We all know the stories of the horror of trench warfare in the First World War. Waves of soldiers clambering out of their trenches into a hail of gunfire and nests of barbed wire strewn across ...

Colonel Charlie Sloan, chairman of The Gordon Highlanders Regimental Trust, paid tribute to Sir Peter, who was his first commanding officer. "All of us who served under him will r ...

Sharaa, Syria’s president, spoke to The Economist on January 31st in Damascus. The conversation has been translated and ...