In Gaza and Africa, U.S. contracting firms led by former American intelligence and military officers are taking on aid ...

In South Sudan and Gaza, two for-profit U.S. companies led by American national security veterans are delivering aid in ...

The 2025 Global Peace Index (GPI), released today by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP), reveals a continuing decline ...

In early April, the Trump administration finally tapped a senior adviser for Africa: Massad Boulos, the father-in-law of ...

Meanwhile, at the heart of Sudan’s war-torn capital, Khartoum, the scars of conflict run deeper than the bombed-out buildings ...

The west African road network is vast, estimated at over 709,000km of roads by the Global Roads Inventory Project. It ...

A former intelligence officer's 1980 reflections on selecting Cold War targets are worth revisiting in the wake of the second Trump administration, but perhaps not for the reasons you might imagine.

The world is experiencing a surge in violence not seen since the post-World War II era. 2024 marked a grim new record: the highest number of state-based armed conflicts in over seven decades.A ...

To address concerns voiced by Trump that Denmark could not defend Greenland in the face of Russian or Chinese confrontation, Frederiksen says it would be a priority for Denmark to step up its defense ...

Mark Rutte’s demands for a huge increase in defence spending are a necessary evil, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley ...

Israel is trying to starve Palestinians in Gaza into submission. But aid is one of the oldest weapons in the imperialist ...

Frederick Forsyth, a British author of thrillers who frequently made the bestseller lists, sold 70 million books and saw his ...