One of the reasons I became a journalist was to tell the truth. You could say I was under a fog of naivety and idealism, but I think that I truly believed in the best of humanity. Maybe bad things happened for so long because of an ignorant, and simple population, who just didn’t know the truth. Because if people had access to the truth then things would simply change, right? There would be no discrimination, no suffering, no war. Why would we allow it? Surely if people could

Since October 2023, the passive observer has witnessed seemingly unending cruelty and bloodlust exerted by the Israeli war machine. The state’s obtrusive expansion, retaliation and settlement policies have been in place practically since its inception, of course, but these have happened largely away from the public eye. The American, European or global audience has been aware, perhaps even against the actions of state, yet the public consensus on the Israeli regime has been a

Where Donald Trump’s first tenure as President of the United States was concerned with making America great again, it is quickly becoming apparent he has broadened his horizons with his second innings. Growing weary of his global reputation as an obtrusive, childish bully, he’s spent the last year showing the world all he wants to do is bring about peace – granted, of course, he gets the credit. A big gold medal would be nice, too. This is, of course, referring to Trump’s ind

On December 1st 2025 Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri, commonly known as ‘El Hishri’, was surrendered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and is to face trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity in The Hague this year. The trial is a significant moment in the modern history of European-Libyan relations as it demonstrates that crimes - both contemporary and historical - of the greatest severity that are committed in Libyan detention centres are subject to internationa

This past September, the Trump Administration began conducting airstrikes on vessels in the Caribbean Sea as part of the President’s agenda to fight the flow of drugs from Latin America into the U.S. The Washington Post first reported  that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave the verbal order to Seal Team Six to “leave no survivors” during a September 2 strike off the coast of Venezuela. As the two survivors were subsequently killed in a second strike, his order would be deem

My family is based in a residential tower block in The Pearl – a small artificial oasis on the northern end of Doha. I had just sat down...

Whether Israel is a democracy or not has been the subject of fierce debate since October 7. According to Freedom House , Israel possesses a Global Freedom Score of 73/100. This far exceeds other Middle Eastern nations with Lebanon and Jordan being the next freest countries in the region while not even surpassing a score of 40/100. Israel, however, still lags behind its European and North American allies.  Within the past few weeks, the Netherlands has included  Israel for the

In the build-up to Glastonbury, all eyes were on Kneecap, them having become famous for raising awareness Israel’s genocide in Palestine  at their sets, and with member Mo Chara’s ongoing  terror lawsuit making headlines. Fearing they would pull out all the stops at the world’s biggest music festival, in an unprecedented move, the BBC cut short coverage of the festival’s West Holts stage only for the hour of Kneecap’s set. In a glorious moment of comeuppance, however, the act

Who doesn’t like a bit of singing? But those in the competition of Eurovision aren’t heroes, and the leadership of the countries they...

Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion ‘Trust is the foundation of the BBC’s relationship with the public. The materials published today...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for its mineral riches, has been plagued by ongoing conflict dating back to the 1994 Rwandan...