Mike Jackson obituary: British general associated with Bloody Sunday killings
Whatever about his reputation in Ireland he became probably Britain’s best-known post-second World War officer
Saddam Hussein
Priest brought Biafra refugees to Wicklow without permission – and other strange tales from Dublin and London files
Records released by Irish and British archives include details of a ‘republican’ artefact thief and a ‘radical’ UK proposal to hold asylum seekers on a Scottish island
‘Now there is less fear.’ Baghdad’s youth reclaim their city, 20 years after US-led invasion
Post-invasion violence hemmed people into neighbourhoods but Baghdad residents now feel safer and socialise more
A Stranger in Your Own City, and Taking Sides: hard-hitting Middle East journalism memoirs
Lara Marlowe on notable new works by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad and Sherine Tadros
Janan Ganesh: The incoherence at the heart of anti-westernism
The West can’t stop its rivals reading it wrong, but it can choose not to encourage them
Maureen Dowd: Putin has trapped the world in his Napoleonic psychodrama
This demonic little man has been watching too many episodes of The Americans
Vast leak exposes how Credit Suisse served strongmen and spies
Bank held hundreds of millions of dollars for heads of state, intelligence officials and human rights abusers
Putin, US intelligence and the global fight for the Ukraine narrative
US effort to use intelligence to shape world opinion has to contend with shadow of the Iraq war
Aid workers: ‘I have to believe in goodness and in doing good’
Irish overseas offer humanitarian help in face of hunger, death and devastation
Life with Robert Fisk: I realised I would not be at peace until I wrote this book
In a new memoir, journalist Lara Marlowe recalls the life she shared with her former husband
Colin Powell’s death sparks complex array of blame and praise
Former US secretary of state’s role in US invasion of Iraq led to fatalities and misery
Colin Powell obituary: Respected military leader criticised for role in Iraq War
General who became first black US secretary of state made faulty claims about Hussein’s weapons
Former US secretary of state Colin Powell dies of Covid complications
Tributes paid to retired four-star general who helped build case for 2003 invasion of Iraq
Turnout plummets for Iraqi parliamentary election
Movement led by Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr expected to be parliament’s biggest faction
Watching 9/11 unfold: A scene of endless horror
Conor O’Clery recalls how viewing the Twin Towers attack left a lasting sense of guilt and inadequacy in the face of catastrophe
America’s 20-year ‘war on terror’ cost $8tn and caused 900,000 deaths, report finds
Costs of War project looks at consequences of conflicts the US has waged since 9/11 attacks
Famous Kurdish cousins at heart of unseemly public bust-up
Erbil Letter: Poverty, power outages and lack of water fail to tear eyes from Talabanis
Afghanistan and the tragic verdict on post-9/11 America
US Politics: Rarely have so many lives and so much cash been spent on so little
Rebuilding Mosul: ‘It’s too difficult to make the right choices’
Four years after its liberation, many still do not believe Iraqi city is safe to return to
US blaming of Middle-Eastern ‘bad actors’ challenged by think tank
Quincy Institute points to US’s weapon exports and own role in region’s interventions
Donald Rumsfeld, former US defence secretary, dies aged 88
Republican who twice served as defence secretary is credited as architect of Iraq War
At least 32 dead and 110 wounded after double bombing in Baghdad
Clothing market targeted in Iraq’s first major suicide attack for three years
Pompeo accuses Iran of providing main sanctuary for al-Qaeda leaders
Secretary of state’s parting shot designed to undermine Biden administration’s bid to recalibrate relations with Tehran
Lara Marlowe: Robert Fisk, my former husband, was the finest journalist of his generation
If he was controversial, it was because he refused to conform. Robert never followed the herd
Veteran journalist and author Robert Fisk dies aged 74
Highly regarded, controversial foreign correspondent had long relationship with Ireland
Four of BBC Northern Ireland’s senior journalists step down
Reporters praised for their ‘diligence, tenacity, expertise and impartiality’
Macron channels Lawrence of Arabia on Lebanon-Iraq visit
French president has promised citizens their sovereignty, but can he do it alone?
Fintan O’Toole: Turning a blind eye to meat plants a very old habit
The obvious threat of meat plants becoming vectors of Covid-19 infection was not met with robust action
The Chicks: ‘We were accepted because we made them a lot of money, but they didn’t like us’
The Chicks — they dropped the “Dixie” last month — are back with an album after 14 years, the band at peace with an industry that’s never made nice
Pandemic offers perfect opportunity for Islamic State comeback
Residents in Mosul, still traumatised by violence, fear a resurgence of the terror group
Sergio: Unsubtle but efficient biopic of an inspirational UN leader
Review: The screenplay works hard to cram a long career into a fresh, well-meaning whole
Eminem releases surprise album and compares himself to Manchester Arena bomber
On Music to be Murdered By, Eminem also compares himself to Saddam Hussein, Ayatollah Khomeini, and Charles Manson
US and Iran remain bound in fatal embrace
World View: For Washington and Tehran hardliners, peace would be admission of defeat
Iran launches missiles at US military bases in Iraq
Trump to address nation as Tehran says act ‘concluded’ response to Suleimani killing
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