Declan McVeigh

Some 22,000 Armenians fled to their ancestral homeland due to war in Syria

The capital's 2013-2014 protests pitted thousands of Ukrainians against the government and security forces

Avant-garde, dense, difficult, funny and mystifying – Beckett’s most famous work has intrigued, baffled and entertained millions of theatre goers since its first performance in 1953

We all know the numbers – a person is more likely to die slipping in the shower or from a bee sting than they are to meet their maker in a plane crash. But that doesn't make aviophobia any easier to overcome

We sit down with the Palestinian-Jordanian novelist to talk about her writing and why she’s worried about freedom of expression in the Arab world

The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is marking its independence, 35 years on

America’s love affair with true crime often increases a film’s chances of making a return on studios’ investment

How American artists have become politically vocal in the era of Trump

The world's largest operation of its kind closed its doors earlier this month ahead of a rebirth in a brand new location a few kilometres away

He may have been soundly beaten by Khabib Nurmagomedov, and his pre-match behaviour cross a number of lines, but the Irishman will still be very much in demand in the future

The Irishman returns to UFC action on Saturday but despite the pre-match war of words he will be unwise to take his opponent lightly

On September 30, voters in the former Yugoslav republic will be asked if they want to change Macedonia’s name and unlock the door to EU and Nato membership.

What do a tramp, a war correspondent, a feminist campaigner, a tennis jock and a rock musician have in common? On the face of it, not much. But at the core of these five autobiographies and novels are the writers’ experiences, acting as the grit around which a pearl grows.