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Matthew Doyle effectively gave the go-ahead for his mentor and long-term colleague to be hired as ambassador to the US ...

Firing Peter Mandelson, convening with Marco Rubio – then handling the fallout of conflict in the Middle East… it’s been a busy time for the secretary of state, and our writer has had a ringside seat ...

Born in the East End’s Custom House, Danny Dyer is the embodiment of a working-class boy made good. With a BAFTA win and his latest big-screen outing as a football agent, this Pinter protégé is ...

History is repeating itself. So large is the spectre of the Iraq invasion that a queasiness comes into every British stomach as soon as the Americans go to war. And with good reason. This time, ...

Marking International Women’s Day, The Independent has compiled its annual list of the 50 most influential women across the ...

Like many on the left, I have always looked up to public intellectual Noam Chomsky’s analyses and critiques of contemporary politics, from Palestine to U.S. imperialism. I also believed him when he ...

Following the assassination of Yanar Mohammed on 2 March, Dr Mehiyar Kathem Al Sa’edi pays tribute to a fighter for women’s rights Born in Baghdad in 1960, Yanar Mohammed graduated from the Baghdad ...

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Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and his “The Many” faction of Your Party are leading an anti-socialist witch-hunt against their factional rivals. Following a wave of expulsions on the eve of the ...