World views from the author of First with the News, a memoir of life on the front line

There was never much doubt about who would win - General John Kelly, former four-star Marine Corps commander and someone used to getting his...

Brexit is now like everything else in life. Butter is good for you, say experts. No it's not, say experts. Red wine is good for you, say...

I think the United States better be very careful. President Trump must be looking with envy at his counterpart in Beijing. President Xi Zinp...

Donald Trump just cannot resist thrusting into every news item to stamp his mark. It didn't take him long to describe Deputy Scot Peters...

The Parkland security man Deputy Scot Peterson is being villified for his failure to leap with his gun in his hand into the slaughterhouse t...

The Winter Olympic Games was supposed to be about snow, ice and also warm and cuddly stuff, the latter being about improving relations betw...

Obama had a red line in Syria but let it be crossed without doing anything. On the question of Bashar Assad using chemical weapons against h...