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Battling Valon Behrami's pledging not to do a runner from Upton Park

30.10.09
West Ham have run into a lot of trouble this season but Valon Behrami says he won't desert them... more

Survivors' despair as Karadzic boycotts his war crimes trial

26.10.09
The war crimes trial of former Bosnia Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was opened and adjourned in The Hague after he carried out his threat to boycott proceedings... more

The road to peace cannot be built by democracy alone

22.10.09
The chaos of Afghanistan's election has focused minds on a grave and unsolved conundrum of the post-9/11 world: how does a society move from dictatorship to democracy without violence? ... more

Daredevil adventures in Kosovo, Burma and the Arctic

09.10.09
A freezing night on the ice, an ambush in Kosovo and a terrifying encounter with the Burmese militia. Three adventurers recount their ultimate tales of derring-do... more

Briton accused of Iraq murders 'very poorly'

14.08.09
Former British soldier accused of shooting dead two colleagues in Iraq was suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome and should never have been given a job as a private security guard... more

Rory Stewart: The PM knows we shouldn't be in Afghanistan

12.08.09
The man who briefs Obama's team has a new mission: to clean up British politics. Will Parliament prove even more dangerous for Rory Stewart than Kabul or Iraq?... more

Sunderland target Lorik Cana

24.07.09
Steve Bruce is hoping to make Marseille captain Lorik Cana his third signing for Sunderland after admitting the Albania international is "right up his street"... more

How I beat Taliban death traps twice in one day, by Army's female Jackal driver

23.07.09
Only woman Jackal driver in the British Army told how she escaped two Taliban death traps in less than 24 hours... more

We're in no mood for the PM's weasel words

15.07.09
The Government has a very big day in the court of Parliament tomorrow on Afghanistan. The message for Gordon Brown is loud and clear from public and parliamentarians alike - it's time for the weasel words to stop.... more

Family praise officer killed in Afghanistan 'doing what he loved'

15.06.09
The family of a London army officer killed in an explosion in Afghanistan have called him an “exceptional man”... more

This was a shambolic misadventure and we must learn from it

30.04.09
As the summer heat and dust rises over the Basra airbase the Union flag will be hauled down definitively, drawing to an end a six-year adventure from which our leaders, civil and military, must draw some urgent lessons. If they don't they are going to regret it - and pretty quickly. ... more

Blunt's courage under fire

15.10.08
Dressed in a skinny suit, James Blunt arrived at the 02 Arena with a high-kick and a certain amount of rock star attitude. ... more

History buff Almunia can't wait to return to the battlefields of Europe

17.09.08
Manuel Almunia's interest in the Second World War gives the goalkeeper an extra reason to be happy his Arsenal side are travelling to Kiev... more

We invaded Georgia to save lives says Medvedev

27.08.08
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev embarked on a major media offensive as he declared that Russia had only invaded Georgia "to save lives"... more

So if George didn't kill Jill Dando, who did?

01.08.08
From sweating man to Serbian warlord, there are plenty of theories about who really did kill Jill Dando... more

My five-year battle to exorcise the ghosts of Sarajevo

29.07.08
The recent arrest of Radovan Karadzic has brought back painful memories for former war correspondent Charlotte Eagar... more

Off the record

27.06.08
Björk talks tours and summer festivals and David Smyth tells you everything you need to know about this year's Glastonbury. ... more

Tired old Ken deserves a permanent holiday

01.05.08
Mr Livingstone promotes his 'father of the city' image but, after two terms, it is time for the energy, vision and fresh ideas of Boris Johnson... more

Uplifting Björk is surely out of this world

15.04.08
Björk has never seemed quite human but at her Hammersmith Apollo gig it appeared the Icelandic musician really could do magic.... more

Refugee husband lived off me for years... but wants half my fortune

20.02.08
An American heiress and former jazz singer who married a penniless refugee today spoke of her court battle to stop him claiming half her fortune... more

A worthy story, but lacks iron

31.08.07
I Miss Communism is a memoir of youth that badly needs an injection of documentary grit and some iron in its soul. As it stands, it comes dangerously close to harmless schmaltz.... more

Real voices from front line

14.08.06
Gregory Burke's "unauthorised biography" of the Highlands' oldest regiment, Black Watch, is a superlative play, brimfull of theatricality, energy and style.... more

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