The world reacted with horror when it saw a 12-year-old boy shot dead by Israeli soldiers. But the footage, it transpires, told a lie

Northern Europeans are tying themselves in knots about patriotism and identity politics

Each new translation of Islam’s most sacred text offers fresh insights into its meaning. Yet there are still surprises in a book that is not only hard to read, but hard to know how to read, even for Muslims

‘A nuclear Iran is not just Israel’s problem. Stopping its programme is a paramount Western interest’