Dominic Sandbrook is speaking about Gordon of Khartoum. He lowers his voice to a reverent whisper, leans into his microphone and tells me of “an imperial hero, an adventurer, who ended his days on the

Dear Simon, My daughter, Wendy, and I have enjoyed so many visits to Singapore, and this year we felt it was about time we put our thoughts and experiences down on paper. Sir Stamford Raffles was knig