Monthly Archives: May 2017

Libya generally enters the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Last week it was because of the suspected connections between the Manchester bomber, his network, and family. Then, following an attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt the Egyptian air force … Continue reading →

The city of Manchester has been added to a growing list of European cities that have suffered ISIS inspired terrorism. The horrors inflicted on Paris, Nice, Berlin, London, Stockholm, and St Petersburg occurred in different ways, but all had the … Continue reading →

When a people are under threat they stay in their homes and try to avoid trouble. When their situation becomes unbearably dangerous they leave their homes and become refugees. The large numbers of people displaced from Myanmar’s Rakhine State to … Continue reading →

The attitude of the Europe, Russia and US to the situation in Ukraine is one that beggars’ belief: on the one hand, a collective denial that Russian forces are involved, on the other, a collective wish not to see it … Continue reading →

The furore over whether or not the Syrian government used chemical weapons against Khan Sheikhoun and the US response in targeting the Syrian airbase at Shayrat continues to rumble on. Every explanation of why the government is guilty of a … Continue reading →