War

As the bombs fall, Oleksiy Kustovsky is turning the dictator into an object of ridicule

If your priorities in life are heat and paying no tax, and if you choose to ignore harsh, dubious rules, especially for women, then don’t be surprised if most of us back in the old country regard you as a soulless, smug twat

The president’s attack on Iran is about building an American dynasty – and stuffing his family’s coffers yet further

From Mariupol to Tehran, Cecilia Sala’s new book captures young people forced into extraordinary acts of resistance

Thirty years after the Srebrenica massacre, the country remains suspended between beauty and grief

Forty years of news photos from the Reuters agency capture a world on fire – and makes a compelling case for the future of photojournalism

Steve McQueen’s Occupied City reveals how the ghosts of Nazi occupation are still present, more than 80 years later

Two films about unfolding tragedy shock the Locarno Film Festival

Tall and glamorous, Demulder did not seem meant for war zones. And then she made them her life’s work

From petty corruption to genocide, the charges continue to mount. But the Israeli prime minister’s actions since October 7, 2023, show he is determined to escape the shadow of justice

Thirty years on, the genocide is remembered annually, but locals feel forgotten and struggle with ongoing division

Beneath the peak of Monte Soratte near Rome is a vast, eerie tunnel complex – an underground graveyard of the German troops who died there

The country’s ‘Freedom Pilots’ flew alongside American colleagues before being given refuge in the US when the Taliban returned. Now the MAGA regime wants to send them home – to what fate?

In Gaza, Mahmoud once dreamed of finishing his studies and making a life for himself. Now he just dreams of survival

Seventy-five years ago, western troops went into Korea and the 20th century’s forgotten war began. The brutality and suffering cost five million lives – and achieved almost nothing

Israel and Iran’s long fixation has reached a tipping point. Will regime change in Tehran follow?

Atheists have a simple answer: it is evidence that God doesn’t exist, while believers say the gift of human free will brings with it the possibility of doing evil

Many secular philosophers have opposed war and particular wars, but Russell stands in a class apart

Half a century ago, a humiliated America scrambled out of a losing war. But parallels with Ukraine show little has changed

If the UK was part of a Europe-wide army there would be sufficient forces to protect Ukraine without the need for US assistance

It took Ernest Bevin and a fear of Soviet expansion to bring Nato to life. Not even the US’s nationalistic retreat from Europe will kill it off

As Donald Trump begins his sell out of Ukraine, one novelist reflects how, despite Putin’s brutality, Zelensky has held Ukraine together. Is Trump’s America about to change this?

Could a plan put together by a former Israeli PM and a nephew of Yasser Arafat finally break the deadly cycle of retribution and reprisal?

Assad’s survival was Putin’s way of showing he was still a global player. When the collapse came, he was powerless to prevent it

An empty square in the centre of the German capital gives a warning from the recent past

The Yugoslav autocrat cultivated his international statesman image aboard a yacht where he hosted celebrities and dictators

The dark daring of the extraordinary mid-century comics artist and illustrator, Italy’s answer to Norman Rockwell

His life’s work has been a catastrophe – and now Hannan’s latest Brexit argument will be music to Putin’s ears

Our armed forces are not fit for purpose. Here’s how to fix them

The redevelopment of a bombed ministry complex in the Serbian capital is set to feature a Trump-Kushner hotel

Ukraine’s daring incursion into Kursk shows a dictator in crisis, with the Russian people and China turning their backs on him

Ukraine’s invasion of Kursk has exposed yet more flaws at the heart of Russia. Could the dictator’s regime now fall?