Paul Wood was a BBC foreign correspondent for 25 years, in Belgrade, Athens, Cairo, Jerusalem, Kabul and Washington DC. He has won numerous awards, including two US Emmys for his coverage of the Syrian civil war
On New Year’s Eve a few years ago, I was in Medellín, Colombia, the city that gave its name to one of the world’s most notorious drugs cartels. Our taxi driver offered us some cocaine to fuel the party we were heading to: $10 for a gram; $15 for the “luxury” product. Our group decided
In 1998, the conservative intellectual and moralist Bill Bennett published a book, The Death of Outrage: Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals. Bennett had to rush the book out after “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” changed to: “Indeed, I did have a relationship with Miss Lewinsky that was not appropriate.”
The former head of Blackwater is becoming a prominent MAGA voice
The documentary claims the Saudis were behind 9/11 – and the CIA then protected them
‘My best guess is that someone born today has a better chance of dying by AI than of graduating high school’
Some scientists believe they might be creating life
Something odd seems to have been happening on at least one online gambling platform
The special relationship between the Trump administration and MbS
The region may once again be at one of those forks in the road that dictate the fate of nations for years to come
Was it worth the price paid?
The killer robots are coming
The traditional way to see a war is to fight in one. This can be a problem if your country is not actually at war
Israel is killing large numbers of unarmed men, women and children as it tries to destroy Hamas
Israel will, ‘as a last resort, likely act preventively or reactively with all weapons at its disposal’
Paul Wood reports from Lampedusa, Africa’s gateway to Italy
Had Dante been alive today, he would have reserved an inner circle of hell for the bureaucrats
Farewell to a failed state
The true cost of the disaster in Iraq may still have to be paid
The nuclear deal and the next Iranian uprising
Ebrahim Raisi was — and remains — Iran’s hanging judge
