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Con Coughlin

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Abu Nidal waged a campaign of violence in Europe during the 1970s and 1980s. Sipa / Shutterstock
French courts seek justice for Abu Nidal’s victims 40 years on

Paris trial in 2021 to reveal role of Palestinian plantation owner in terrorism campaign

WorldJanuary 01, 2021
Con Coughlin
A Remainer unfurls the UK and EU flags outside the European Parliament in Brussels earlier this year. UK PM Boris Johnson believes the two entities can maintain excellent relations despite the split. AP Photo
A sovereign Britain will still be a global force to reckon with

Untethered from the EU, the UK's military might and a seat in the UN Security Council are foundations upon which to rebuild its status in the world

CommentDecember 31, 2020
Con Coughlin
Britain's biggest port stopped all traffic heading to Europe, triggering delays to food supplies after the discovery of a new variant of the virus prompted a wave of countries to ban travel from the UK. Bloomberg
Did Brexit have something to do with Europe's ban on Brits?

Some in the UK can't help feel that EU states' Covid border closures were really about politics

CommentDecember 24, 2020
Con Coughlin
Turkey's president has little to celebrate after the US decision to impose sanctions on the country this week. Reuters
Are Turkey's days in Nato numbered?

Ankara seems to have little regard for its place in the world's most powerful military alliance

CommentDecember 17, 2020
Con Coughlin
FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2008 file photo Author John Le Carre poses for a photo at his home in London. John le Carre, the spy-turned-novelist whose elegant and intricate narratives defined the Cold War espionage thriller and brought acclaim to a genre critics had once ignored, has died. He was 89, Le Carre's literary agency, Curtis Brown, said Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020 that he died in Cornwall, southwest England on Saturday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
John Le Carre: consummate writer of subterfuge and betrayal

Novelist vividly captured the dark world of Cold War espionage

BooksDecember 14, 2020
Con Coughlin
ISIS propaganda photo showing masked militants in Syria.
Ankara’s links with ISIS are still a red flag

A new report underlines weapons smuggling across the Turkish border

CommentDecember 10, 2020
Con Coughlin
Sir Simon Mayall has written about his time serving in the Middle East in a new memoir. Shutterstock
Sir Simon Mayall's book on the Middle East is more than a military memoir

'A Personal History of the Modern Middle East' is a must read for anyone looking to understanding the complexities of the region

BooksDecember 08, 2020
Con Coughlin
An early success of President Rouhani of Iran was negotiating the Iran nuclear deal, lifting severe sanctions on his country. However, the future of the deal is looking increasingly uncertain. EPA
Biden's upcoming nuclear deal struggle

President-elect Biden has stated his administration will seek a return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, but recent developments will make that hard

CommentDecember 03, 2020
Con Coughlin
Barack Obama's memoir, 'A Promised Land', is the first of two planned volumes. Getty Images
'A Promised Land': Barack Obama reflects on first years of presidency

The memoir reveals insights that underpinned Obama's first two years as US president, and is one of three volumes he plans to publish

BooksNovember 29, 2020
Con Coughlin
In this frame grab from Iranian state television video aired November 25, British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, is seen in Tehran, Iran. Iran has freed Dr Moore-Gilbert, who has been detained in Iran for more than two years, in exchange for three Iranians held abroad. Iranian State Television via AP
Iran can't keep using foreign nationals as bargaining chips

It has little chance of establishing a constructive relationship with the outside world

CommentNovember 26, 2020
Con Coughlin
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address from the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria//File Photo
Trump's decision to withdraw Middle East troops is a risky game

The US president has announced a reduction of another 2,500 troops by the end of his term

CommentNovember 20, 2020
Con Coughlin
A copy of Iranian daily Aftab with a picture of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and a headline 'New chapter of US' is displayed in front of a kiosk in Tehran. EPA
Biden's engagement with Iran will undermine the Abraham Accords
CommentNovember 12, 2020
Con Coughlin
A makeshift memorial of candles and flowers at the scene of a terror attack in Vienna this week. AFP
Two steps Europe must take to deal with the Islamist threat

Leaders should be careful not to alienate the 20 million peace-loving Muslims living on the continent. They must show less tolerance towards state sponsors of terror

CommentNovember 05, 2020
Con Coughlin
In this file photo taken on January 5, 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron (L) greets his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan upon his arrival at the Elysee palace in Paris. AFP
Grandstanding in Turkey leads to terrorism in France

An increasingly personal dispute between the Turkish and French leaders is having deadly consequences

CommentOctober 29, 2020
Con Coughlin
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the subject of Hannah Lucinda Smith's new book. AFP
'Erdogan Rising' offers a detailed account of Turkish President's rise to power

Journalist and author Hannah Lucinda Smith writes about of the most influential leaders in modern-day Turkey

BooksOctober 25, 2020
Con Coughlin
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