Richard Palmer

Roughly 400 immigrants have died in shipwrecks over the last two weeks. The EU is using this as an excuse to beef up surveillance of the Mediterranean Sea and open up an intelligence base in Libya.

German plans include forming a combined air force with the Netherlands and the Czech Republic.

The Central African Republic teeters on the brink of becoming the next Mali. Is it the next front in Europe’s battle with radical Islam for control of North Africa?

Syria and Iran have both called for Germany to mediate in their conflicts. Germany is now the Middle East’s intermediary of choice.

The stunning truth behind some misleading headlines.

Last year Britain was shocked to discover its doctors were aborting fetuses simply because they were the ‘wrong gender.’ Now authorities have decided to look the other way.

Britain’s standing in the world has never been lower. America is hardly faring better. A puny dictator has humbled the nations that dominated the world for 200 years.

It’s the most important war in the world right now, yet it barely makes the headlines.

Why you need to pay attention to the unrest in Cairo.

Take a quick glance at Gibraltar and you realize there’s no way Britain is ever going to give it up. Here’s why the quick glance is deceiving.

Radical Islam is back on the offensive.

How Germany is building a European army

There is clear evidence that al Qaeda and Iran are working together, despite the war in Syria.

Egypt’s liberal groups condemn the army’s new constitution.

President Morsi has been deposed and the army is in control. Where’s the nation heading now?

Ireland had to submit to a humiliating bailout in 2010. Now secret tape recordings indicate the bailout may have been caused by senior bankers misleading the government.

Africa’s largest oil producer is almost in a civil war. Is Iran about to make it worse?

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