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Obama: from ‘Yes, we can’ to ‘Well, perhaps we can’t after all’
If Washington was conspicuous by its eagerness to intervene in Iraq it is equally conspicuous by its reluctance to do so in Syria. The words bitten and shy come to mind.
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If Washington was conspicuous by its eagerness to intervene in Iraq it is equally conspicuous by its reluctance to do so in Syria. The words bitten and shy come to mind.
They were familiar figures of the Iraq war. A decade on from the start of the invasion, some have faded into obscurity while the legacy of others endures. Where are they now?
More than 50 people are feared dead after a wave of car bombings in Shi’ite areas of Baghdad on the tenth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq.
A glimmer of light amid the horror of the Syrian civil war? Jon Snow blogs on how the violence across the border may have boosted peace talks in Turkey.
The Venezuelan president was a polarising figure – someone who could bait George W Bush on TV while championing the poor and presiding over a unique social experiment in the country he led.
This article first appeared on the Huffington Post Blog. Charlie Brookers’s latest episode of Black Mirror : White Bear being broadcast on Channel 4 tonight at 10pm got me thinking. Here’s the text : My seven-year-old walked in to the bathroom with an iPod and took a picture of me in the shower. She thought…
Ten years ago today, London witnessed a huge demonstration against the imminent invasion of Iraq. Channel 4 News speaks to four people who attended the protest.
Ten years after millions protested against the Iraq war, author Ian McEwan tells Channel 4 News the marchers were vindicated and beating al-Qaeda is no longer the “struggle of our time”.
Retired US General Norman Schwarzkopf, who led troops in the 1991 Gulf war, has died aged 78 in Tampa, Florida, the American military confirms.
The Iraqi government cancels a $4.2bn deal to buy military jets, helicopters and missiles from Russia, blaming possible corruption in the contract.
The four-year-old girl who witnessed the killing of her parents in the French Alps returns to the UK, as her sister wakes from her coma and police continue to search the family home for clues.
At least 58 people die in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces, as insurgents gun down soldiers at an army post and bomb police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs.
French and British police officers search for clues at the Surrey home of the couple gunned down in the French Alps, as relatives fly to France to be with the couples’ orphaned daughters.
The Pakistani Christian girl arrested for defaming the Koran is to be released on bail, after a Muslim cleric was accused of framing her.
The Olympics have left everything in their shadow since the Queen uttered: “Good evening Mr Bond”, not least other sports.