Libya: is it better to leave dictators in their place?
The disaster of Libya provided much of the reason for not aiding Syrians who rose against dictatorship in 2012. But is the best course of action to do nothing?
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Will Britain stick to its commitment to spend at least 2 per cent of GDP on defence?
The disaster of Libya provided much of the reason for not aiding Syrians who rose against dictatorship in 2012. But is the best course of action to do nothing?
At least seven Ukrainian military personnel die and 23 are wounded as fighting rages ahead of a midnight ceasefire.
Vladimir Putin’s absence from events marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp shows how Europe is still bitterly divided over the legacy of the Holocaust.
The two brothers suspected of the Charlie Hebdo terror attacks are killed, after being surrounded by police at an industrial estate in north east of Paris, according to reports in France.
Some soldiers have criticised moves to allow women into close combat roles in the British Army. But women are already on the front line around the world.
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot by the Taliban, has attacked the “atrocious and cowardly” killing of more than 100 schoolchildren in Pakistan by the Islamist extremists.
A rabbi with dual British-Israeli nationality is among the dead after two suspected Palestinian men entered a Jerusalem synagogue armed with axes, knives and a pistol.
Twitter and Facebook is playing a key role in contributing to the volatile atmosphere in Israel following today’s killings, with everything from cartoons to Kit-Kats being used in the propaganda war.
A British father of two, named in reports as Kabir Ahmed from Derby, is thought to have killed himself in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq.
Campaigners launch a new attack on the army’s policy of recruiting children as young as 16. But veterans says it is a time-honoured way of offering troubled teenagers a better life. Who’s right?
Islamic State group militants are said to be just one mile away from Baghdad – despite Iraqi ground forces holding them back in a key town near the city.
British Tornado fighter jets fly into Iraq ready to carry out air strikes against the Islamic State group, but the Ministry of Defence says no targets were hit in the first approved combat operation.
The simple and obvious question to ask today is this: would parliament be discussing bombing Iraq for a third war if the USA were not already doing so?
British pilots could be in action over Iraq again soon. Is the legal case for military action stronger than the last time around?