There is a cartoon, familiar to every GCSE history student, in which a group of Western leaders leave the Versailles peace conference while a child weeps. The infant is captioned "1940 class." Peace and Future Cannon Fodder, a haunting prophecy drawn by the Australian newspaper cartoonist Will Dyson a century ago, was about the inevitable failure Read more about The failure of Western statesmanship in Syria began before Donald Trump betrayed the Kurds […]

The White House declared it will halt any and all cooperation with what it termed the "illegitimate" impeachment probe by House Democrats, sharpening the constitutional clash between President Donald Trump and Congress. Trump attorneys on Tuesday sent a lengthy letter to House leaders bluntly stating White House refusal to participate in the inquiry that was Read more about White House refuses to cooperate with ‘partisan and unconstitutional’ impeachment inquiry[…]

Hollywood and Bollywood stars raised eyebrows on Sunday by appearing in Saudi Arabia at a conference to promote the kingdom’s entertainment industry, almost exactly a year after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude van Damme and Aquaman star Jason Momoa took to the stage in Riyadh alongside Shah Rukh Khan, known in Read more about Hollywood stars attend Saudi Arabia film showcase year after Khashoggi killing[…]

A major investigation into the ‘floating flower market’ tourist attraction in Amsterdam has found that only one per cent of the bulbs on sale actually flowered – and not a single one matched the picture on the packet. Concerned by signs of growing problems at the once authentic flower market on the Singel canal, Amsterdam Read more about Tourists tricked as one per cent of tulip bulbs in Amsterdam’s famous market will bloom, study reveals[…]

When wildfires swept through the Chiquitano forest in eastern Bolivia earlier this year, Luzdina Mercado García, 58, fought back with what little resources she had. “We put out the flames with buckets of water, we didn’t stop, we slept in the forest," she says. It wasn’t enough. Her own house was consumed by the flames. Read more about Fires threaten to bring down Evo Morales as Bolivia’s Leftist leader ignores referendum in bid for fourth term[…]

Mitt Romney has declined to rule out voting to remove Donald Trump from office if he is impeached, instead giving an excoriating account of the US president’s personal behaviour and saying he will keep an open mind on the issue. Mr Romney, the former Republican presidential nominee now a senator for Utah, escalated his long-running Read more about Mitt Romney could vote to remove Donald Trump from office as feud escalates[…]

At the door of the control room where the world’s worst nuclear disaster began, a Geiger counter showed radiation of 2.33 microsieverts an hour – well under the 100-microsievert total dose the Chernobyl power plant allows visitors. Then long-serving plant employee Sergei Parikvash, who saw the reactor explode while fishing in the cooling pond on Read more about Exclusive: First look inside Chernobyl control room where disaster began as it opens to tourists[…]

A girl aged 11 claimed she jumped on the back of a crocodile and gouged its eyes as it was trying to eat her friend near their homes in north-western Zimbabwe . Rebecca Munkombwe, a schoolgirl in Hwange town, 200 miles northwest of Bulawyo, rushed to a stream at the sound of screams. Her friend, Latoya Muwani, nine, was struggling to stay afloat Read more about Zimbabwean girl, 11, says she poked crocodile’s eyes to save friend’s life[…]

Greece has approved new legislation to make it easier to deport failed asylum seekers, which has been widely criticised by rights groups.  The vote by Greek MPs came after intense parliamentary debate over how best to manage the worsening migrant crisis on the Aegean islands, which have been afflicted by rising numbers of migrants who Read more about Greece passes tough asylum laws as Aegean refugee camps at breaking point[…]

Turkey has warned Britain and other countries that it will send captured Islamic State suspects and their families back home even if their citizenship has been revoked. Ankara, which is now in custody of more than 1,000 foreign Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) militants, wives and their children after seizing parts of northern Read more about Turkey warns it will send Islamic State members back to UK even if citizenship revoked[…]