Alex Chitty
The Westgate Attack Shows How Desperate al-Shabaab Have Become
With the militant group panicking and in disarray, they’re ready to lash out regardless of the consequences. Not content with stoning adulterous women, recruiting child soldiers, and taking young girls as "wives," al-Shabaab wants to set up an Islamic...
John Kerry Might Think He Stopped the War by Accident – He Didn't
The Syrian civil war rages on even after his diplomatic screw-up.
What Would Western Intervention in Syria Look Like?
Here's what the US and France might actually do with their missiles.
Animal Activists Are Trying to Save the World's Fish from the Mafia
The Mafia is killing endangered sea creatures worth millions of dollars at wholesale markets in Tokyo. Activists, from a group known as the Black Fish, are using drones to catch the Mafia's illegal practices and deliver justice.
Al Qaeda Prison Breaks Could Lead to a New Wave of Terror Attacks
Over the past couple of weeks almost 2,000 inmates, including “hundreds of terrorists,” have escaped from prisons in Iraq, Libya, and Pakistan. The series of ultra-violent, highly organized attacks has the US scared, al Qaeda in Iraq celebrating, and a...
Is Cuba Arming North Korea with Fighter Jets and Missiles?
Because the North Korean boat carrying a bunch of weapons out of Cuba makes it look that way.
Should Iranians Be Celebrating Their New President So Soon?
On Friday British Iranians lined up around the block to vote at the Iranian consulate in London, ID in hand. I wanted to speak to some of those who voted (and some who didn’t bother), so I headed to West Kensington, home of the city's biggest Persian...
I Spoke to a Rejected Iranian Presidential Candidate
In a couple of weeks, Iranians will go to the polls to choose a replacement for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. There’s no reason to think this election will be transparent. To get an insider’s view, I called Hooshang Amirahmadi, one of the candidates...
Did China and India Nearly Go to War Last Week?
They had a miniature stand-off high up in the Himalayas.
Look Forward to the Year of the Drone
Despite the UN calling an inquiry into the flying killbots, the US are loving them more than ever before.
Simon Mann Says He Was Asked to Help Start the Iraq War
Simon Mann is a British mercenary, most famous for his failed coup attempt against Teodoro Obiang, president of Equatorial Guinea. Simon cofounded the private military company Executive Outcomes, which at its height ran two African wars. He also claims...